jueves, 29 de septiembre de 2011

Myth or True ?

                                                        Red Army Sniper

Vasili Zatisev , was during the World War II one of the most famous heros , that inspered many stories , this soviet sniper , was more that just a common soldier , he was consider a legend during the war , and he manage to get a lot of condecorations like Hero of the Soviet Union , this he earned during the Stalingrad battle , in this important battle that was crucial to veiw the feit of the  german advance into soviet territory , in this battle the Soviet Union achived a great victory over the germans , giving a new path to  the war , but in this battle is where the Soviets Snipers became a key instrument , and the most important of them was Vasili , he  became so famous for his reputation of deadliest sniper, he was caractericeded by killing german officers of high rank , and also because he had a movie - like conflict whit a german officer , the mayor Erwin Koning , he was the chif of the sniper school back in Germany , the two had a very intense battle , sometimes , they pass more than 3 or 4 days at the same place , just to know where the other sniper was , but it was until Vasili and his friend Nikolai Kulikov , decide to make a tramp to the german , Nikolai use his helmet as distraction , he showed slowly by a window near their post , the mayor shoot , and hit the helmet , Nikolai make fake jellings trying to cheat the german that he have hit the real sniper , and when he come out to see the dead foe , Vasili Aim and shoot him in the head , giving and end to this movie . like encounter
By the end of the War Vasili was decoreded whit many medals and titles , after the end of the war he retired of the army and make a enginere busniess in Kiev , where he die in 1991 , his rifle can be found in the armed forces musem in Moscow .

jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2011

The Most famous 6 rounds gun

The Revolver 





An icon of the guns , is no other that the famous revolver , this enigmatic gun is also accociated whit cowboys movies and stuff like the , but lets talk a little about this wepon , 

Back in 1835 Samuel Colt , manached to patent , the first modern model of revolver , having 5 shoots chance , and is caliber was 36 , this wepon was a total inovation , because in that time all  the guns where very slow to recharge , the revolver was much quicker , this make the wepon , very popular across the hold world  very quickly . Another unique caracteristic about the revlover , is that its bullets are not in a magazine , they are in chambers , the number of those can varite , from the common 6 , to 5 or  even in some cases 9 , but this last is not very common , however there have been a lot of rare types of revovlers , like one espesific revovler , that was used during the US civil war , this one had 9 bullet chambers , and a minishot gun atachment below the canon of the wepon . A lot of times the revolver have been compared to the actual semiautomatic pistols , it may have less amunition , an can bee more slow to recharge , but the revolver have more accuary , and can use more powerfull ammo like the magnum , it is also more resistant and are more easy to use , however the choose is made by you , so you decide , i will prefer the revolver , but again , its your choice
Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev%C3%B3lver


jueves, 1 de septiembre de 2011

Hitler¨s secret wepon

                                                                  Total Power


By the time of world war II was beign fighting , the importance of combat veichle like tanks , planes etc was crucial to military strategys and more , for some leaders this was a very important way to win the war , for example Hitler , in his total madness to win the war he decide to look to his cientist and make mega wepons , like the word said he want that his crazy ideas became a real wepon , and this is the results .

The Maus tank

The name maus referes to mause in the english , obiously this was a sarcastic way because this tank was the biggest tank ever created , the tank carry a 150mm main gun and a coaxial gun of 75mm , it was so big and expensie to create, that Hitler said that he want the tank operating in the field by June 1944 , and it was ¨order¨ in Agust of 1943 , by this time the nazi forces start to lose the war , this was an other problem that the tank production had , this tank have been tought to use against the Soviet Union , and all start because Hitler hear the rumor that the Russians where building a 100 ton tank , thats why he order the desing and production of the maus tank , first refered as the mammut , but later the tank was re named to maus .


¨The Maus wheels where like rollers , and conected in 12 bogies , 6 pair each side , this was the mas wheels that the tank need to stand , and to move ¨¨ (http://www.vincelewis.net/maus.html,) the crew of the tank was of 5 to 6 men ,  and it wheit 188 tons , the max speed of the tank it wasnt a very remarcable point , because it move at 20km/hr , very slow , it was 10.1 meters long and 3.66 meters tall , it was a really giant , but the effort and recources that where used in the production of this tank where a waste , because the tank never see the battlefield , the war ended before the tank masu line where sucesfully made whit all the correction, this secret wepon as many others never saw the light , and remened as a myth until now .
"The Maus Tank." Vince's Worthwhile Website. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. <http://www.vincelewis.net/maus.html>.