Infantry weapons through the eyes of an engineer
Several samples of small arms of the Second World War, domestic and Wehrmacht, fell into my hands. As they say, there was an opportunity to slowly twist, figure it out, try "on ...
KV-1: Soviet heavy tank with powerful armor
About the first mass-produced heavy tank of the USSR, which created huge problems for the Wehrmacht ...
"Terminator" and revolvers
In the film, you can see the "Colt Python", which is armed with a police officer inspecting a patrol car abandoned by the Terminator ...
The liquidator of the Chernobyl accident: Blame the illiteracy of managers
One of the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident recalls the events of those days and names the reason for what happened ...
Cardinal changes in military shipbuilding of the XNUMXth century
The XNUMXth century became a milestone that brought about fundamental changes in military shipbuilding...
SEZ "Alabuga": work under sanctions
How one of the Russian special economic zones functions today...
Strength Test: Granite vs Bullet
What damage is caused by bullets of different calibers to a granite slab ...
Because we were “not up to Ukraine” for a long time...
Can the fraternal people support Bandera and shout "America is with us", we thought...
Demyansk landing operation: about the causes of the tragedy
About the Demyansk "cauldron" and the landing operation of the Red Army, which turned into a tragedy...
"Wood crisis": about the major crisis of railway transport in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War
In the autumn of 1941, the USSR lost about 60% of coal production ...
The Stopping Effect of Small Arms Ammunition: Terminology Explained
The stopping effect of a bullet depends on a number of parameters, which include: the kinetic energy of the ammunition fired from the barrel at the moment it hits the target, the cross-sectional area of the bullet, and also ...
A Norwegian soldier with Russian roots spoke about the pros and cons of military service in the Norwegian army
Many enter the military service in the Norwegian army of their own free will...
MT-LB: irreplaceable "moto league"
About the most trouble-free and at the same time the cheapest armored personnel carrier in the world ...
1942: "The case of the Stavropol Medical Institute"
Among the civilians killed by the Nazis in Stavropol (then - Voroshilovsk) were many teachers and students of the medical institute - both local and those who got into the city during the evacuation from ...
"Kuibyshev traffic jam": the first transport crisis in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War
About the transport collapse in the USSR in 1941 and its consequences...
Sevastopol fortress: What were the defensive structures of the city at the time of the first German assault
On the defensive structures of the Hero City of Sevastopol during the Great Patriotic War...
The combat module "Bakhcha-U" is a potential "destroyer" of Western tanks
About the capabilities of the unique combat module "Bakhcha-U"...
Weak field fortifications of the Russian army - one of the problems of the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905
Disadvantages of Russian field fortifications during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
Borgward IV - Wehrmacht drone
What was an unmanned mini-armored personnel carrier of the Wehrmacht ...
Defense of the sky over Moscow during the Great Patriotic War
Already in our time, on May 7, 2015, a monument dedicated to the exploits of Soviet pilots who defended Moscow during the Great Patriotic War was opened in Lyubertsy near Moscow....
About amendments for marksmanship from AK
How to hit a stationary and moving target from an AK ...
Even before the start of the Russian NWO in Ukraine, RAND analysts presented a scenario for a possible conflict between NATO and Russia in Europe
RAND's analytics garnered attention a few years after its release...
From the memoirs of a Soviet sniper: once a mouse crawled under his clothes
A curious incident that happened to a Soviet sniper during the Great Patriotic War...
FAB-500: the legendary aerial bomb that has "gone wiser"
Having finalized the FAB-500 and made a planning bomb out of it, Russia received a deadly, but at the same time, the cheapest weapon ...