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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Iran and the Arab-Israeli war have shown the world that previous approaches to aircraft deployment and camouflage were outdated.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
Object 292 – A T-80 with a high-pressure 152-mm gun
The Object 292 test vehicle was produced by the Kirov Special Machinery Plant (Special Machinery, Limited), and the scientists at VNIITransmash. On the chassis of the T-80U they installed a new turret, a 152mm cannon, and some other parts. The … Continue reading
The ‘Manevr’ Tactical Level Automated Control System: 30 Years Later Originally published in Arsenal, vol. 5, 2011. Translated by Microbalrog Article courtesy of Otvaga. A vehicle of the Beta-3M Central Computing Complex during a field exercise. One chief tasks carried out … Continue reading
Capturing Objectives With Airborne Forces – From the VDV Combat Manual
VDV Combat Manual, 1984 (Battalion-Company) Chapter 4: The Offensive 2. Capturing objectives n the landing zone 125. The capturing and destruction of nuclear weaponry is to be carried out as part of any combat mission by the battalion (company). This includes … Continue reading
THE LAST ARMORED TRAINS OF THE SOVIET ARMY
THE LAST ARMORED TRAINS OF THE SOVIET ARMY Author: Victor Markovsky Photo: Oleg Pokladkov Arms World Magazine, vol. 9/2005 Translated by Allanea Courtesy of Otvaga The topic of armored trains is naturally associated with the Russian Civil War, where they were … Continue reading
A Letter from the Pinsk Partisans to Adolf Hitler
The following letter was written by Pinsk-area Partisans to Adolf Hitler, and typed up in over 200 copies. Copies of this letter survived to this day in internal Soviet communication from 1944. As will be seen, there are good reasons … Continue reading
Where does “Nepryadva” flow?
Where does “Nepryadva” flow? Viktor Rebriko, personal archive photos, Soldier of Fortune (Russia) #10, 1998 (Via Atrina, a section of Otvaga) Translated by MicroBalrog To this very day “Nepryadva” remains a unique weapon. *It is named after the river Nepryadva, flowing … Continue reading