In the 1975, the Soviet Army adopted a special underwater submachine gun (APS - 5) and an underwater pistol (SPP). Until now, these samples are included in the arsenal of combat swimmers' units ...

Exactly 111 years ago, the legendary cruiser Varyag was launched. He became a real symbol of valor for Russian sailors. The cruiser "Varyag" and the gunboat "Koreyets" showed the whole world that ...

1 November, 1578 was born to one of the greatest sons of Russia - Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. By its origin, he was a descendant of Rurik, who settled in the Suzdal land (a kind of princes ...

Modification "F" was the peak of the development of the aircraft Bf 109 and one of the best fighters of the Second World War. Nevertheless, the improvement of the design was continued in the direction of increasing the height and ...

When elite German divisions invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, a Nazi victory seemed inevitable. On the approaches to Moscow, German troops were stopped. So the myth was dispelled ...

85 years ago, Mikhail Frunze died on the operating table. Disputes about whether the famous military leader was stabbed to death by doctors or whether he died in an accident have not subsided to this day. Mother...

Recently there has been a lot of talk about short-barreled weapons. Someone is not satisfied with the fact that in modern Russian Army there are few new samples, someone scolds old samples for their ...

Why hasn't a TV show been broadcasted with sharp criticism of Defense Minister Serdyukov? So far, the passion around the incident connected with the recent visit of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has not abated ...

The life of this person is divided into three parts. The first is from birth to imprisonment for anarchist activities, the second is four years of continuous battles, hikes and treatments from numerous ...

"War is a man's business." However, in the twentieth century, the participation of women in war, and not only as medical personnel, but also with weapons in hand, becomes a reality. Especially massive ...

The operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) "Iskander" ("Iskander-E" - export, "Iskander-M" - for the Russian army) was created in the context of the Treaty on ...

With the growth of the power of anti-tank weapons (PTS), it became clear that using passive methods to ensure the protection of armored vehicles is almost impossible. Therefore, for this purpose it is necessary to use external ...

The invisibility of aircraft has become a consequence of technological progress. Firstly, progress in the field of aircraft construction, and secondly, progress in the field of aircraft destruction. For the United States, stealth aircraft ...

Topol-M is the result of further modification of the Topol complex and is equipped with the more advanced RS-2PM2 missile. Due to the restrictions imposed on modernization ...

... Wheels were spinning wildly. The pilot cautiously pulled the levers - on each disk, from the side, the casing slowly crawled, and the device, similar to an overturned plate, started, and smoothly went up. No screws ...

The film is dedicated to the outstanding designer of small arms and guided weapons Academician Arkady G. Shipunov. In 50, Shipunov, his friend and comrade Viktor Gryazev developed a fundamentally ...

The general public knows very little about the events of November 8-9, 1975 on the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Sentinel". The Brezhnev government cowardly hid the political from the people ...

The H1-L3 project was too large for one enterprise (in the United States, more than 20000 organizations worked on Apollo). OKB-1 Korolev was appointed chief of N1-L3. The lunar ship itself was ...

The first impressions of the prisoners who got to Auschwitz turned out to be only a tragic deception. Sixty-five years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Soviet troops liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz - the very ...

On the use of armored vehicles obtained during the war, in the literature there are quite contradictory information. Our story today is about the Allies' only heavy tank, which ...

In 2009, the 20 anniversary of the two most terrible tragedies that occurred during the years of perestroika, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the death of the strategic submarine rocket carrier K-219 ....

The idea of ​​creating the ship pr. 1124 as a specialized high-speed anti-submarine ship of small displacement originated in 50-60. XX century, which was due to the appearance abroad underwater ...

Over the 60 years of its history, the Kamov helicopter company has rightfully become a national treasure of Russia and has received worldwide recognition. Today rotary-wing aircraft with the "KA" emblem ...

It often happened that a Russian soldier showed his heroism and bravery on the battlefield, even if he remained cut off from his fellow soldiers and comrades. These stories originate more in ...