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History of light weapons by Sakhal
From the stone to the most elaborate steels, the evolution of weapons is a path marked by some of the most representative milestones of technology. Stone Age Either for hunting, defense or attack, the human being has always used weapons. During the Lo...
[ Date: 2017-12-15 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
From the stone to the most elaborate steels, the evolution of weapons is a path marked by some of the most representative milestones of technology. Stone Age Either for hunting, defense or attack, the human being has always used weapons. During the Lo...
[ Date: 2017-12-15 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
M16 assault rifle by Sakhal
The M16 was initially produced as a private initiative of the company Armalite. Lightweight, manageable and practically without any recoil, it was effective at real combat distances. Since then it has been the ordnance rifle of the United States Army ...
[ Date: 2016-10-15 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
The M16 was initially produced as a private initiative of the company Armalite. Lightweight, manageable and practically without any recoil, it was effective at real combat distances. Since then it has been the ordnance rifle of the United States Army ...
[ Date: 2016-10-15 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
Japanese tanks of the Cold War by Sakhal
After the parentheses of the immediate postwar, Japan reorganized its Army as part of the Self-Defense Forces. Despite the constitutional and political limitations, the Japanese industry of armored means produced during the Cold War vehicles comparabl...
[ Date: 2016-09-27 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
After the parentheses of the immediate postwar, Japan reorganized its Army as part of the Self-Defense Forces. Despite the constitutional and political limitations, the Japanese industry of armored means produced during the Cold War vehicles comparabl...
[ Date: 2016-09-27 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
Japanese tanks of the Second World War by Sakhal
The Japanese Armed Forces were traditionally characterized by the duplicity of weapons in the Navy and the Army. Each of them had its own Artillery, Infantry, Cavalry and Armored Corps, which in the end was detrimental for the quality, largely thanks ...
[ Date: 2016-09-25 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Japanese Armed Forces were traditionally characterized by the duplicity of weapons in the Navy and the Army. Each of them had its own Artillery, Infantry, Cavalry and Armored Corps, which in the end was detrimental for the quality, largely thanks ...
[ Date: 2016-09-25 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Samokhodnaya Ustanovka by Sakhal
During the Russo-German conflict the Soviet engineers, with their magnific T-34, pointed the way to follow on tank design to their German counterparts. But it is not less true that they would have to learn from the Germans as well. Indeed, they were u...
[ Date: 2016-09-22 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
During the Russo-German conflict the Soviet engineers, with their magnific T-34, pointed the way to follow on tank design to their German counterparts. But it is not less true that they would have to learn from the Germans as well. Indeed, they were u...
[ Date: 2016-09-22 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
The fate of the Scharnhorst by Sakhal
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The Tirpitz and the Scharnhorst in Norway[/b][/fl][p] Since the beginning of the war Adolf Hitler did not show great sympathy toward Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the supreme chief of the Kriegsmarine. He disliked, especially, the sympathy of Raeder...
[ Date: 2016-09-20 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
The modern escort warship by Sakhal
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
Bismarck and Prinz Eugen by Sakhal
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]Introduction[/b][/fl][p] The 18th May 1941, a combat group formed by two splendid and modern warships, the battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, departed from the military port of Gotehafen to start the Operation Rheinubung, a rai...
[ Date: 2015-10-21 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
The fate of the Admiral Graf Spee by Sakhal
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
[fl][b]The corsair campaign[/b][/fl][p] The Admiral Graf Spee left the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven the 21st August 1939, the same day of the signing in Moscow of the German-Russian Pact. About two weeks remained for the beginning of the war but Hitler had ...
[ Date: 2015-10-19 | Length: 34 Kb | Update: 2020-10-30 ]
Hornet and Chokai - Two faces of Guadalcanal by Sakhal
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
USS Hornet After the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor, the American public opinion, despite having reacted with indignation, was still shocked. To this contributed the fact that Japan was very far and the average citizen did not see clearly how t...
[ Date: 2015-10-17 | Length: 13 Kb | Update: 2015-10-19 ]
Amphibious landing craft of the Second World War by Sakhal
LCM At the beginning of World War Two, the belligerent powers, despite having developed in many cases a technology and a military technique of high level, had not still taken into consideration, in a proper perspective, the problem of eventual landin...
[ Date: 2015-10-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]
LCM At the beginning of World War Two, the belligerent powers, despite having developed in many cases a technology and a military technique of high level, had not still taken into consideration, in a proper perspective, the problem of eventual landin...
[ Date: 2015-10-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]
Torpedo boats of the Second World War by Sakhal
MTB Class: Vosper 70, 10 units (numbers 31 to 40) Authorized in 1938 and built in Vosper Portsmouth in 1939-40. Four units were sunk in 1940; the numbers 31, 32, 33 and 34 were rebaptized as CT 21, CT 22, CT 23 and CT 24 in 1943 to be used as towed ...
[ Date: 2015-10-13 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
MTB Class: Vosper 70, 10 units (numbers 31 to 40) Authorized in 1938 and built in Vosper Portsmouth in 1939-40. Four units were sunk in 1940; the numbers 31, 32, 33 and 34 were rebaptized as CT 21, CT 22, CT 23 and CT 24 in 1943 to be used as towed ...
[ Date: 2015-10-13 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Russia by Sakhal
[fl][b]Russia 1941 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols and revolvers: [/b] Pistols Tokarev TT 1930 and TT 1933 caliber 7.62 mm, TT 34 caliber 5.56 mm, revolver Nagant 1895 caliber 7.62 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Mosin Nag...
[ Date: 2015-10-11 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
[fl][b]Russia 1941 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols and revolvers: [/b] Pistols Tokarev TT 1930 and TT 1933 caliber 7.62 mm, TT 34 caliber 5.56 mm, revolver Nagant 1895 caliber 7.62 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Mosin Nag...
[ Date: 2015-10-11 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
Armed forces in World War Two - United States by Sakhal
[fl][b]United States 1942 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Colt M 1911 and 1911 A1, both of caliber 45[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Springfield 1903 caliber 7.62 mm, P 14 caliber 7.7 mm, M 1917 caliber 7.62 mm [fs](a)...
[ Date: 2015-10-10 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2020-11-05 ]
[fl][b]United States 1942 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Colt M 1911 and 1911 A1, both of caliber 45[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Springfield 1903 caliber 7.62 mm, P 14 caliber 7.7 mm, M 1917 caliber 7.62 mm [fs](a)...
[ Date: 2015-10-10 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2020-11-05 ]
The Japanese Fleet at Pearl Harbor by Sakhal
"If war is unavoidable, better if it comes soon; the later, the worse it will be." The embargo of petroleum meant for Tokyo the hardest diplomatic blow among many others coming from United States: the reserves of fuel would be enough for a year only. Fro...
[ Date: 2015-10-07 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
"If war is unavoidable, better if it comes soon; the later, the worse it will be." The embargo of petroleum meant for Tokyo the hardest diplomatic blow among many others coming from United States: the reserves of fuel would be enough for a year only. Fro...
[ Date: 2015-10-07 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Japan by Sakhal
[fl][b]Japan 1942 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols and revolvers: [/b] Pistol Hino Kamuro caliber 7.65 mm, Type 4th Year [fs](a)[/fs], Type 14th Year and Type 94, all of caliber 8 mm, revolver Type 26th Year caliber 9 mm[br] [b]Individ...
[ Date: 2015-10-05 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
[fl][b]Japan 1942 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols and revolvers: [/b] Pistol Hino Kamuro caliber 7.65 mm, Type 4th Year [fs](a)[/fs], Type 14th Year and Type 94, all of caliber 8 mm, revolver Type 26th Year caliber 9 mm[br] [b]Individ...
[ Date: 2015-10-05 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Italy by Sakhal
[fl][b]Italy 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Beretta Model 34 caliber 9 mm [fs](a)[/fs][br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Rifle 91/38, carbine 91/38 and 91/38 TS, all of caliber 6.5 mm [fs](b)[/fs][br] [b]Individual...
[ Date: 2015-09-23 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: 2021-03-01 ]
[fl][b]Italy 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Beretta Model 34 caliber 9 mm [fs](a)[/fs][br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Rifle 91/38, carbine 91/38 and 91/38 TS, all of caliber 6.5 mm [fs](b)[/fs][br] [b]Individual...
[ Date: 2015-09-23 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: 2021-03-01 ]
Assault means of the Regia Marina by Sakhal
Of surface Tourism Speedboat (1st and 2nd series) Characteristics: lenght: 5.20 meters; total weight: 1100 kilograms; warhead: 330 kilograms; maximum speed: 33 knots; operational range: 150 kilometers; year: 1936. Observations: explosive hulls den...
[ Date: 2015-08-30 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Of surface Tourism Speedboat (1st and 2nd series) Characteristics: lenght: 5.20 meters; total weight: 1100 kilograms; warhead: 330 kilograms; maximum speed: 33 knots; operational range: 150 kilometers; year: 1936. Observations: explosive hulls den...
[ Date: 2015-08-30 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Organization of the Black Brigades by Sakhal
Organization of the Black Brigades After the events of September 1943, Mussolini, freed from the prison in the Great Sasso and brought to Germany, started to conceive a plan which, with German help, would give birth to the Government of the Italian S...
[ Date: 2015-08-28 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Organization of the Black Brigades After the events of September 1943, Mussolini, freed from the prison in the Great Sasso and brought to Germany, started to conceive a plan which, with German help, would give birth to the Government of the Italian S...
[ Date: 2015-08-28 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Germany by Sakhal
[fl][b]Germany 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] P08 Luger caliber 9 mm, Walther M34 caliber 7.65 mm and Mauser C96 caliber 7.63 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Mauser K98 in the models 98a, 98b and 98k, all of ca...
[ Date: 2015-08-27 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
[fl][b]Germany 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] P08 Luger caliber 9 mm, Walther M34 caliber 7.65 mm and Mauser C96 caliber 7.63 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Mauser K98 in the models 98a, 98b and 98k, all of ca...
[ Date: 2015-08-27 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Britain by Sakhal
[fl][b]Britain 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Enfield No. 2 Mk 1 caliber .38, Webley Mk VI caliber .45, British Colt and Webley caliber .45[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 and several types ...
[ Date: 2015-08-09 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
[fl][b]Britain 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Enfield No. 2 Mk 1 caliber .38, Webley Mk VI caliber .45, British Colt and Webley caliber .45[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 and several types ...
[ Date: 2015-08-09 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
Armed forces in World War Two - Poland and France by Sakhal
[fl][b]Poland 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Vis 36 Model 35 caliber 9 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Polish Mauser K 98 caliber 7.92 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Hand bombs: [/b] Defensive, offensive and s...
[ Date: 2015-07-20 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
[fl][b]Poland 1939 - Army[/b][/fl][p] [b]Individual weapons - Pistols: [/b] Vis 36 Model 35 caliber 9 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Rifles: [/b] Polish Mauser K 98 caliber 7.92 mm[br] [b]Individual weapons - Hand bombs: [/b] Defensive, offensive and s...
[ Date: 2015-07-20 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: 2020-11-08 ]
Aircraft of the Spanish Civil War - D 37 and He 112 by Sakhal
Dewoitine D.37 In 1931 Emile Dewoitine established the Societe Aeronautique Francaise (SAF), intended for the production of military aircraft for l'Armee de l'Air, starting the project of a high- winged monoplane fighter derived from the D.27 that he ...
[ Date: 2015-07-18 | Length: 5 Kb | Update: Never ]
Dewoitine D.37 In 1931 Emile Dewoitine established the Societe Aeronautique Francaise (SAF), intended for the production of military aircraft for l'Armee de l'Air, starting the project of a high- winged monoplane fighter derived from the D.27 that he ...
[ Date: 2015-07-18 | Length: 5 Kb | Update: Never ]
Aircraft of the Spanish Civil War - Loire 46 and Me Bf 109 by Sakhal
Loire 46 The 1st September 1934, the French SNCAO (Societe Nationale des Constructions Aeronautiques de l'Ouest or Western National Society of Aeronautical Constructions) presented the prototype of a high-wing monoplane fighter destined to equip the ...
[ Date: 2015-07-17 | Length: 5 Kb | Update: Never ]
Loire 46 The 1st September 1934, the French SNCAO (Societe Nationale des Constructions Aeronautiques de l'Ouest or Western National Society of Aeronautical Constructions) presented the prototype of a high-wing monoplane fighter destined to equip the ...
[ Date: 2015-07-17 | Length: 5 Kb | Update: Never ]
Aces of the US naval aviation in the Pacific by Sakhal
Edward O'Hare During the first months of the war in the Pacific the American naval force found that its aircraft carriers were too dispersed in the attempt to stop the progressive advance of the Japanese on the conquest of the islands. After the even...
[ Date: 2015-07-16 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]
Edward O'Hare During the first months of the war in the Pacific the American naval force found that its aircraft carriers were too dispersed in the attempt to stop the progressive advance of the Japanese on the conquest of the islands. After the even...
[ Date: 2015-07-16 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: Never ]