Bullets And Missiles

T-14 Armata  In 2015 during the Moscow Victory Day Parade Russia unveiled its newest addition to their arsenal. The T-14 Armata, a next-generation main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. And even though one of the tanks had a malfunction during the rehearsals, the unveiling itself was enough to raise eyebrows in the western world. The T-14  is a new-generation main battle tank aimed to replace the T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks that become increasingly out-dated. It is much bigger than the older T-90 weighing at 48 tonnes and is operated by a 3 man crew (commander, gunner and driver). The Armata’s engine is the ChTZ 12Н360 (A-85-3A) diesel engine delivering up to 1,500 hp, making it run with a top speed of 80–90 kilometres per hour (50–56 mph) within a range of 500 kilometres (310 mi) using  a 12-speed automatic gearbox. Unlike most of the T series tanks, the new tank has seven 700 mm road wheels per side and has the ability to adjust the suspe...

Members of the 11th Sikh Regiment in 1860 During the latter part of the 18th century, a Boundary Commission was created in agreement with the emir of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan to define the spheres of Afghan and British influences (this later became the Durrand Line) within the region. After the agreement, the latter was prompted to execute a ‘forward policy’ of occupying forts with the effort of keeping a force in order to protect their area of influence. These forts were in places inhabited by Pathans, the tribes of people living in the region. Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan (also known as Fort Cavagnari)  were two in a series of forts that were manned by the British along the Sulaiman Range in the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). And since the two forts were not in line of sight due to geographical attributes, a relay heliograph communication post was built at Saragarhi. Heliography is a communication technique using sunlig...

F-14 Tomcat  This is the F-14 Tomcat, a  supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft created and designed by Grumman Aerospace Corporation for the United States navy which was tasked to defend U.S. aircraft-carrier operations at long ranges against the enemy. Overview Crew: 2 (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer) Length: 62 ft 9 in (19.1 m) Wingspan: Spread: 64 ft (19.55 m) Swept: 38 ft (11.58 m) Height: 16 ft (4.88 m) Empty weight: 43,735 lb (19,838 kg) Loaded weight: 61,000 lb (27,700 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 74,350 lb (33,720 kg) Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans F-14 breaking the sound barrier  Performance Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (1,544 mph, 2,485 km/h) at high altitude Combat radius: 500 nmi (575 mi, 926 km) Ferry range: 1,600 nmi (1,840 mi, 2,960 km) Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft (15,200 m) Rate of climb: >45,000 ft/min (229 m/s) Armaments ...

Irma Grese  “She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Her body was perfect in every line, her face clear and angelic, and her blue eyes the gayest, the most innocent eyes one can imagine. And yet Irma Grese was the most depraved, cruel, imaginative pervert I ever came across.” This were the words of Dr. Gisella Perl, a female inmate doctor in Auschwitz-Birkenau, in describing the beauty and how evil the famed Hyena of Auschwitz is. Irma Grese was born on 7 October 1923, she was the third of five children to Berta Grese and Alfred Grese. As a child, her dream was to be a nurse. But faith or should we say the devil had other plans for her. Due to a combination of a poor scholastic aptitude, bullying by classmates and a fanatical preoccupation with the League of German Girls she left school in 1938 at age 15.  After dropping out of school Grese left home and worked as a farmhand for six months then worked as a retail sales clerk in a shop in Luchen ...