Unknown war? so often called in the West the Great Patriotic War of 1941 1945. For our people, the unknown is still the First World War .. Almost everything is unknown - the course of events, combat operations and battles, heroes and feats, weapons and equipment. About one of the most modern types of military equipment at that time - armored vehicles - we are talking in this book Strictly documentary, archival material without fiction and ideological stamps tells about the appearance in 1906 in Russia of the first armored car, about the development and manufacture of Russian armored vehicles, about the formation, organization and combat use of armored units of the Russian army. The book is beautifully illustrated - a few hundred rarities , never before published , The photographs and the drawings recovered from the archives give a complete picture of the development of the Russian Empire’s armored business during the First World War. from August 1914 until the October Revolution in 1917. Medium armored vehicles of the Red Army in the battles of 1936-1945. Russian Armored Cars 1930-2000