05/06/22 | Means
Weapons of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Russian drones
Starting from February 24, 2022, the eyes of the whole world are focused on the war that is taking place in Ukraine and which, for the moment, is opposing the Armed Forces complex ...
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26/05/22 | Means
T-62: reinforcements arrive for the Russians
Apparently the Army of the Russian Federation is also bringing in the latest versions (dating back to the 80s of the last century) of the T-62, in order to continue to ...
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24/05/22 | Means
Porsche 597 and DKW Munga: "futuristic" German military vehicles of the 50s
After the Lamborghini LM002 4x4 of the late 80s animated with the 12 cm³ V5167 of the Countach especially suited to some Emirati sheiks or the unusual Fiat Oltre prototype, ...
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28/04/22 | Means
Club ALFISTI IN PATROL ONLUS
Here we have often talked about military conductors making a comparison between their demanding duties and those of the civilian drivers who, in turn, carry out ...
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13/04/22 | Means
The GOI chooses its tactical 4x4 and relies on Toyota
By treating preferably unarmed military vehicles on rubber, it is evident that our Navy and Air Force have a little less visibility here and I ...
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15/03/22 | Means
Guardia di Finanza: its motorization comes from the Army
A real historical Corps, established in 1774 as a Legion of Light Troops committed to fiscal surveillance on the borders of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which evolved into Guardia ...
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02/03/22 | Means
Means and (outdated) systems in the Ukrainian conflict
It is quite impressive to observe the tactical means dealt with over the years now engaged in a conflict. Of course, this is their role so it's no wonder. The picture of ...
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26/02/22 | Means
Terminator: the tank for urban combat
The images that come to us from the Ukrainian fronts show how the future operational scenarios, described only a few years ago, are coming true. Not only has it returned to a form ...
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03/01/22 | Means
German maintenance. Example to imitate?
If we're looking for examples that work against military, commercial, or tactical fleet, it might ...
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15/12/21 | Means
Army maintenance: ingenuity and functionality. An anecdote ...
Although the reorganization of the Armed Forces and in particular the Army has changed or replaced several tasks with ...
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07/12/21 | Means
VTLM Lince 2: the "monster" is back!
It was 14 years ago that I saw the first photos of the effects of an explosion on a Lynx. I was at the CASD (Centro ...
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01/12/21 | Means
The secrets of the shotgun: heel, toe and a lot of sensitivity
It was April '89, and I was in Rome in the AUC battalion and volunteers at the Giuseppe Perotti barracks, headquarters ...
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22/11/21 | Means
Pigeons with stars, the ancestors of drones
The military has a long history of employing faithful animal friends. Embedded in similar ways ...
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15/11/21 | Means
Bersaglieri cyclists: fast and innovative
Being assigned to the Bersaglieri specialty during the military portended twelve months to be spent running to ...
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08/11/21 | Means
The Vespa was also an anti-tank
Before telling you about a glorious and "atypical" two-wheeler that has never seen our military squares, let's remember ...
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03/11/21 | Means
VTMM "Bear": the national (life-saving) beast
Thanks to the availability of the Engineers Command we discovered the VTMM (Medium Multirole Tactical Vehicle) "Bear", half ...
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12/10/21 | Means
4x4, news and tips to face the "General winter"
Simple or refined, but certainly useful for the safety and mobility of the vehicle, the four-wheel drive ...
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03/10/21 | Means
Why has military history rejected halftracks?
If the compromise between practicality, design, assistance and reliability have historically made the ...
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27/09/21 | Means
A gold medal among the Italian integral: the Panda 4x4
It is said that Giorgetto Giugiaro designed, together with the designer Aldo Mantovani, the Panda in Porto Cervo during ...
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22/09/21 | Means
Do unused media age? We learn from the military
The vehicles in use by the Armed Forces, in addition to those assigned to aid agencies, Regions, municipalities and public ...
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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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