“THE DIVISION OF THE BAD WEATHER”

The first world war, two revolutions, civil war and destruction… the Trials that befell Russia in the first quarter of the twentieth century, it seemed, forever had to delete it from among the great Maritime powers. By the mid 20-ies of even the most capable Naval forces in the Baltic sea consisted in the ranks of only eight destroyers-“Novikov”. With the most acute shortage of vehicles for daily service — minesweepers, chokes, patrol. Combat experience witnessed in the coastal waters and restricted Maritime theatres of the inconspicuous role of these warships can not be overestimated.

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SIKORSKY S-76

SIKORSKY S-76In 1974, the firm Sikorsky started to create on the basis of a military helicopter S-70 the first commercial passenger 12-passenger helicopter. When designing new machines, great attention was paid to the designers, its appearance and ease of use in a civilian setting. The first flight of the new machine took place in March 1977.

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PHANTOMS OF OLD ENGLAND

PHANTOMS OF OLD ENGLANDExecutive ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM. Cars of this company are known to many. However, to drive them ever as a unit — too narrow a range of vehicles on the dual radiators which are emblazoned the letter “R”. This firm is Rolls-Royce. Among its clients are the kings and presidents, billionaires and bankers. And this is understandable — after all, only ex-works (factory) price of the basic version of the Executive ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM of production in 2003 is 320 thousand euros!

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THE PLANE “RYSACHOK”

AIRCRAFT The plane “Rysachok” (including the “extra long” variants) – has a simple and technological design of cheap aluminum alloy. The manufacture and Assembly of all modifications are performed in the same process a snap, with up to 90% shared parts and the same percentage of the total components of finished products, including engines and avionics. The cabin unpressurized, with a sliding back passenger door of large dimensions.

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LIGHT TANK “GENERAL CHAFFEE”

LIGHT TANK At the end of 1942 armored division of the US army on the state was a third armed light tanks M3/M5 “Stuart”. The weakness of their reservation and weapons quickly revealed in November, when American armored units in North Africa for the first time joined the battle with units of the Panzerwaffe: the fighting machine was completely powerless against medium German tanks.

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WAR MACHINE “BLUE BERETS”

WAR MACHINE Military paratroopers wearing the blue beret. If combat vehicles and airborne troops also “gave” blue berets, they first would have to own a BMD (airborne combat vehicle). The revision in the mid-1960s, the concepts of military doctrine identified the need for a reorganization of the airborne troops of Russia (VDV). To combat landing needed new equipment, a significant increase in its firepower. Division needed armored vehicles that could carry out not only the transportation of troops, conducting the fight “under armor”, but the fight against enemy armored vehicles, with its manpower in the distance.

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