The term “shipbuilding holiday” traditionally referred to as the decade that followed the Washington conference of 1922. However, that’s hardly fair: it is precisely in those years, there was rapid development of all classes of combat ships, except battleships. It is much more appropriate to apply this concept to the 50-th years of XX century. Too large a fleet at the victorious Second world war allies and the uncertainty of the task facing him has allowed naval authorities of many States of the West and the “third world” to pause and not spend extra money on upgrading its Navy. As a result, in the next two decades, almost half of the navies of the world consisted solely of English or American second hand. Well, the countries continue to build major warships in this period, can literally be counted on the fingers.
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“We need to get for air defense missile within a year” — this phrase, uttered by Stalin in early August 1950, defined the ways and approaches to solving complex military-technical problem — the creation of anti-aircraft missile system for air defense of Moscow, called “Berkut”.
Golf car class, OPEL ASTRA. Competition has always been considered the engine of progress, including in the automotive industry. Vehicle manufacturers all by hook or by crook tried to stay ahead of the competitor and the price of the product and its quality. Well, won in such cases the consumer, resulting in less expensive and higher quality car.
The development of carrier-based jet fighter with the designation F1J firm North American beginning in the years of the Second world war. It was the car with straight low wing and front air intake. First fighter in the series did not go, but he soon interested the air force leadership, which planned to use it as a front-line fighter.
Executive car AUDI A8 L 6,0 QUATTRO. It is difficult to make a choice between the “Klin” and “Zhigulevskoe” beer; it is even more difficult between firms computers “Macintosh” and “Microsoft”. And it is almost impossible to imagine anyone opting for a luxury car from the four most-most — AUDI A8 L 6,0 QUATTRO, MERCEDES-BENZ S 600 L, BMW760Li and VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON.
the First German armored vehicle, created in the 1930-ies, was developed by order of the Supreme command of the Reichswehr on the chassis of the car Adler 3Gd. This rather primitive combat vehicle intended to accompany cavalry and intelligence. It had a welded open top hull of the 8-mm armor. Armament consisted of a 7.92 mm MG 13 machine gun mounted in the middle of the body behind the shield and having a limited arc of fire. Carbureted 6-cylinder engine Adler 6S power 60 HP at 3200 Rev/min dispersed heavy (2,1-t) combat vehicle up to a speed of 50 km/h. Armored car had rear wheel drive and steer front wheels, suspension on semi-elliptic leaf springs and hydraulic brakes. The crew of the armored car consisted of two people: the commander and the driver. Radio stations on the car was and the crews maintained communications via signal flags. As such, the armored car was accepted into service of the Reichswehr under the designation Kfz.13.
Sports car FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI release in 2004. The vehicles created by Ferrari, have always existed outside of time. Even today, from the XXI century, cars with a rearing black stallion on the false radiator grille, released in the middle of the last century, look as stylish and modern as in the years of their creation. Yes, and by design, they are not far behind modern sports cars.
Paradoxically, but in the early 60-ies of the last century escort fleet the largest sea powers of the world — the United States of America — was in very poor condition. It is based on the old destroyers, massively built during the Second world war. New military units were few and they were all to varying degrees flawed. Fiasco project cheap escort destroyer type “Claude Jones” devoid of almost all need modern combat ship of the qualities that made the heads of the Navy to re-deploy the shipbuilding policy by 180 degrees. Instead of diesel engines — turbines, instead of a primitive “hedgehogs” and release gear — anti-submarine missiles. As a consequence, the displacement and the price escortyou new generation began to grow rapidly.
“My plane was struck so suddenly that the system alert about the attack even failed to develop. I don’t remember how jerked the lever of the catapult…” So how on 27 March 1999 he hit him with the “invisible” F-117 And the area of the village Budjanovci near Belgrade, recalled captain Ken Dili.
Baptism of fire fighter Lavochkin La-5 took place at Stalingrad, where the aircraft received from pilots. The machine is equipped with a 1700 HP engine M-82 had a top speed of about 600 km/h, has a high maneuverability and rate of climb. Aircraft repeatedly modernized, its last modification had a more powerful engine M-82FN power 1850 HP with direct fuel injection.