VSS "Vintorez" - a sniper rifle special, is part of the complex BSC (silent sniper complex), consisting of a rifle, 9-mm sniper cartridge SP-5 (armor-piercing cartridge SP-6), ...

From 1951, the 9-mm PM was officially adopted by the Soviet Army, which still faithfully serves people in uniform. - Unlock the fuse! - Shutter! A click of the bolts is heard, then sounds ...

In the 1939-1940 of the last century, the Finns were able to prove to the whole world that the idea of ​​defending their own borders using fortified areas (URs) had not completely outlived itself. Finns were able to build on ...

Our country can rightly be called the birthplace of world tank design. And although the first tanks that appeared on the battlefields of the First World War were built not in our country, but in England, this statement ...

Started 70 years ago, World War II was another proof that the generals are preparing for wars of the past. The memory of past war grinders forced governments ...

Design work on the first full-fledged aircraft carrier with a nuclear power plant began in 1973. the development of an aircraft carrier project 1153, which involves the deployment of aircraft launched using ...

Associated Press photographer Kevin Fryer spent time with soldiers from the helicopter ambulance unit of the US Army “Dust Off,” a task force of the 1-214 air regiment north of ...

The classes of medium and heavy tanks in the Red Army in the pre-war years were represented by multi-turret combat vehicles T-28 and T-35. It should be emphasized that the greatest contribution to the creation of multi-tower ...

In 1940, the German company Arado on its own initiative began the development of an experimental high-speed reconnaissance aircraft with the latest turbojet engines from Junkers. The prototype was ready ...

The history of the development of aviation weapons began from a rather unpleasant moment. So, according to the Hague Convention of 1907, all types of aviation weapons were prohibited. All aviation activities ...

IS (Joseph Stalin) - Soviet heavy tanks of the period of the Great Patriotic War and post-war development. The first tank of the family had an 1 index, during the war years this tank was designated the EC-1 or the EC-85, ...

The Panther is by far one of the most famous heavy tanks that took part in World War II. The catalyst for the creation of this unforeseen in the tank armament system ...

Many people know and remember the actor Alexei Makarovich Smirnov (28.02.1920 - 07.05.1979). He remembered us most from comedy roles. One of his "Big Man" from "Operation Y ..." was worth something. Was great ...

The main part of this collection is the images of William Vandivert (William Vandivert, 1912-1989), which appeared as follows. In the summer of 1945, American and British troops entered their Berlin ...

The average life expectancy in Afghanistan is only 45 years. In this country, the world's second largest infant mortality rate. Only 12% of Afghan women ...

Sea creatures are larger than residents of land - this rule applies to military equipment. If any titan fished a submarine of the Shark project from the ocean and laid it on the ground, its side would reach ...

The history of the M-50 began in the 1950s, when the concept of a supersonic aircraft did not fit into the minds of the layman, and the pilots of such aircraft were classified as heroes. Journalists and Writers ...

The main battle tank of Germany for many years remains the "Leopard-2" and its various modifications. The development of this tank was fully completed by 1979 year, in the same year the tank began ...

KNAAPO site them. Gagarin posted photos of the first production Su-35С fighter designed for the Russian Air Force. According to the plans, up to 2015, the Russian military aviation should ...

Recently, so much has been said about the imperfection of domestic main battle tanks, in particular the T-90, while extolling Western technology that the story about our main competitors on ...

Everyone who studied the history of the Great Patriotic War knows about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya's feat. Her name forever entered the glorious history of victory, the victory that our country won in the confrontation with ...

He launched two terrible assaults on the resisting city. But they all failed. Sevastopol held out. From the sea, it was guarded by the power of 35 batteries. And on land, on the way of the German troops to the city ...

Analyzing the events before the Second World War and during the war itself, one can notice one feature. Many countries, nations, reaped the “fruits” of their own past. Poland from its new birth, ...

The last strategic operation, which the Red Army conducted in the Great Patriotic War, was the Prague offensive operation (5-12 in May 1945), during which the capital was liberated ...