Voennyi Sbornik

45-67

Authors: Valery P. Kalinitchenko, George S. Larin

The global humanitarian problem of mine clearance is unsatisfactorily resolving by the world community. The intra-soil system is proposed for mine clearing by compulsory blasting. The system consists of a group of demining devices. The grouping of demining devices is based on transportation unit. The demining device consists of the flat vertical frame of two segments, is supplied with reducer, drive with power block, control unit, transport hitch with pins, electro-mechanical sensor of transportation unit manipulator position. Segments of a frame are connected among themselves by spigot connection. On the forward segment of a frame are installed rotor gear chisel which contains a disk of chisel, ring chisel, basic and aligning gear wheels. On a back segment of a frame is mounted the vertical positioning wheel of a drive. Ring chisel is supplied with the cutting bodies directed to an external surface of a ring chisel. Transport unit comprises a manipulator for every demining device. Manipulator is equipped with seizure. With the help of the manipulator a device is brought into the operating position, and returned to the transport position. The transport unit is provided with stops that fix the device in the transport position. The device in the operating position is almost completely submerged in the soil and moves through a minefield, cutting the gap in the soil. When on the course of device there is a mine, the teeth of ring chisel pull the mine out from an installation site, eject forward and mechanically trigger the detonator of mine. According to the operation time of detonator the mine blasts. After the blow form the ring chisel the mine flies away forward and up till blasting. The explosion center is at a distance from the device, weakens the impact of a shock wave on the device and reduces a probability of its damage in result of mine blasting. The metal and energy consumption of device is low, the factor of mine clearing high, the system is reliable. Technology has a triple purpose – a) robotics, b) deserted mine clearance, c) favorable prerequisites for further humanitarian use of the area for recreational and agricultural purposes.

83-94

Authors: Dmitry W. Matveev

The Aral military flotilla has had a significant impact on the military-political history of the Aral Sea basin almost from its inception. In the future, the flotilla significantly increased ship structure, actually creating a base for the capture of the Khiva khanate. In total, there were 6 steamboats, a dock, 10 self-propelled barges and 50 other watercrafts in the Aral military flotilla. A steamship, six non-self-propelled barges and 34 watercrafts were built at the Votkinsk plant, which is about two-thirds of the total, and testifies to the significant contribution of the plant to the creation of the Aral Flotilla. At the same time, it failed to fully realize its tasks due to the extremely difficult, difficult and opposite conditions of navigation of the Aral Sea, the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers. The technical unpreparedness of the vessels affected, essentially new watercrafts were required. Such a question as the technical component of the Aral flotilla is not sufficiently consecrated.

100-104

Authors: Ермачков И.А.

Алехандро Анка Аламильо родился в Мадриде 17 февраля 1968 года, и в настоящее время он делопроизводитель в юридической фирме. Но намного большую известность в Испании и за ее пределами А. Анка получил как военно-морской историк. Два обстоятельства способствовали этому. Во-первых, Алехандро происходит из семьи, чьи представители служили на флоте: его дед и прадед дослужились до унтер-офицерских должностей, первый как электрик, второй – боцманом. А во-вторых, он сам в 1987-88 гг. проходил срочную службу в качестве оператора сонара на фрегате «Каталунья» (F-73).

4-9

Authors: Yuri F. Katorin

This article explores the second stage of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1878-1879 years, while the preparation for the expedition to the lands of the Zulus of Lord Chelmsford is described, the data on the strength and armament of the British army are given, describes in detail the progress of the main battles of the campaign Gingindlovu and Ulundi, the losses of the parties are given, the reasons for the defeat of the Zulu and the consequences of the defeat of the Kechvayo army are analyzed.

18-24

Authors: Nicholas W. Mitiukov, Dmitry Matveev

To the beginning of the First World War, the Volga-Caspian Canal has acquired a strategic importance, especially for the Baku’s oil transit. Due to the specific hydrological conditions, the great importance for its operation had annual dredging. The article shows that a significant share of military shipbuilding orders of Votkinsk plant had a dredgers and soil-carry barges for the Volga-Caspian canal. During the war’s years, the factory has passed three dredgers and 18 soil-carry barges. Thus, the Votkinsk plant played an important role in providing military and economic transportations on Volga-Caspian Canal during the First World War.