AIRBORNE TANKS ENGLAND

AIRBORNE TANKS OF ENGLANDIn 1936, the British firm Vickers-Armstrong, the initiative has begun to develop a light reconnaissance tank, designed to replace the light tank Mk.VI, did not meet the military mainly in terms of weapons. The design of the new machine was carried out under the direction of engineer Leslie little. The new tank differed sharply from all previous models of the firm and embodied many revolutionary ideas tank builders.

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RELAY HALF-TRACK VEHICLES

RELAY HALF-TRACK VEHICLESLenin in Gorki near Moscow in the spacious garage, which is included in the exposition of the House Museum of V. I. Lenin, it is an unusual machine: instead of rear wheel rollers with wearing them on the tracks under the front skis. For several years she has served the Vladimir Ilyich when traveling on snow-covered roads of the Hills in surrounding villages and in Moscow. Today our story about the history of this unique vehicle-the all-terrain vehicle and further development of such structures.

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IMPORTANT — HEIGHT

MAIN — HEIGHTBooster “Diamond-A” in November 1965 into orbit the first French artificial satellite of the Earth. France became the third space power. Length of the rocket “Diamond-A” is about 19 m, launch weight of about 18 tons, the maximum diameter of almost 1.5 m. a Further development of missiles of this series was a three-stage, cross-division stages, the more powerful the rocket “Diamond-In”. Her starting weight of 24 tons, the length of 23.54 m and a maximum diameter of 1.4 m. It is designed to launch communications, navigation, meteorological and other instrumentation.

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BIRD “COMMUNAL”

BIRD To talk about what benefits the garden, vegetable garden or country site bring poultry, it is not even necessary. But it is, so to say, the practical side of the question. What a pleasure deliver bird man his singing—it is too intense. But what of a bird to its nest will summer residents like your plantings, more of a coincidence than a pattern. To lure the birds to your plot offer to make a simple cottage-birdhouse, so that it could fit and live a more birds—make it attic and even the “apartment”.

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MINI DRILL

MINI-DRILLIt is sometimes necessary to drill small holes in tight spaces, and dimensions of a drill to make it not allow. Rescued would offer a mini-drill, made on the basis collet pencil. This simple device will give you the opportunity to run drills with a diameter of 2.5 mm and will become an indispensable assistant for those craftsmen, who are fond of fashion jewelry and fine Handicrafts made of wood and plastic. I think that for modelers it will not be superfluous.

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