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 little in sight and consequently little is said about it, but this Swedish vehicle still supplied to the Alpine troops has been on a mission in various operational theaters, including Afghanistan, ...
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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 impact in the face of so much interactive technology brings to ...
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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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01/02/18  |  Means
CH-47: for "special" soldiers, but not only ...
The development of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook can be traced back to the late fifties, when the United States Army ...
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29/01/18  |  Means
The new "Multirole" concept is called MUV and will replace the VM90
What could be the substitute of VM90, the unstoppable and faithful workmate of thousands of soldiers in the ...
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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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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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