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In the wake of the T-72 tank's poor performance in the 1991 Gulf War, the Kremlin instructed the Russian tank industry to drop the discredited T-72 designation in favour of the T-90 Vladimir. The T-90 was in fact a further evolution of the T-72 family, but the name change represented an important (...)

World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems. However, whilst the German missiles of World War II are famous around the world, their American counterparts have remained shrouded in (...)

The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had been incorporated into earlier guns, the 75mm (...)

Johanna van Gogh enviudó de Theo, quedando al cuidado de su pequeño hijo, de tan solo un año. Recibió, por toda herencia, algo más de cuatrocientos cuadros y unos setecientos dibujos de su cuñado Vincent, un abultado patrimonio sin valor comercial alguno. Para poder vivir de ese legado, Johanna (...)

Adquirir un camión que uno mismo no puede conducir, recrear el asesinato de Kennedy en el lugar exacto en el que sucedió, comer una hamburguesa frente a la cámara o tomar como único tema del cuadro la fecha del día en que se pinta, son algunas de las decisiones que han marcado el devenir del arte (...)