...the 'tank capital' of India is Chennai (this city used to be called Madras).

...according to the ancient Indian laws of Manu, the warriors occupied the second place in the social structure of society, being inferior only to the brahmins.

...in the times of the first crusade, a knight's coat of mail weighed twelve to fifteen kilograms and consisted of more than thirty thousand metallic ringlets.

...the scandalous ancient Roman emperor Caligula stayed during a part of his childhood in the military camps of the Roman army, and, apparently, this did not do him good (by the way, Caligula means 'boot' – when a boy, the future emperor frequently wore the tiny soldier foot-wear specially made for him, for which he was given his nickname).

...the accuracy of fire of an anti-tank gun is comparable with that of a sniper's rifle.

...when firing, a 155mm howitzer achieves a power output that is comparable with that of a small power station.

...Julius Caesar gained his reputation of a person capable of doing several things simultaneously only due to the fact that, during a military raid he dictated four letters at the same time. In so doing, both Caesar and his scribes were riding their horses.

...the most comprehensive publication about the Soviet/Russian armoured vehicles is the book 'Soviet/Russian Armor and Artillery Design Practices: 1945 to Present' written by Andrew Hull, David Markov and Steven Zaloga, and published in 1999.

...according to a recent report prepared by the U.S. defense secretary's Cost Analysis Improvement Group, building and operating the Future Combat Systems - the U.S. Army's planned family of new armoured vehicles, UAVs and communications networks - could ultimately cost $300 billion.

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