After World War II, US President Harry Truman decided that the Soviet army could continue his attack and conquer the whole of Europe.Measures were taken to military buildup, moreover, has been successfully tested an atomic bomb led to the beginning of a new war - the Cold.The Soviet army during the Cold War was the best in the world.Its commanders and soldiers had a great combat experience under his belt, was worked out great school for the training of specialists in all military branches.
Raised military power the Soviet Union could not be ignored then, as it was before World War II.In response, the United States had developed a plan of preventive nuclear strike that would have put thousands of long-range US bombers.The Soviet Union had already though nuclear weapons, but still did not have such a large number of heavy aircraft to strike back.The solution was found, the Soviet army began to build "iron fist" - a huge number of tanks that can conduct combat operations in the radiation contaminated areas, they had to walk through a steel roller in Europe in the case of a nuclear attack.
The development of strategic bomber takes decades, and the tank is created in the next two or three years.In the postwar period, the country has accumulated extensive experience in the line production of tanks, the Soviet industry could stamp their hundreds.An adequate response to the US bombing rain was supposed to be a tank armada.The Soviet army began to be staffed with new T-55 tanks, they were able to fight even on the infected areas.Installed on the tank ventilation system is created inside the machine operating pressure is tightly blocked the ingress of radioactive dust.
next round of armored forces Soviet Union was the creation of the main tank T-64.This machine has been formed from scratch.It was used by the latest developments of the time, including a laser range finder and automatic loader.The frontal armor of the tank guns could not penetrate the American and British vehicles of the same type.All subsequent tanks by the USSR, are inherently deep modernization of T-64.
The concept of the tanks of the USSR and the United States was a huge difference.If the Americans and Europe the emphasis is on increasing the thickness of the armor and the improvement of working conditions for the crew, the Soviet army received the most simple machines, the production of which can easily be put on stream.For example, the top US M1A2 Abrams tank production is so complex repairs and maintenance that the slightest failure is to be sent to the rear of the tank, and the Russian tank can repair almost any level of complexity in the field.
USSR Ministry of Defense has taken a different strategy, there were new kinds of troops and equipment, improved aircraft and missiles.However, the tank as he was, and remains a symbol of what was the Soviet army.Photos of the first base of the Soviet T-64 is the best shows the power of the armed forces of the Soviet Union, and now Russia.
