TOUGH CHOICE

HARD CHOICESExecutive 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.

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ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE WEHRMACHT

ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE WEHRMACHTthe 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.

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LOGO BLACK HORSE

WITH THE LOGO OF THE BLACK HORSESports 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.

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THE STOCK DOES NOT PULL HIS POCKET

STORE IS NO SOREParadoxically, 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.

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“PECHORA”, KLADUSA WAR

“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.

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LAVOCHKIN La-7

LAVOCHKIN La-7Baptism 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.

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ONE IN TWO PEOPLE

ONE IN TWO PERSONS…He is the pilot to the bone. Telling, mechanically gestures: hands discharged turns, barrel rolls, combat turns. He knows the subtlest of the flight habits of many domestic and foreign aircraft — from the English “avrushka” to jet Il-28. But first and foremost he’s an engineer. And each episode of his eventful flight biographies “worked” on the development of a future designer. Although no exaggeration to say that the first steps in aviation, a graduate of the Bauman pilot athlete osoaviahima Vladimir Shevchenko, like his fellow flying club and Institute Sergei Korolev, once realized and formulated his design credo.

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WINGED JEEP

FLYING JEEPThe passenger plane the Yak-12. For many worldwide known aircraft designers and their teams, the road to big aviation began with the creation of a light aircraft. Often, these are the first born in the future were in the shadow of its more advanced winged fellows who have brought their creators glory. Creating successful machines have been inspired by their creators and gave them confidence in solving more complex technical problems, and the plane was often the first and last test of strength of the designer in this direction. One of the few prominent designers of our time, and throughout life remained faithful to the light aircraft was Alexander Yakovlev.

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LADA REVOLUTION

LADA REVOLUTIONThis car was first shown at the Moscow international motor show in August 2003. Race car was the prototype of the new monoclass — National racing series AVTOVAZ, designed for circle racing machines of the same model, which virtually do not compete designers and engineers, and racers.

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Correspondence duel

Correspondence duelThe need to cover ground-based air defense armored and mechanized units in the attack, and on the march from air attacks became apparent during the Second World War. Almost in all the belligerent countries, different patterns of anti-aircraft self-propelled units were created (ZSU). Unfortunately, we must admit that in this area the Soviet Union was not among the leaders. During the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union failed to create effective anti-aircraft self-propelled units. The very same mass of ZSU Red Army became an American M17 previously shipped with the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease.

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