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Alexey Tarasov. Who's Who: Man vs. Tank
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An article by Alexei Tarasov, published in the Cat_Cat community on the social network VKontakte. Publication date: April 25, 2018.   The Grim ...

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The Last Cavalry Battle in History: How 6,000 Cossacks Fought Against 15,000 Romanians in the Fields Near Stalingrad
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This was one of the last instances in world military history when the outcome of a battle was decided by a genuine cavalry charge with sabers drawn. And it did ...

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Sergey Makhov. When You Start Thinking About History Outside of an Ideal Vacuum
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An article from Sergey Makhov's Telegram channel, "George Rooke." We all remember that Peter I, that bastard, introduced lifelong service for soldiers, ...

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The crater is forty meters in diameter. What was the Soviet Air Force’s most powerful World War II aerial bomb, and what aircraft could carry it?
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On August 5, 1943, the Red Army liberated Oryol. That same day, Moscow fired the first salute of the war. And on the outskirts of the city, near the train ...

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Anton Malakhov. U.S. Army Uniforms and Equipment. Everyday Uniform
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All parts of the cycle An article by Anton Malakhov from the WARSPOT website, dated May 1, 2014. In previous installments, we’ve already ...

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Experimental Soviet Aircraft as Seen by the West: The Tu-8 Long-Range Bomber and the Tu-2RSHR Heavy Ground-Attack Aircraft
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Here is a short vintage article from *Air Trial* magazine (February 1953 issue) that I think will be of interest to readers and colleagues. The actual ...

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Yuri Pasholok. “Emcha” in the Soviet Union
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American M4A2 Medium Tanks in the Red Army   As it happens, the vast majority of well-known tanks from World War II are combat vehicles that ...

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The Balkan Knot and Its Catastrophic Consequences
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In the early 20th century, the Balkans became a place where the conflicting interests of various countries—both those of the Balkan states themselves and those ...

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Yuri Pasholok. A Scorpion captured in the Middle East
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A story about the FV 101 Scorpion airborne reconnaissance tank from the collection of the Patriot Park Technical Center   The fact that some of ...

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Why Did the Kettenkrad Need a Front Wheel? The Strange Feature That Actually Made Engineering Sense
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Some vehicles make sense the moment you look at them. A car has four wheels, a tank has two tracks, and a motorcycle has two wheels. The German Sd.Kfz.2 ...

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