The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164

The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164The FIRST post-war TRUCK ZIS-150 and ZIL-164For many of my peers postwar truck ZIS-150 are associated with the period when in Moscow and other cities turned to mass construction of the famous five-story Khrushchev. Thousands of trucks on the basis of these machines was delivered to the construction site concrete, many truck tractors with a bulky semi — wall panels, and side cars and other cargoes, including people, which at that time was not forbidden by the rules of the road. By the way, in those years truck mixers-mixers we have not been, and to the concrete prematurely seized, the trucks had to navigate city streets with great speed, generously spilling the contents of the body.

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NISSAN MICRA

NISSAN MICRASerial production of the compact car-hatchback NISSAN MICRA of the fourth generation was launched in 2010 in the British branch of the Japanese company Nissan in the city of Sunderland. For car, we developed a new platform that received from Japanese experts title V (versatility — versatility). This means that on the basis of a new universal platform can also be produced as sedan and mini-van — as suggested on Nissan plants in England, Japan and India. Interestingly, the company plans to annually produce one million cars each modification!

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THE “WORKHORSE” OF THE BRITISH ARMY

In 1966, the military command of the British army felt that the troops needed a new car a solid class that would be easier and on dimensions less than the then car firms “Austin”, “Morris”, “Humber”. In accordance with the tasks the army needed a four wheel drive truck with a payload of one tonne, capable of towing artillery gun or transport trailers weighing up to a ton and a half. And provided the possibility of carrying up to eight soldiers in full combat gear. An important qualities of the new car was recognized its simplicity and manufacturability, small dimensions.

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RENAULT SANDERO

RENAULT SANDEROMoscow plant AVTOFRAMOS commenced Assembly of RENAULT SANDERO, Renault created the firm on the basis of the popular sedan RENAULT LOGAN. A new car is a compact five-door five-seater hatchback with a spacious interior and a boot capacity of 320 litres, However if you fold the rear seat, the Luggage compartment is increased to 1200 HP

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IN THE HOPE OF A NEW “CLASSICS”

IN THE HOPE OF A NEW Mass car LADA KALINA. Cherished dream of a massive reliable and affordable compact car, domestic car enthusiast patiently nurtured almost since the advent of cars in Russia. And this car hunger to the full are unable to satisfy any of the pre-war GAZ-a and GAZ M-1, nor post-war “victory” and “Volga”, or many “Muscovites”, neither received the proud title of “classics” assorted “Lada”, no produced at the former combine factory “humpback” and “big-eared” “the Cossacks”. While some brands do not suit the buyer release, the other capacity. But the main drawback of Soviet cars has always been price. Judge for yourself below in the 1970s — 1980s years to acquire “Moskvich” or “Zhiguli”, the buyer had to collect a sum equivalent to three years salary!

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AMPHIBIAN XXI CENTURY

AMPHIBIAN OF THE XXI CENTURYIn late September 1998 in Irkutsk, an event occurred that had no publicity, but, nevertheless, its significance is far beyond the scope of this Siberian city. From the airfield of the Irkutsk aviation production Association in the skies the plane-amphibian be-200. Machine created by the Taganrog aviation scientific-technical complex (TANTK). G. M. Beriev and built at the Irkutsk aviation production Association (IAPA), has opened a new page in the development of hydroaviation.

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TO GO UNDER WATER OR DIVE?

WALKING UNDER WATER YOU SHOULD DIVE IN?At that time, as a little clunky, but gained confidence with their performance of the submarine Holland quickly began to spread from America around the world, Europe remained a private leader in the underwater case. They certainly remained in France, where in the late nineteenth century for the explicitly revolutionary “electric” “Imnot” followed created on the same principles of “Gustave Zede” and its smaller version “Le Morse” gave rise, in turn, the first serial products: “Farfa-de”, “Corrigan”, “Gnome” and “Lutana”.

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CUT “HEAVYWEIGHTS”

BITE-SIZED The eternal conflict of needs and means of their realization was particularly glaring after the start of construction of the “Washington” cruisers. Desyatitysyachnye high-speed ships are often not inferior to the dreadnoughts of the last war neither in length nor in cost. Their number depended primarily on the thickness of the purse, and with it all countries during the great economic crisis, the situation was not all that great. In a particularly unpleasant situation, “mistress of the seas”. Britain needed a lot of cruisers, at least 50 that need to be changed to the new type required fantastic for those times the sum of 100 million pounds. Meanwhile, in 1926, the financial situation became so critical that I had to abandon two of the four scheduled “County.” The fate of the two planned building ships also remained in question. The Admiralty then went on a long beaten path, trying to abandon the “maximum” heavy cruisers in favor of smaller and more economical option.

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The MiG-3

MiG-3The fighter I-200 was developed from November 1939 under the leadership of H. H. Polikarpov, and then A. I. Mikoyan and M. I. Gurevich. The first flight took place on 5 April 1940 the Serial production of I-200 at the factory number 1 in Moscow started in June 1940 under the designation MiG-1. The MiG-3 differed from the MiG-1 with a modified wing, larger wheels and an increased fuel capacity with partial installation of the tanks. The majority of fighters were armed with one 12.7 mm and two 7.62 mm machine guns, from February 1941, some of them got two 12.7-mm machine gun. The plane could carry up to 220 kg bombs or six rockets.

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