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The Soviet Union Learned Why Flying Tanks Are A Terrible Idea The Hard Way
One suitably stupid (and short-lived) invention was the flying tank, dreamed up by the Soviet Union during World War II. Tanks, even the small ones, are pretty hefty, making transporting them to ...
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Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight
The M1 Abrams is a marquee weapon that was designed to give the US the edge over the Soviet Union in land warfare. Related stories The tank's powerful gas-turbine engine, which is sometimes ...
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Russia’s T-35 unique heavy tank recreated by Soviet design at Ural company
equipping 67th and 68th Tank Regiments based in Kiev, Ukraine. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, they were engaged in combat for the first time. Many of them were lost in action ...
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Unique Soviet T-34 tank recovered from river in south Russia
Repair and Restoration Anatoly Kalemberg that all T-34 tanks produced at the Stalingrad Factory had been destroyed in battles during the first years of the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War ...
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Soviet-Era 7-Segment Display, Built Like A Tank
On the inside it can be quite another story, and that’s certainly the case with the construction of this Soviet-era 7-segment numerical display. From the outside it may look a bit sturdier than ...
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Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviets bloc troops invade Czechoslovia PRAGUE, Aug. 21, 1968 (UPI) - Invasion forces from Russia and its satellites occupied Czechoslovakia with troops, tanks ... on the Soviet Union and its ...
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Russia versus Ukraine: Lessons from the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland
"The Soviet Union supported its attacking infantry with thousands of tanks, modern war planes, and modern artillery; Finland was almost without tanks, modern war planes, modern artillery ...