
In the late 1950’s — early 1960-ies there has been a backlog of the USSR from Western countries in the creation of heavy tracked armored personnel carriers. During this period in the armies of NATO were adopted by M113 armored personnel carriers (USA), “Trojan” (UK), VТТ M56 (France) S-30 (Germany) did Not depart from them, and neutrals — the Swedes took his PbV302, and the Austrians — 4K3F. All these machines have a completely closed enclosure and powerful enough weapons — up to 20-mm automatic guns. Heavy tracked armored personnel carrier there were in the Soviet Army — BTR-50P (in the roof — BTR-50PCS). However, this machine, compared to its Western counterparts, had too large dimensions and very bad layout with a front of the troop compartment.
BRUSH SECRET
If inside an ordinary Popova brush glue flush with the bristle plate of hard rubber, it can not only sweep, but wash the floor: remember car wiper, where the rubber brush dry wipe the windshield of the cab.
FOUR FEET FIVE ITEMS
How many feet in the sum can have four chairs and one table? Four! — say the British designers, offering this an original design “dining sets”. Its main element is a four-legged frame — easy to make out of metal of any profile. water pipes and even an old metal bed.
“A DREDGER IN THE WELL”
From month to month postponed the cleaning of the well from the accumulated in the bottom of a layer of silt. To do this work alone, and even two traditional methods (bucket and spade) it was impossible, and to attract multiple helpers at the same time was not so easy.OLD FRIEND
“Soap”, “the Hunchback”, “Fafik” — not once nicknamed little brisk Zaporozhets 965-th model. Many of us that he began his “auto” biography. Not all, however, know how motley was the story that first among the “Cossacks”.BLUE BIRD WITH WHITE WING
The rapid slide on the icy surface of our homemade ice sailing ice boats, feathered wing-sail, in General determined the name of winter boat — “Blue bird”. It was built at the Central station of young technicians of the Moldavian SSR and was intended to teach novice boaters the art of managing sails in the winter.SIBERIAN FLY SWATTER
Each warm season from spring to autumn throughout recorded history of human existence it bugged various harmful insects, and the stronger the closer to nature it is. And the most common of them, of course, the mosquitoes, Yes flies. Fight with them man was always and everywhere, but a complete victory is still to win could not. But it is known that even a mosquito can not give to sleep all night and flies to interfere with the work that can bring peace of mind. Therefore, a “weapon” against them (for example, an ordinary fly swatter) should always be ready and at hand.
PENCIL-SURVIVOR
In No. 12 “M-K” for 1984 described how to lengthen short pencil cut with a thin-walled tube. I’m here for several years are not a pipe extender, and a cap from a ballpoint pen. Pencil it lasts very well. When you are finished drawing, I put the cap on the sharpened part of the pencil Read more…
HOW TO MAKE “ACCORDION”
For the photographic enlarger can be adapted and ready-made fur — like the old camera. If you find this does not succeed, do not worry — it is quite possible to do yourself.UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HEADLIGHT
Simple alarm mounted on the unit, always notify the driver of the motorcycle, is the Pampa, remember that you need to turn on the light or switch it to high beam. To make such a device very easy. It is a small mirror, cut from strips of aluminium, curved and fixed on the rim of Read more…










