13/03/23 | Means
TATRA TRUCKS: an ancient but always valid solution
Today the operational capabilities of modern wheeled tacticians present structurally quite similar solutions in mechanical terms, allowing the platforms used for ...
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25/02/23 | Means
More modern and efficient vehicles for the Spanish Bomberos
If we talk about emergencies especially if frequent, the efficiency of the organization and its choices are the cardinal points for the success of an operation. This applies to...
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27/12/22 | Means
"Armed Forces and the Road Transport Academy": opportunities and advice for furloughed workers
Are there really no drivers? The answer must take into consideration two aspects of the profession: how passionately it is done and how much it is economically convenient to do it. From a...
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12/12/22 | Means
A new life for the unstoppable VM 90. What do the commanders think?
On the off-road and reliability qualities of the Iveco VM90 multi-purpose vehicle we did not fail to praise due. It is a valid and essential project where also...
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24/11/22 | Means
Will the manual gearbox save itself? A word from an Overland leader
Even in the automotive sector, the rules of the market are favoring an all too rapid progression in the name of connectivity and assistance systems and...
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16/11/22 | Means
The Army on 2 wheels: towards collective E-lights?
Today we have returned to talking about bicycles, highlighting above all their versatility in the context of a team on patrol. The feeling is that it is a "concept ...
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07/11/22 | Means
The Army on 2 wheels: logistical roles for motorcycles
As we have seen over the years the motorcycle as an individual means of tactical transport has been massively supplanted by motor vehicles, certainly more versatile ...
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24/10/22 | Means
The Army on 2 wheels: The success of the "Palpiando Irrompo" motorcycles
Fans recognize it for its regal passage accompanied by the music of its twin-cylinder engine, perhaps a V-shaped 850cc, but even the single-cylinders throb with a ...
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19/10/22 | Means
The Army on 2 wheels: motorization expands
The history of motorcycles in the royal army is not easy to reconstruct because in general the ...
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12/10/22 | Means
The Army on two wheels: from bicycles to motorcycles
At the beginning of the last century the Italian Army could count on a few motor vehicles and some steam powered vehicles (1899 De ...
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04/10/22 | Means
Even for military vehicles, the exams never end
Looking at the practicality of a vehicle and its outward appearance often one does not consider the countless calculations that ...
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15/09/22 | Means
Elizabeth not only led a kingdom, but also military means. Without a license ...
On the throne for seventy years, on 8 September 2022 the Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II passed away peacefully at the age of 96 ...
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07/09/22 | Means
The importance of driving with your butt
The seat and the driving position are the first elements that determine the safety and control of the vehicle, ...
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03/09/22 | Means
Electricity on the horizon of defense?
I am pleased to think that some of my readers share my opinion on the classic internal combustion engine: it can ...
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29/08/22 | Means
A general who became a pop icon
It's not often that battlefield merit makes a soldier a popular hero. With us perhaps only ...
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22/08/22 | Means
The wheel: starts from the moon and lands in the barracks
From the wooden wheel for buggies, wagons and carriages to the wooden wheel but rubberized, to solid tires like the bikes of ...
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03/08/22 | Means
Memories and icons of European commercial vehicles
Generally, the vehicles for mixed use present in the armed forces are the most exploited and which have ...
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13/07/22 | Means
From the hospital train to the bus, transport and rescue travel by road. How is Italy placed?
In the past, in the mid-800th century, it was mainly military hospital trains that took care of rescue and transport ...
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20/06/22 | Means
The general's Citroën
It is a warm evening on August 22, 1962 in Paris and, despite repeated calls for caution from the Minister of the Interior ...
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14/06/22 | Means
The glorious history of the French tout terrein
Getting ready for the news from Eurosatory 2022 "The Defense & Security Global Event" which takes place in ...
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Ariadna Pinto, symbol of repression in Venezuela under the Maduro regime
Ariadna Pinto was a very young Venezuelan of 20 years, arrested in August 2024 in the context of the post-election protests following the presidential election of President Nicolás Maduro....
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Difesa Online: "The European Army Remains a Mirage"
Dear Director, during my now forty-year military career I have often found myself working side by side with military personnel from other nations, NATO and otherwise, in high-level operational contexts and...
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