“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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LARAKI FULGURA

LARAKI FULGURAWe all somehow got used to the fact that in Morocco may be made only oranges. More recently, however, “okaloacoochee public” was surprised to learn that Morocco is on the basis of the famous LAMBORGHINI DIABLO sports car created a stunning car LARAKI FULGURA.

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“PIRATE”IS A LOSER

Fighter VOUGHT F6U PIRAT. The appearance at the end of the war, military jet aircraft in Germany and Japan forced the command of the naval forces of the United States to start a program to re-deck aircraft with new equipment. In 1944, the three leading aviation companies: McDonnel, Vought and North American was requested to develop preliminary designs of jet fighters to provide air defense of an aircraft carrier in a radius of five kilometers.

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IN MOSCOW THERE IS A TROLLEY

IN MOSCOW THERE IS A TROLLEYThe rapid growth of car fleet in our country in the last decade has led to a number of problems, many of which do not find their solutions: many kilometers of traffic jams and fumes of city streets by automobile exhaust. The increase in the number of cars outstrips the pace of road construction and organizational measures to streamline the traffic. The transport problem for large cities is not new, and its decision of the Moscow authorities began almost eighty years ago. In 20-e years of the last century one of the ways to solve transport problems of Moscow, the leaders of the Soviet Russia has seen the development of public transport.

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