UAZ HUNTER

UAZ HUNTERUlyanovsk automobile plant has started to update the model range of cars produced in the First stage of this event was the release of the car UAZ HUNTER (“Hunter”) is an honored veteran of the UAZ-3151 is better known under the name of UAZ-469.

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JUMPING IN THE SKY

JUMPING — IN-THE-SKYIn the late 1960-ies started to combat service in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, the new classes of ships of the Soviet Navy — anti-submarine cruiser “Moskva” and “Leningrad”. To enhance the combat effectiveness of the ASW anti-submarine cruisers carried on Board each 14 helicopters Ka-25ПЛ and Ka-25PS.

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“CHI” MEANS “AVERAGE”

Unlike most other countries, the Japanese tank development began not with light, but with medium tanks. The first was a medium tank “2589” (see “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 1,1997), developed in 1927, based on the English tank “Vickers” MK With and experienced the Japanese “2587”. It was created on the basis of contemporary ideas about the role of tanks that had prevailed among the Japanese military, according to which the main task of the tanks was to support infantry. To the middle 1930-x years, these views have undergone a major adjustment. In particular, armor protection and mobility “2589,” was deemed insufficient. These findings formed the basis in 1936 of the technical requirements for a new medium tank. At smaller sizes, better mobility and a more powerful armor than its predecessor, he had to have the same armament — 57 mm gun and two machine guns.

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DESIGNED FOR OFF-ROAD

DESIGNED FOR OFFROADFour-wheel drive truck GAZ-63. The emergence in the early twentieth century a large number of vehicles and the subsequent rapid development of road transport has required the creation of an extensive road network. However, in many countries, including in our country, road construction clearly lagged behind the production of cars.

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BENTLEY STATE LIMOUSINE

BENTLEY STATE LIMOUSINEYour first car with 4-cylinder motor a working volume of 3.0 liters Walter Owen Bentley, the owner of the company, demonstrated at the London motor show in the autumn of 1919, and after two years began the production of cars, named simply, but with taste — 3 L (that is, “Three liters”).

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AUDI A6

AUDI A6AUDI A6 new generation appeared in 2004, made in the image and likeness of Executive A8 — this is the General opinion of the visitors of the Geneva motor show 2004. And really — a new “six” is much more than the previous generation A6 and very close to a representational model.

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