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Mosquito fleets are those made up of a huge number of small units, but with a great punch, so that they compensate for the limited movement with significant range and lethality. For the past two and a half decades, the Russian Navy has tried to recover from the effects of the Soviet collapse. While its economy and its naval industry were going through dramatic moments, the only possible solution to try to keep a combat fleet operational was through the construction, as already happened between the 40s and 60s, of small, heavily armed units, giving rise to to what is known as Mosquito Fleets. (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 evolution of military rifle ammunition seems to have been stagnant for decades. The successive urgent media acquisition programs in 7,62×51 show us that the perception of need is becoming widespread, while in specialized circles it is increasingly evident that the 5,56×45 has reached the end of its capacity of growth. Especially if it is put in relation to advances in optics and stabilization. That is why in the next few lines we will explain what has been the evolution of ammunition for war rifles, what is the state of the art and what are the lines of work for the future, in search of the Overmacht. (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.

Without a doubt, the most important aspect during the design of any tank and armored vehicle is protection, both in its passive and active aspects, since it will decisively influence the rest of the characteristics. Consequently, it will have to be defined according to real needs and, therefore, its probable use. In fact, most Armies can fully satisfy their demands with medium protection armored vehicles. [Keep reading…]

The Turkish Army acquired 298 second-hand Leopard 2A4s from Bundeswehr depots, like many of NATO's European partners, including Spain. These Leopard 2A4TRs received a single modification in later years, consisting of the addition of new and improved air filters - something important for the dusty lands of the Middle East - although this improvement was possibly implemented without thinking that they were going to be put to the test in a conflict as complex as the Syrian one… [Keep reading…]

We are approaching the end of the second decade of the 20st century. In recent years, of all the armed forces on the planet, without a doubt it is the Chinese Armed Forces that have undergone the most profound modernization and reform. Fighter-bombers, battle tanks and state-of-the-art ships are proudly displayed at each military stop. However, among so many important programs, there is one that has gone unnoticed and that, potentially, may be much more important than any other that the Asian giant has embarked on: The Xian Y-XNUMX transport plane. The real Chinese revolution. (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 Third Offset Strategy is the United States' response to the military rise of revisionist powers like the People's Republic of China. It aims to overcome the limitations of the RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs) of Information, which in the decades before and after the turn of the century promised us a long-distance, precise and bloodless war, is now a more or less assimilated reality. to a lesser extent by many of the most powerful armies. It is evident that this RMA has changed the way of waging war in many aspects, although its influence is far from what was promised by many of its main defenders during the happy 90s. New developments in autonomous weapons, cyberwar or nanotechnology, for example On the contrary, they represent a more profound change capable of forever changing not only military tactics, doctrine, operations or strategy, but [Keep reading…]

The battle for CIMIC House, the name under which it has gone down in the history books, was fought between August 5 and 28, 2004 in the city of al Amarah, in southern Iraq. It involved the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr and British troops, who fought hard to confront the furious attacks of the Mahdi's army. [Keep reading…]

The VCR 8×8 program should serve to bring the Spanish Army into the XNUMXst century, in addition to achieving industrial and technological sovereignty that a nation like Spain cannot afford to neglect. However, despite the good intentions, things have not gone as planned and there are many doubts that arise not only regarding the future of the program, but also in relation to its management. (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 Second Nuclear Age is a fact. In recent decades, the stability of the Cold War, in which Mutual Assured Destruction made the use of nuclear weapons and direct conventional confrontation between the superpowers unreasonable, has only cracked. This predictable scenario, which dissuaded the great powers from intervening beyond the clearly marked lines and which distinguished between them and the second-rate powers by the much clearer scale of the number of warheads, is hardly sustainable anymore. In this way, the bipolar world has given way to a new scenario in which new powers and new strategic dyads and triads call into question everything we knew about nuclear deterrence and exchange and, with this, a Second World War has begun. Nuclear Era with unpredictable consequences. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. [Keep reading…]

It is impossible to determine which is the most complete military operation of all those that current means allow to be carried out. We have no doubt, however, that in a very high place in such a close ranking is what we are dealing with today: the Amphibious Operation. [Keep reading…]