CZ P13 is the latest pistol adopted by a majorish military the German Bundeswehr. Past Handguns, sidearms, pistols and revolvers have been in service for centuries. They first materialized when the firearms first started to diversify from the first hand cannons and the píšťala made its debut in the 1420’s. The following centuries saw especially the free hand limited cavalry embracing the sidearms as a complement to their sabers and lances as well as officers taking them along for personal protection. While often replaced with shorter muskets and rifles aka. carbines, the pistol also frequently appeared in the hands of artillery men, sailors and NCO’s of the various armies. The prime of the sidearm was roughly between the American Civil War and the First World War. The initial surge of popularity started with the invention of a reliable cap and ball revolver that allowed cavalry to outgun musket armed infantry at close ranges. The close range trench combat in WW1 was the last time pisto...
The Russian army has been gridlocked in Donbass for the past two years. Its only gains have been from small unit infantry infiltrations and even those have been with absurd casualties. We have seen armored assault attempts from individual “turtle tanks” to company level attacks, but none have been very successful and most have been stopped before even reaching the Ukrainian frontline positions. Latest iteration of the T-72A aka. T-72B3M obr 2026 While the use, and thus losses, of tanks have been decreasing, the production of new tanks and modernization of existing ones by the Russian factories has continued at full capacity. Some commentators have suggested that the inertia of the Russian military industry is causing them to continue building systems rendered obsolete by the shifting paradigm on the battlefields. The pause in large scale armored operations has allowed Russia to rebuild some of its tank and motorized rifle divisions into near full capacity with crews that ha...