Military equipment

More than a hundred years ago, mankind discovered the third dimension for itself - the Wright brothers' plane went up to the sky. Very little time passed, and the air ocean turned into another battlefield - combat aircraft became a significant factor seriously influencing the outcome of ground operations. For the first time, combat aircraft began to be massively used during the First World War.

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At the end of the twentieth century and at the beginning of this century, the major military powers of the world had to wage a fierce anti-partisan struggle. Guerrillas rarely engage in direct battles with regular troops, their tactics often being to install roadside bombs on the roads and attack the supply columns from ambushes. However, it has proven to be very effective.

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The Soviet 85-mm divisional gun D-44 is a universal artillery system designed to destroy military installations and enemy fortifications in the front line, to destroy armored vehicles and support infantry during the offensive. The history of the creation of the D-44 gun and mass production Soviet designers of field artillery at the final stage of the Great Patriotic War began to develop a fundamentally new artillery system of the divisional level.

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The first-born of the fourth generation of Soviet aircraft was the supersonic two-seater interceptor MiG-31. The plane, which was born more than a quarter of a century ago, still retains a palm in speed and in flight altitude. The main distinctive feature of this combat vehicle is that until the end of the nineties it remained the only fighter on which the on-board radio relay station was installed, which has a phased antenna array (PAR).

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The Russian Su-37 fighter is designed to achieve air superiority and pinpoint bombardment of ground targets. Su-37 "Terminator" was arranged in an aerodynamic configuration of "integral unstable triplane." The forward horizontal tail of the aircraft made it possible to increase its maneuverability at ultra-low speeds and supercritical angles of attack.

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Chassis KAMAZ-43114 is used to install add-ons for various purposes. The most common truck in the military and oil refining areas. Easily installed various weapons, residential units, tanks and other equipment. General information This model occupies a high place in the list of the entire range of Kama automobile plant.

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С первого появления на поле боя танки стали основной ударной силой сухопутных войск. Менялся их внешний вид и масса, более совершенными становились защита и средства нападения - но уже более ста лет танки находятся на острие любой наступательной операции. В масштабных баталиях двух мировых войн, в песках Ближнего Востока, среди гор Кавказа и Афганистана - эти бронированные гиганты всегда шли вперед, прикрывая собой пехоту.

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One of the elements of modern aerial reconnaissance are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), equipped with either a universal or specialized set of equipment. It usually consists of thermal imagers and opto-electronic cameras, as well as radar stations. Due to the limited capabilities of the onboard generator and the relatively small mass of the payload, the UAVs are not capable of simultaneously carrying several different sets of reconnaissance equipment and communication systems.

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In the period 1966-1969, the German company "Rheinmetall AG" created the combat vehicle "Marder", and the Bundeswehr acted as the customer. The first models of BMP "Marder-1" was put into service in the German army in the late 1970s. Until the completion of the production work in 1975, released a little more than two thousand units.

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The Soviet Union is considered to be the country-ancestor of a class of warships like rocket boats. Developed in the depths of the Supreme Naval Command, the naval concept of fleet development provided for equipping the fleet with small combat vessels that were comparable in power to ships of the far sea zone.

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The 30s of the last century were a period of rapid development of aviation in the USSR. Air parades, films about heroes-pilots, opening aviation schools throughout the country, setting new records for altitude, speed and range of flight — aviation has become a real cult for the young Soviet Union. The heavy TB-3 bomber (or as it was also called ANT-6) is a real symbol of that era.

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To improve the flight characteristics of the MiG-21 fighter model, the Mikoyan Design Bureau, in the early 1960s, the development of a new flying machine began, a characteristic feature of which was to be a wing that could change its geometry. The first flight of a prototype - May 1967, the first serial flight - May 1969.

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Among the many aircraft that emerged from the time of the first flight of the Wright brothers, there are several unique machines, specially designed to perform special functions or to test unusual technical solutions. Many of these aircraft did not go into the series or were made in limited quantities.

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In the German concept of a lightning war, which was significantly supplemented in the 30s of the last century, much attention was paid to the mobility of infantry units. One of the prominent German theorists of the use of tank forces, General Guderian, in his classic work "Attention, tanks!" He described the functions of the infantry in the coming war: "The task of the infantry is to immediately use the effect of a tank attack to quickly advance and develop success."

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