Combat aviation of the USA: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak is an American fighter-bomber, which appeared as a result of the deep modernization of the F-84 “Thunderjet” aircraft. It was developed and serialized by the “Republic Aviation Co.” company in 1952. The plane did not leave a noticeable trace in the history of the US Air …
MoreArmored fighting vehicles of the USSR: BTR-50PU (object 750K) – command-staff version of BTR-50, armored personnel carrier based on the light floating PT-76 tank. Serial production was carried out at the facilities of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and the Volgograd Tractor Plant. The armored body is divided into 3 compartments. In front of it there …
MoreCombat aviation: the Soviet fighter-interceptor SU-15. Developed in the early 1960s and for a long time formed the backbone of the USSR air defense and took part in many incidents involving the flights of foreign aircrafts over the territory of the USSR. One of the most known precedents involving the Su-15 occurred in 1983, when …
MoreCombat aviation of the USSR: IL-28. The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO classification Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period. The first flight of an airplane with the engines of Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene took place in July 1948. State tests with Soviet RD-45F engines began in 1949. During the tests, the Soviet Air Force …
MoreArmored fighting vehicles of the USSR: the medium tank T-34-76 “Combat girlfriend”. Serially the model has been produced since 1940. This model had been the main tank of the Red Army until 1944 (including the title of the most mass medium tank of the Second World War), when it had been replaced by the …
MoreSoviet fighting armored vehicles: the medium tank T-44 (object 136). Designed as a replacement for the T-34 in the role of the main medium tank of the Red Army. The concept of the tank ensured the alignment of the medium tank’s combat capabilities against the heavy tank due to speed and maneuver. The gun is …
MoreArmored fighting vehicles of UK: the Charioteer Tank, or FV4101 Tank (tank destroyer), Medium Gun, Charioteer was a post-war British armoured fighting vehicle. The vehicle was produced in the 1950s to up-gun units of the Royal Armoured Corps continuing to use the Cromwell tank during the early phases of the Cold War. It was created …
MoreSpecial equipment: a traction engine agricultural (1894 model). Made in Kolomna machine-building plant. They became popular in industrialised countries from around 1850, when the first self-propelled portable steam engines for agricultural use were developed. Production continued well into the early part of the 20th century. In Russia, the production of locomobiles started in 1894 at the …
MoreArtillery of France: the Canon de 120 mm L modèle 1878 – was a French piece of siege and field artillery which was widely used during the First World War and despite its obsolescence, it was still in use by some nations during the Second World War. The Canon de 120 mm L modèle 1878 …
MoreDisabled cars: SMZ 3D. The SMZ cycle car was a Soviet microcar, manufactured in Serpukhov, Russia. They were specially designed for disabled drivers and were distributed in the USSR for free or at a large discounts through the Soviet Union’s social welfare system. The engine – a two-stroke motorcycle motor from IZH Planeta-3.
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