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Tag: Warsaw Pact

Photograph of Afghan soldiers loading a 73mm SPG-9

Soviet 73mm SPG-9 Kopye Recoilless Gun

Posted on 7th January 202019th October 2020 by Russell Phillips
Introduced in the late 1960s, the SPG-9 was a light anti-tank gun mounted on a tripod. It had a four-man crew, and could be carried by two soldiers.... Read More

Transporting The Bear: Vehicles In The Bear’s Claws

Posted on 15th October 201915th October 2019 by Russell Phillips
Rakovich’s Ride: The BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle In The Bear’s Claws, the main character, Praporshchik Vladislav Rakovich, rides in a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle. Like an armoured ... Read More

Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact now in paperback and hardback

Posted on 30th September 201912th October 2019 by Russell Phillips
After some difficulties and delays, I’ve finally managed to create a compendium paper edition of the first three books in my Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series. It is now available in p... Read More

Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact – Ebook box set now available

Posted on 10th October 20188th October 2018 by Russell Phillips
I’m happy to announce that I’ve just released an ebook of the first three books in the Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series. If you haven’t already bought the ebooks, this... Read More
Artillery of the Warsaw Pact book cover

Artillery of the Warsaw Pact now available

Posted on 22nd August 201822nd August 2018 by Russell Phillips
I’m happy to announce that Artillery of the Warsaw Pact, the third book in my Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series, has been released. Artillery of the Warsaw Pact provides a compelli... Read More

Czech vzor 77 Dana SP Gun-Howitzer

Posted on 11th July 201826th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
In the late 1970s, Czechoslovakia began development of a wheeled 152mm self-propelled gun-howitzer. The result was the vzor 77 Dana, which entered service with the Czech army in 1981. It had an eight-... Read More
BMD-2 airborne combat vehicle

Soviet Military Innovation in the Cold War

Posted on 10th January 201826th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
During the Cold War, there was a tendency in the West to believe that the Soviet system, and in particular the Soviet army, could not innovate. It was sometimes assumed that innovation was the sole pr... Read More
Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact

Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact now available

Posted on 7th November 20173rd November 2017 by Russell Phillips
On this, the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, I’m happy to announce that Combat Engineering Equipment of the Warsaw Pact, the second book in my Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pa... Read More
Artist's impression of the NST (Next Soviet Tank)

Ghosts of the East: Soviet AFVs that never existed

Posted on 18th October 201713th January 2022 by Russell Phillips
During the Cold War, both sides did what they could to hide the capabilities of their military equipment. As Sun Tzu advised, “A military operation involves deception. Even though you are compet... Read More
Warsaw Pact Series

Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Warsaw Pact now available

Posted on 23rd August 201729th November 2017 by Russell Phillips
I’m happy to announce that the first book in my new Weapons and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact series has been released, and the second book is available for pre-order. Tanks and Combat Vehicles o... Read More
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