Russian weapons. Old does not mean obsolete. For several decades after the Second world war the steady increase in the use of tanks in the conduct of hostilities was accompanied by the emergence of a number of countermeasures. However, the traditional anti-tank guns were shown to be ineffective for destroying targets protected all the more thick and strong armor, amid a sharp rise in the mobility of tanks on the battlefield and the appearance of other armored threats to infantry.
ATGM “FAGOT” AND “COMPETITION”
As we know, Germany in the beginning of the Second world war there were two types of medium tanks: Pz.HI and Pz.IV. Both cars were created in the mid 1930-ies very close to the reference, which led to the creation of two almost identical in weight, size and booking, but differing in armament and in the end — a completely different construction machines. It is difficult to give an explanation. For example, a base weight was 15 and 18 t, respectively. Significant differences were only armed with one machine had to carry a 37-mm, and the other 75-mm gun. Where it would be logical to take one tank, with two arms, as done, for example, in the UK and partly in the USSR. In any case, such a decision would entail much less costs in the future.
Developed industry of South Africa helped to create the country’s advanced military industry, ranking in the global top ten by volume of its products. Enterprises of the state Corporation ARMSCOR under the Ministry of defense, almost completely meet the requirements of your army, developing samples, capable of performing combat tasks, taking into account local climatic conditions.
Create a car “based” machines of past LVT becomes a good tone at the acquisition of the production programmes of almost every well-known car company. On the roads of the world has already run the new “bugs” of the company Volkswagen in showrooms sell like hotcakes-the-art “mini” by BMW, and the firm not long ago, Chrysler surprised the consumers with its vintage car CHRYSLER RT CRUISER, made in the style of 30-ies of XX century. And here is another car company Chrysler, the design of which recalls the days of American prohibition.
Carrier-based fighter Goodyear F2G SUPER CORSAIR. In early 1943, Japan had already lost the initiative in the war in the Pacific. One reason for this was the lack of combat aircraft and trained pilots To counter the growing military power of the US Navy, the Japanese organized a network of specialized air units with pilots and suicide bombers that are combat aircraft carried out the ramming attack American ships. Later these pilots were called kamikaze (translated from the Japanese — the wind of the gods) — by name “Kamikaze Tokubetsu kogekitai” that was worn by one of these groups.
Luxury SUV VOLVO XC90. In a model program of world famous Swedish company had everything with the exception of this jeep SUV. Meanwhile, the marketing policy it is strongly demanded to fill gaping holes in a number of the most reliable and safest cars, which are car brand VOLVO. And this appeared: in 2002, the firm has represented buyers their first real SUV VOLVO XC90. He immediately became a kind of a dream of the perfect vehicle with a spacious seven-seater body, powerful turbo engine, permanent all-wheel drive and with all possible systems and security…
Since the emergence of tanks as a kind of weapon in their design a special mark was put “duel armor and shells”. By the end of the Second world war, showed a certain balance. One of the original criteria in the development of new war machines was the requirement that the tank armor is not penetrated by armor-piercing projectiles of his own gun. In this approach, and were all post-war tanks of the so-called first generation.
A Russian passenger car GAZ M20 “Pobeda”. This particularly civilian car was designed during the great Patriotic war. For a future peaceful life, she produced and assembled at the factory, almost completely destroyed by Nazi bombers and nevertheless producing light tanks T-60 and T-70 self-propelled guns SU-76M and armored cars BA-64. Finally, this machine was created by people who in this difficult time found the strength to work on the post-war future, then seemed incredibly far away…
His first flight of the day anti-tank helicopter the Ka-50 made in 1982. When designing the machine was seen as an alternative to the American helicopter Ah-64 “Apache”, and the testing process successfully passed the contest in which his opponent was an attack helicopter Mi-28.
First bus ZIS-154 was collected on 8 December 1946. He became the country’s first bus with a diesel-electric drivetrain. Machine (at first) was completed by MHI diesel-4-71, is coupled to a DC generator, and traction motor via a drive shaft transmit torque to the drive axle.