26/10/18  |  Means
Much electronics on the IVECO Stralis. Will it be appreciated? Well the New Daily
It took place in Milan's Milanocarri space, the IVECO event, "October Truck Festival", a sort of Urban Street Day under the banner of the most exclusive news on the range of ...
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08/10/18  |  Means
Fiat "Oltre" ... and some memories of military life
Presented more like a Concept and Show Car in the 2005, it seemed to have the right credentials - and perhaps it had - to evolve as an Italian answer in the world of ...
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02/10/18  |  Means
Military Lamborghini: an unlucky LMV but full of ideas and mobility
The decade after the 1976 was the period in which in the land of engines, Emilia Romagna, Lamborghini gave rise to a copious series of revolutionary projects of ...
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28/09/18  |  Means
MERKAVA: the Israeli fire chariot
The new version of MBK MERKAVA, the Mk-4 appeared for the first time in public in June of the 2002, constitutes the fourth generation of the original Mk-1 model, whose ...
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20/09/18  |  Means
Cougar and Buffalo, technological but no longer the state of the art
Even to the less experienced eye, the Yankee super trucks, produced by Force Protection, Inc, which merged into the more famous General Dynamics in 2011, appear decidedly "extra" ...
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11/09/18  |  Means
ATC81: too powerful and specialized for our roads but the basis for the invincible 190 and Turbostar
A road tractor born for exceptional transport and able to perform its task even uphill with a total load that could reach eighty tons, and ...
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07/09/18  |  Means
The new Centauro blind and its use in future crisis scenarios
Last July 24 the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Consortium Iveco-Oto Melara (CIO) for the purchase of a first tranche, on a total requirement of ...
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01/08/18  |  Means
"The American FIAT" is enlisted? Jeep Wrangler: versatile both on the road and off road
After the important agreement with the Carabinieri, which saw the delivery of a flaming Jeep Wrangler 2.8 CRD for the control of the beaches in the Romagna stretch between ...
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04/07/18  |  Means
Bimodulare BV 206 Bandvagn: a little truck and a little snowcat
It is not very visible and consequently little is said about it, but this Swedish vehicle still supplied by the Alpine was ...
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25/06/18  |  Means
Eurosatory 2018; many emerging news, many MRAPs and amphibians. Italy impresses the marines, the great TATRA production
The 2018 edition of Eurosatory, the biennial event of the defense industries, took place in Paris. The first...
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13/06/18  |  Means
The "Spike" counter-rocket missile: the Israeli that Italy has chosen with intelligence
During the last few years, the operational doctrines concerning the operations carried out with armored vehicles and the war ...
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29/05/18  |  Means
FCA, interesting news for the military? Maybe Jeep and Giulia are coming and the GdF chooses the quality of Irizar Bus
It was the year 1992 when Alfa Romeo with the fast 155 seemed to say goodbye to the rear wheel drive, with a ...
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23/05/18  |  Means
The Indian low cost military vehicle market: Maybe a little retro but valid and interesting
This time, we are considering a relatively small country: India. One of the most ...
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14/05/18  |  Means
Traffic problems also affect the military: buses and cisterns can teach something
The stress, the frenetic rhythms of life and the precarious work of the new millennium could be the causes that ...
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02/05/18  |  Means
Mercedes-Benz G-Class: one of the best light military vehicles in the world
The brand has always been synonymous with extreme quality, elegance and reliability and, in fact, the new Formula ...
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18/04/18  |  Means
Land Rover AR 90: 70 years of adventures but the controversy is not lacking
Describing the success of a 4x4 vehicle by associating it with a well-deserved tribute to Maestro Ennio Morricone is not easy ...
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04/04/18  |  Means
French vehicles, without fear, to conquer the world markets
After knowing, in some previous article, the interesting range of military vehicles produced by the Korean ...
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22/03/18  |  Means
Flyer: an agile American 4x4 will replace the worthy AR90?
On the horizon of the supply of military vehicles, a platform is emerging that puts at the center ...
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26/02/18  |  Means
Mules or mechanical means? The most advanced technologies are struggling to replace these historical allies of man
How not to recognize that the mules - the strongest, sober and endowed with an extraordinary sense of balance between the equine ...
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12/02/18  |  Means
"From the East with fury": a Military Division made in KIA Motors
It may seem strange, or at least for me it was, the fact that the Korean KIA Motors in addition to the historical production ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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