“DRAGON” TANK DESTROYER

Question about creating a tank with a missile weapon for the first time raised the Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers, V. A. Malyshev at the meeting with representatives of the tank industry on 31 January 1956 in Itself the idea of equipping tanks missiles was not new. Back in the 1930s on the tanks of the BT experiment was set starting devices for large-caliber rockets (RS) during the great Patriotic war base light tank T-60 was used to install reactive systems of volley fire (MLRS); the work was carried out on equipment of heavy tanks KV-1 TO the short tank rocket artillery system (KARST), but it remained at the stage of prototyping. The allies some American tanks “Sherman” had the rockets as secondary weapon. All the tanks weapons missile weapons was to install an unmanaged type RS, ERS-132.

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GAGARIN SUITE

GAGARIN SUITEThis event happened April 12, 1961: a powerful carrier rocket put into orbit a spacecraft “Vostok”, piloted by our compatriot Yuri Gagarin. His name was the synonym for extraordinary heroism and amazing courage. The loud echo of the flight immediately and reached the “shores” of the world of philately. Post offices 25 countries dedicated to Yuri Gagarin about 150 commemorative stamps and blocks.

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“DRAGON” TANK DESTROYER

Designers Uralvagonzavod im. Dzerzhinsky, overcoming many difficulties, has created an entirely new fighting machine of the it-1 was the first domestic tank with high-precision weapons. The tank destroyer was a closed military tracked machine, having a powerful missile weapons, reliable armor protection and high mobility, designed to destroy enemy tanks and other moving and stationary armored targets potential enemy at ranges up to 3 km.

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BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GTToday, Bentley is part of Volkswagen group. That is why many units of the new two-door BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT coupe borrowed from the AUDI A8 and VW PHAETON. In particular the machine is equipped with volkswagenwerk motor W12. The length of such an engine is comparable to row “four”, so the designers managed to place it in the base behind the front axle. It brought the CONTINENTAL GT by weight distribution by Central motor performance.

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BATTERY UNDER CONTROL

THE BATTERY CONTROLLEDAny motorist knows that the state of charge of the battery must constantly monitor is required to control the pressure on it. This can be done by using electronic circuit which gives an alarm when low electrolyte level, high overload, contamination of the terminals of the battery, breakage of the drive belt of the generator, the overcharge of the battery.

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MODULAR POWER SUPPLY

MODULAR POWER SUPPLYIn Amateur practice when developing or building a device often require multiple power sources at different voltages. For example, structures made in operational amplifiers and working in conjunction with digital integrated circuits require the bipolar and unipolar current sources. To use in such cases, the voltage divider is uncomfortable, especially in the process of developing new devices. After all, it is necessary to change the number of elements used and their type, which leads to a change of energy parameters of the device, and hence to necessity of the divider.

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