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The BMPT Terminator or Infantry Fighting Tank (Боевая машина поддержки танков) is one of the most interesting armored vehicle designs since World War II, as it goes against everything a vehicle of this type is supposed to do: It neither homogenizes, nor reduces the number of crew members, nor is it cheap, nor is it versatile. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The surnames of war I From Conventional War to Unrestricted War Carlos Delgado Fernández The surnames of war I: from conventional war to unrestricted war The surnames of war II: the generations of war and proxy war The surnames of war III: electronic warfare; Cyberwar; star wars Nowadays we have stopped talking about war because of the cruelty that the term contains in favor of another, more media-correct, conflict. Conflict is a dynamic social phenomenon, that is, inherent to humanity and that evolves over time from an early phase where there is usually no violence to the maximum expression of violence that can occur: war. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Revista Ejercitos taking advantage of our offer to [Keep reading…]

In recent years our southern neighbor has been able to put together a modern and increasingly effective armored force. It is true that it still suffers from problems such as a vehicle park that is too diverse, a certain degree of corruption or logistical deficits, but it is also true that they have a significant degree of experience, the will to improve and increasingly modern and fearsome means. . He is, therefore, a rival to take into account. [Keep reading…]

In the years prior to the two world conflicts, there was a feverish shipbuilding race that involved practically all industrialized countries. A race that seems distant to us and that many maintain could never be repeated. Nothing could be further from the truth based on shipbuilding data, especially in Asia, with several of the main world powers in the fray, in a race in which India does not want - nor can it - be left behind. [Keep reading…]

Military personnel without emblems walking through Crimea, islands that rise in nothingness, marches made up of thousands of civilians in which a huge territory is conquered without firing a single shot... The conflicts in the Gray Zone have been going on for decades and are a great tool for those who cannot risk starting a war in which they know they have been defeated. [Keep reading…]

September 1939. The Second World War had just begun, and in the no man's land between the Siegfried Line and the Maginot Line, a French reconnaissance patrol came across a German minefield that had a new device. La Mina-S. The allies nicknamed her Bouncing Betty, and she inaugurated a new saga of anti-personnel devices known as “jumping mines,” which were copied halfway around the world. The Italian Valmara series, the South African J-69, the North American M2 and M16, the Czechoslovak PP-Mi-Sr, or the Soviet OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72, among many others. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

In the history of military literature and science, there are many treatises that have occupied a place of honor, from ancient times to our times. Of all of them, the vast majority are nothing more than more or less successful collections of principles or maxims, almost always a reflection of the eventful military life of their author, usually a commander of some army. Here we can cite Caesar or Napoleon, but also Gustavus Adolphus or Sun-Tzu himself. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

On September 7 of last year, an event took place that went practically unnoticed, even by the most aero-deranged, and although it may seem incredible, on that day in 1997 the first flight of which, even today, remains the most advanced air superiority fighter in the world. Indeed, we are talking about the F-22A Raptor. [Keep reading…]

American Lieutenant General Herbert R. McMaster is one of the most unique characters that the US Army has produced in recent decades. To all the attributes that make a man an exceptional officer are added unique experiences such as that experienced in the battle of "73 Easting" - which we narrate here - and the most important positions, such as that of National Security Advisor until April 2018. In addition , has written two essential books and is a professor at Stanford University. For all these reasons, throughout these pages I will take the opportunity to pay him a well-deserved tribute as a soldier, as a person and as a friend. [Keep reading…]

Is it possible for European Union nations to maintain a credible deterrent against Russia without relying on the American arsenal? What strategy should a hypothetical European nuclear force follow? Is the existence of such a force compatible with the particular interests of each member state? European nuclear deterrence is an extremely complex issue that deserves to be examined in detail... [Keep reading…]