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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 (...)

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 (...)

En su tiempo hubo muchos artistas de vanguardia, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo no fue uno de ellos. Su originalidad está en la capacidad de síntesis de influencias diversas -entre ellas su vinculación al orientalismo, que heredó de su padre- para crear una obra artística atemporal, polifacética y muy (...)