Oscillating turret French light tank AMX-13 was only one of the features of this machine. Another feature is a violation of the creators of the familiar classic layout, when the power plant took a normal time for the location of offices in the front of the case, the working place of the driver with the control organs of the tank shifted to the left side, moreover, the fighting compartment was placed in the aft.
The most expensive of the latest BMP. The troops of the Bundeswehr appeared vosmiklasnica armored cars armed with 50-mm gun, which allowed them quite effectively to deal with our tanks, even the T-34. It was BA Sd.Kfz234/2. which, thanks to the firepower, maneuverability, survivability was considered the best heavy armored vehicles of the Second world war. In fact, they determined the direction of further development vosmiklasnica machines, laying the foundations of creation and the current models. In the army they gave the name “Puma”.
As you know, in the United States before world war II tank development has been given insufficient attention. In the end, by September 1939 the us army had virtually no modern tanks and armored vehicles. Americans would have to be tight, they are joining in the war just after it started. But history gave them a two-year reprieve until December of 1941, which, admittedly, they used very effectively.
The Soviet-Finnish war began on 30 November 1939 and ended on 12 March 1940. All this time our units had to overcome the fortifications of the “Mannerheim line”, created on the Karelian isthmus. This “line” became the most significant fighting. Rasstalas front is 135 km, it had a depth of defense around 95 km, and the Main defense line consisted of strong points, just within which it was built 800 wooden-earthen fire facilities Bunkers and 280 long-term firing installations (Pillboxes). All of them, as well as the other positions were covered by the first anti-personnel obstacles of the dozens of rows of barbed wire on concrete base. They were followed by anti-tank obstacles, saturated ditches and scarps. Space between them in huge quantities were made nadybali in several bands. Tanks could not pass, and the Marines had to overcome many roadblocks often three or four layer fire to undermine them. Such a difficult task sometimes allowed T-28 tanks, fire their 76.2 mm guns destroying dragon’s teeth. They could also deal with small Bunkers.
Military experts, specializing in the use of armored vehicles on the battlefield, is among others one burning question. In military conflicts, in anti-terrorist operations are widely used armored personnel carriers, infantry vehicles, armored cars. Often on the March, the nomination for appointed positions, with participation in the patrol raids, reconnaissance actions on their roofs, the buildings, the sides are soldiers infantry, paratroopers, reconnaissance, preferring the roofs of armored compartments and parlors, the places inside the body. They, not without reason, believe that there is more likely to survive if the car gets into an ambush or a RAID on the mine and will start firing from all sides, or even hit from a grenade. This is especially justified if the movement occurs in an open area. But to find the enemy off the roof easier than using glass or prismatic devices, besides being in a confined space.
Accumulated by the end of 1950-x years experience of operation of the first anti-aircraft missile systems has shown that to combat low-flying targets they were of little use With great clarity evident when experiments began to overcome air defense systems aircraft at low altitude In this regard, several countries started research and development of compact low-altitude anti-aircraft missiles (SAMS), is intended to cover both stationary and moving objects. Requirements, device to them in different armies was in many respects similar, but, first and foremost, they equally argued that SAM should be completely automated and compact, to accommodate more than two cars of high passability (otherwise they deployed is unacceptably high).
Amphibious Schwimmwagen (Volkswagen Typ 166) — German floating four-wheel drive all terrain vehicle for military use, developed on the basis of “national” Volkswagen Beetle and army all-terrain vehicle VW-82 “Kubelwagen”. Produced from autumn 1942 to the summer of 1944 to the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS instead of heavy motorcycles with sidecar, appeared on the Eastern front because of low passability on the roads, and especially in slush.
Heavy APC based on the T-55 was first shown at the 2nd exhibition VTTV-97 in Omsk Developing a machine tailored to heavy urban fighting of the first Chechen campaign, Omsk KB transport engineering (KBTM) in a fairly short period designed and built a tracked armored personnel carriers, using obsolete chassis of a medium tank T-55 it Should be noted that the work was carried out in initiative order, at its own expense the result was a fighting machine, the level of overall protection is not inferior, and mine protection, in particular, — the superior main battle tanks T-80 and T-90 “bath” case, the engine systems and chassis remained the same Installation on T-55 improved engines with power up to 690 HP upgrade suspension with use of lightweight rollers made of aluminum alloy KBTM KB conducted on other samples, and this product development has not been introduced, not to increase its final cost Significant alteration machined the upper part of the hull fighting compartment increased in height and widened fenders Steel box on shelves continued to stern, inside they placed additional fuel tanks and top mounted smoke grenade launchers “Tucha”.
Overcoming water obstacles by troops in the course of warfare is still one of the most difficult tasks of engineering support of Special importance is its start — up phase, the crossing, that is, overcoming water obstacles with the battle, when the opposite Bank defended by the enemy the Crossing ends with the capture of the vanguard or the first echelon of the advancing troops of the bridgehead, eliminating the possibility of enemy direct fire of ferrying troops.
In accordance with the existing plan for the construction of the Soviet Navy in the late 1950-ies provided for the construction of a series of special vehicles, air defense PR 1126 ships and radar surveillance D. 62, the main weapon was supposed to be a universal anti-aircraft missile system M-11, designed for effective combat not only aircraft but also surface type enemy destroyers, torpedo boats and boats-submarines.
