It would not be an exaggeration to assert that Soviet tankers fell in love with BT tanks primarily for speed. “What kind of Russian doesn't like to drive fast?” Doesn't it? However, for military specialists ...

The pistol was developed in the late forties by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense as personal weapons of soldiers and officers in those places where the Makarov pistol was scarce both on ammunition and ...

Having received ready-made samples of foreign armored vehicles and mastered them in production, Soviet specialists immediately found themselves in the mainstream of world tank design, but were forced for a while ...

R-36M is a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. Equipped with a monoblock warhead and MIRV IN with ten warheads. Developed at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau under the leadership of Mikhail Yangel and ...

History of the battleship fleet of Russia, construction, battles and deaths of the "Empress Maria" and the battleship "Novorossiysk". The decision to strengthen the Black Sea Fleet with new battleships ...

On June 27, 1909, Italy passed the Maritime Law providing for the construction of 4 dreadnoughts, 3 reconnaissance cruisers, 12 submarines, 12 destroyers and 34 destroyers. The law was approved on December 2 and then ...

Only two armies at the beginning of World War II had a ready-made mass model of a self-loading rifle: the Red Army had a Tokarev rifle (SVT), the American had the M1 Garand. SVT in our armory, ...

Mi-8 - a middle class helicopter, created as a deep modernization of the Mi-4 helicopter with GTE. The first flight of the serial car took place 26 October 1965 g. Reliability, simplicity and convenience in ...

NPS K-162 (“Anchar”, in the classification of NATO - PAPA) was laid 28 December 1963 in Severodvinsk and commissioned 31 December 1969 g. The speed in 44,7 node (more than 80 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...