In the last issue we talked about some experiments with the construction of submarines made by the British Admiralty during the First world war. It should be noted, is not the most extreme and interesting. Now it is the turn for the most curious products of the “enlightened sailors”. Of course, experimental submarines periodically appeared in most major Maritime powers. But, perhaps, only Britain allowed itself to carry out such impressive “experiments” on a large scale. Despite the obvious dubiousness of many ideas, they did not check on individual units, and immediately launched into a series of, sometimes very significant. As a result, the Royal Navy received the whole batch of submarines with which the admirals just didn’t know what to do. Cost this approach a fair amount of money, but while the Empire could afford such a luxury.
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This is one of the photos since the beginning of the great Patriotic war. Comments can be found in the diaries of the chief of the General staff of the Wehrmacht F. Halder, who noted: “Autumn, and especially winter 1941, unkind met part of the Wehrmacht. Difficulties with the supply of led motorized units in the disabled state, adversely impact on their mobility. Impassable mud were forced to stop even tracked vehicles”. The inability of the automotive transport in these conditions has sharply raised the value of animal-drawn transport in the German army.
In the summer of 1929 went up in the air the first Soviet amphibian. It was a W-1 with a 65 HP motor, built by aviation enthusiasts — thirty-year-old engineer Vadim Borisovich Shavrov and his friends in one of city apartments. Flight tests were successful. After a year on the instructions of the chief of the Air Force created a second, somewhat increased in size, the copy machine under the series motor M-11 rated at 100 HP and this Is the origin known in aviation circles around the world plane W-2.
This simple incubator can become a reliable assistant in every household, it will save you from annoying spring and the worries associated with the acquisition of their farms for chickens. This instrument is as simple to manufacture as in operation. The idea of this incubator belongs to reader “M-K” V. Sopeno of the Belgorod region, the design study laboratory “Eureka.” Keeping the author’s idea, we have tried to make the device more reliable and safe.
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Rapidly running time. In everyday Affairs and concerns we often don’t notice this. Fade and erased in the memory a vivid and memorable dates of the event. But some of them become part of history.
Car business class AUDI A6. Over the last few years readers of “M-K” have not had the opportunity to meet with the modern cars of the AUDI brand in our “auto show” “exhibited” Executive A8, the A4 family, the car-class Golf A3… Continuing the conversation about the production company AUDI, today we introduce lovers of history autostructure with the next novelty of the company’s lineup — the car business class AUDI A6.
The military doctrine of the USSR was for the use of airborne troops (VDV) to lead the fighting of the enemy in the course of large-scale strategic offensive operations. This “winged infantry” (often referred to as this kind of land forces) required a considerable firepower, to ensure that could only dowry artillery.
That night Serge went to bed early, not capricious and did not ask to read the book. He immediately closed his eyes and sniffed carefully. But when the house is all quiet, Seryozha got up, put on Slippers and my pajamas, quietly slipped in the door.
The proposed model torpedo boat was built by students in the 5-6-grade in ship modeling circle of the Moscow city club of young sailors, rivermen and explorers. In both variants rezinomotornaya and two microelectrophoresis — miniature torpedo boat had good speed and stability on the course. The model is simple in manufacture, does not require scarce materials. Young modelers, speaking at the Moscow urban competitions, repeatedly won prizes.