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Chinese armored vehicle inspired engineers from the DPRK to create an armored personnel carrier
Development from China helped designers from North Korea to create their own tracked armored personnel carrier, which received a large number of modifications.
It is known that in the 70-80 years, many samples of weapons that entered the army of the People's Republic of China were copies of foreign, mainly Soviet military equipment.
US Air Force "destroyed" Russian " Kub " and T-72
Air Force (Air Force) The United States on the basis of Anglin (Florida) conducted exercises Emerald Flag ("Emerald flag"), which as a simulator of the target of a potential enemy was used anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) military air defense (air defense) "Cube ""Russian production", writes Defense Blog.
Rostec showed a video of tests of a unique floating tank
The Network posted a video of tests of the world's only floating tank, the record is available on the website of Rostec. As reminds "Tsargrad", "Octopus-SDM1" is able to fire, while immediately go to the unprepared shore. The floating tank can overcome water obstacles, including in difficult weather conditions.
"hell thresher" tried to thoroughly modernize in china
Soviet anti-aircraft self-propelled gun ZSU-57-2, nicknamed "hell thresher", tried in the early 80 - ies to copy in China. For this purpose, several such combat vehicles were purchased abroad.
The Type 69-II medium tank was chosen as the chassis. small improvements were made, for example, the combat compartment became airtight, as it received a roof.
"there are no good and bad ones. There are national interests." vladimir putin-on foreign policy
[b]the president answered questions from journalists about arms control, relations with foreign leaders, and shared his views on other international processes.]
Russian President Vladimir Putin held another big press conference. we have selected the most significant statements from the speech of the russian leader concerning international relations.
bae systems presented the appearance of the tank of the future for the us army, created under the mpf program
the british corporation bae systems has shown a new design of a promising light tank, which is being created for the us ground forces under the mobile protected firepower program. In the future, the machine can complement the main battle tank M1.
"Unpleasant surprise for NATO": Russia tested a new self-propelled gun
Reliability, proven by multi-kilometer marches, mobility and impressive firepower-Russian paratroopers are preparing to adopt a self-propelled artillery gun 2S42 "Lotus". The car has already passed acceptance tests and confirmed all the declared tactical and technical characteristics. About the features of a promising self-propelled gun and other novelties developed for the Airborne Forces - in the material RIA Novosti.
T-34-85 tanks again take an active part in the fighting in Yemen
[b]during the fighting in the yemeni province of al-dali, supporters of president hadi used t-34-85 tanks.]
judging by the materials that appeared on the network, this happened during an armed clash that took place in a mountainous desert area.
Rocket artillery units of the ground forces are re-equipped with new mlrs " tornado"
In the Ground Forces, the planned re-equipment of rocket artillery units with modern multiple launch rocket systems of the Tornado family continues.
New anti-aircraft self-propelled gun created in China
chinese designers crossed a double-barreled 35 mm automatic gun with a three-axis shaanxi tactical vehicle. this installation, designed to combat air targets, was called pgz09.
the people's liberation army adopted the type 90 anti-aircraft artillery system in the 1980s. it is based on technologies borrowed from the swiss gdf-002 oerlikon gdf system.
10 breakthrough ideas in the energy sector as an answer to the most important questions of society and the economy
the international association "global energy" presented the first annual report "10 breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years", co-authored by scientists from around the world. The report reflects the main provisions of research aimed at combating global climate change, including through the development of energy efficiency and energy conservation, as well as renewable energy technologies.
Karabakh failure
the Fall of Armenia was predetermined by technical failure
By the time the Azerbaijani forces entered the area of the strategically important city of Fizuli, the Armenian defense deployed near the border had ceased to exist. The remaining machine-gun and artillery units in the fortified areas began to leave their positions and retreat.
The ground forces received more than 2.5 thousand new weapons in 2020
In order to increase combat capabilities and update the fleet of equipment in 2020, military units and formations of the SV received more than 2.5 thousand new basic samples of the vvst, according to the information support Group of the Ground forces.
The Chinese Sodramjet engine will allow you to get anywhere in the world in just two hours
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully tested a prototype of a new generation engine in a wind tunnel, which was immediately accelerated to nine speeds of sound.
State tests of a new line of ground forces weapons will be completed in 2021
More than 2.5 thousand new types of weapons and military equipment delivered to the Ground forces in 2020, said commander-in-chief Oleg Salyukov
State tests of a new line of samples of artillery and mortar weapons on various types of chassis, which is being developed as part of the development work "Outline", are scheduled to be completed next year. This was announced by the commander-in-chief of the Land forces, General of the army Oleg Salyukov.
"Thunder" in export packaging
Promising high-precision air-to-surface ammunition is the first to be received by the foreign air force
At the end of November, the American military-political publication The National Interest conducted an audit of air-to-surface ammunition in order to determine those that have an optimal efficiency-to-cost ratio. Suddenly, the Russian ammunition became the leader. However, it has not yet been adopted by the Russian aerospace forces.
"This is a breakthrough": Russia is testing a new tank battle tactic
Armed, protected and versatile — the first joint exercises of tanks and combat vehicles created to support them, the Terminator BMPT, took place at one of the training grounds near Chelyabinsk. They advanced in line with the T-72 of the guards division of the Central military district and demonstrated impressive firepower. About the features of this technique - in the material RIA Novosti.
Participated only tanks, the media reported about the teachings of U.S. technology of the Russian Federation
the US air force "destroyed" Russian S-400 systems and T-72 tanks
The us military reported working out the destruction of Russian military equipment, which was not actually used in the exercises, according to us media.
New series of "Octopus": the landing party will receive light floating tanks
The Ministry of defense decided to start purchasing self-propelled artillery units "Sprut-SDM1". In terms of fire capabilities, the vehicles are not inferior to tanks, while they are able to overcome water obstacles and land by parachute.
Large-scale re-equipment of Missile troops and artillery will change the way this type of troops is used-ex-commander
The forms of use of Missile troops and artillery (Rvia) will undergo significant changes in the course of large-scale re-equipment to the Iskander-M, Coalition-SV, Tornado-S complexes, and other modern weapons systems, said the former commander of the Rvia, Colonel-General Vladimir Zaritsky.