P-18 Radar Station The P-18 radar station is one of the most widely produced, simple and inexpensive radar systems and remains in…
Тяжелая самоходная артиллерийская установка ИСУ — 152 Самоходная установка ИСУ — 152 была разработана на базе тяжелого танка ИС — 1 ( ИС – Иосиф…
9K79 “Tochka” Missile System The 9K79 “Tochka” missile system entered service with the Soviet Army in 1976. It was designed to engage important targets deep within enemy defences…
No branch of the armed forces can operate without motor vehicles: they carry vital supplies and personnel, and tow artillery systems and specialised trailers. Motor vehicles are also fitted with…
Танковый мостоукладчик МТ — 55 Танковый мостоукладчик – бронированная инженерная машина на базе танкового шасси, которая предназначена для транспортировки, а также установки и снятия мостовой…
The Polish armoured cupola, Model 1936, was manufactured in 1937 at a factory in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Following the end of the Soviet–Polish War (1919–1920) and…
After the First World War, this German armoured observation cupola lay within the territory of the newly established Poland. The Poles installed it on the Soviet–Polish border. Thus, the German armoured cupola became…
A PTOT is an anti-tank firing position. Such structures were built near roads and along likely routes of tank attack—that is, where a breakthrough by enemy armoured vehicles was most…
Machine-Gun Pillbox No. 292 was built in 1932 and formed part of Independent Company Defence Sector “S” of the Minsk Fortified Region. This was the most common type of structure in the system…
A covered courtyard adjoins the rear of the structure. Shielded from frontal fire by the concrete mass of the pillbox, these courtyards could only be hit by plunging fire, and even then only by a direct…
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