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The Time Has Come
After a lot of expectation, a lot of promises and requests from my readers, I am here to tell you: it is almost here. The paper edition of Destroy the Enemy in Hand-to-Hand-Combat is being prepared for print. Here … Continue reading
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If you don’t know what another person is doing, let them be.
In the Russian port of Temryuk, on the Azov Sea, a certain LLC collected fecal waters from ships in port. What it did with this treasure is not known. This fact had soon drawn the attention of local customs authorities. … Continue reading
Winkel Towers
WINKEL TOWERS – NAZI GERMANY’S VERTICAL BOMB SHELTERS By MicroBalrog. Typically when we discuss air raid shelters, we think of a fairly stereotypical construct – an underground facility, sometimes fortified with concrete, where people take shelter from enemy bombs, shells, … Continue reading
Hasik, hold on!
I would like to apologize to my readers for the long hiatus in posts. Here’s a post by a Russian counter-terrorist law enforcement operative who posts by the handle of hardingush. The original can be accessed here. Hasik, hold on! … Continue reading
German Group Shelter for swampy and forested terrain, Mod. 1942
German Group Shelter for swampy and forested terrain, Mod. 1942, half-buried, double-walled (Gruppenunterstand, teilweise versenkt Blockhaus mit Doppelwand fuer Sumpf- oder Waldgelaende) Shelter shown covered in soil, but not camouflaged The current shelter is designed for the purpose of deploying … Continue reading
A Little About Tank Ramming
A little about tank ramming O. Losik, Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Armored Forces Among the exploits of tankers, the tank ram takes a special place. Sadly, few men today know of the hero tankers that mastered … Continue reading
My Book Is out – and even has its first review!
The book I’ve translated, Destroy the Enemy in Hand-to-Hand-ComBat by Major-General A. A. Tarasov of the Soviet Army, has finally come out, via DiLernia Publishing. Here’s what David Kantrowitz, author of Reckless Faith, has to say about this book. It’s all … Continue reading
S-13 Tulumbas Unguided Rockets
S-13 Tulumbas Unguided Rockets In the first hald of the 1970′s the skirmishes between Iraq and Iran and the Arab-Israeli war have shown the world that previous approaches to aircraft deployment and camouflage were outdated. Parking planes in long rows … Continue reading
USSR: The Motherland of Battlemechs
USSR: The Motherland of Battlemechs 45 Years Ago the USSR designed Bipedal Combat Walkers. Translated by MicroBalrog from Mordovia News Dense fog surrounded the positions of insurgents dug in in a small village. It was wet and cold. Most of the … Continue reading
Approaching the Opponent in a Frontal Assault
Approaching the opponent in a frontal assault One can either approach the enemy with armor cover or in armor, or alternatively without such cover. The first case covers approaching both onboard AFV or directly behind them. APROACH UNDER COVER OF … Continue reading