The PT-76 was the first new tank developed by the Soviet Union after World War II. It predates other Soviet tanks designed during the Cold War, like the T-62 and the T-72 main battle tank.

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Nevertheless, the end of the war in 1945 didn't put an end to tank development. Although it was the highly successful T-34 that led the Soviet Union to Berlin, it was outdated by this time.

Firearms experts pointed out some of the features in the grainy photo, suggesting that the rifle is actually a Soviet cousin of the AK, the SKS. It was designed in the 1940s by another famous ...

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Steel Front, which has also made cages for Soviet T-72 and Ukrainian T-64 tanks, said one major shortcoming of the Abrams was that it had no fortification against Russia’s FPV drones.

The Russian Ministry of Defense’s TV channel, TVZvezda reported a new batch of T-90 tanks being transported by train from Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s main tank manufacturer. It was noticeable that the ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

Soviet factories began mass production of T-34 medium tanks, which had proven themselves well in combat. However, while their production had not yet reached full speed, it was necessary to equip ...

By the beginning of the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against Nazi Germany, 1,066 T-34 tanks had been manufactured. Based on this tank, self-propelled Su-122, Su-85 and Su-100 ...

system and carry multiple shells in a ring within their turrets, and underneath the operators. When an enemy shot hits a vulnerable spot -- such as the top part of the tank, where the armor is ...

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 ...