"Leopard Hunters": how "anti-tank" officers are trained in Russia
The Russian Armed Forces are preparing special groups of fighters to destroy Western tanks...
On the armor penetration of Soviet and NATO shells
The leveling of characteristics began with the fact that in 1978 the US Army adopted the first non-Soviet feathered sub-caliber projectile with a detachable pallet ...
The United States is promoting the Polish-Ukrainian "union" as a counterweight not only to Russia, but also to France and Germany
Actual against the backdrop of Macron's statements after returning from Beijing that Europe needs to pursue a more independent policy...
The failure of the Wehrmacht's operation "Winter Thunderstorm"
About what played the most important role in repulsing the Wehrmacht attack by the Soviet troops during the operation "Winter Thunderstorm" in 1942...
Pak 43: The most powerful anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht, which turned out to be almost unclaimed
The 88-mm gun of the Wehrmacht, which could not become the best "tank destroyer" ...
Pak 40: The best anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht, which turned out to be unable to penetrate the armor of the IS-2
Pak 40 of the Wehrmacht could not penetrate only the frontal armor of the IS-2 ...
ShKAS: Legendary Soviet rapid-fire machine gun
The first in the USSR aircraft rapid-fire machine gun...
The first picture from a German rocket, a dummy and a monkey: how the Americans began their space exploration
About preparation for manned space flights...
"Pantry of resources" and "terrible people": the ideas of Europeans about Russia, which were formed in the Middle Ages
"Russophobia", which has been formed over the centuries...
The probable reason for the “surrender” of Sakhalin during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905
Before the start of the Japanese invasion, Sakhalin could have been turned into a fortress...
Surpassed its predecessors: features of the BMP-3
About the advantages of BIP-3 over BMP-1 and BMP-2...
Banal reason: How depleted uranium shells appeared
Projectiles with a depleted uranium rod have replaced other ammunition ...
BMP-2: Improved version of the world's first mass-produced amphibious infantry fighting vehicle
BMP-2 has become an improved version of the legendary "doomsday machine"...
Viking age weapons
Despite the images presented in many modern TV series and films, the main weapon of the Vikings was not an ax, but a sword, which was the most common and very important from a cultural point of view...
If Russia and China are driving change, is the US no longer at the global geopolitical helm?
Xi Jinping, concluding his state visit to Russia: When we are together, we are bringing about changes that have not been seen in the last 100 years...
Objective reasons for the unwillingness of the Decembrists to free their serfs
Most of the Decembrists simply did not have the opportunity to free their serfs...
"Cardboard armor": For what purpose was the BMP-1 radically lightened by sacrificing protection
Why the BMP-1 received extremely weak armor protection ...
Military Medics: The First Heroes of the Russian SVO in Ukraine
Military doctors Maria Miroshnichenko and Ekaterina Ivanova became the first heroes of a special operation in Ukraine...
Was there socialism in the USSR in the form in which Lenin represented it
Although a significant part of what Lenin wrote is devoted to tactics and the moment of that time, it is still possible to form an image of the future from them, to which the Bolsheviks sought to bring Russian society closer ....
Nuclear volcano: On the reasons why India and Pakistan cannot solve the conflict in Kashmir
The contradictions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir have not been resolved to this day ...
Heroes of the Northern Military District: Ismail Magomedov and Kurban Kamilov did not refuse to complete the task, despite severe injuries
Ismail Magomedov and Kurban Kamilov were awarded Orders of Courage...
Memoirs of the Red Army parliamentarians sent to Field Marshal Paulus with a proposal for surrender
From the memoirs of Major Alexander Smyslov and Captain Nikolai Dyatlenko, who delivered a message from the Soviet command to Field Marshal Paulus near Stalingrad...
Operation Behemoth: An important moment in the fate of the strategic submarine fleet of the Russian Federation
About the record of Russian submariners, which to this day no one has been able to repeat ...
Why Western tanks lack automatic loading systems
The Soviet-Russian and Western schools of tank building preach diametrically opposed concepts and philosophies....