The use of a light Belarusian grenade launcher "Sapphire" was shown on video
The use of the Belarusian light grenade launcher complex "Sapphire" was shown on video. Unlike heavy analogues, the new grenade launcher does not unmask the shooter with the sound of a shot and does not leave a trajectory trace.
Source: the Russian army will purchase more than three thousand self-loading pistols "Boa"
The armed forces of the Russian Federation in the remaining period of the current State Armament Program (2022-2024) will purchase more than 3 thousand of the latest self-loading pistols "Boa" in standard and special modifications, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
Egypt has signed an agreement to purchase South Korean 155 mm/52 K9 self-propelled howitzers
According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea, on February 1, 2022, with its participation, the South Korean company Hanwha Defense (the defense division of the Hanwha Group) signed a contract in Cairo with the Egyptian Ministry of Defense for the supply and joint production in Egypt of South Korean 155-mm/52 self-propelled howitzers K9 Thunder. The contract value is more than 2 trillion won ($1.65 billion).
Italy has begun testing a modernized tank
Italy has begun testing the C1 Ariete AMV tank with an upgraded engine
An upgraded version of the Italian C1 Ariete tank, which received an improved engine and an updated fire control system, has been put to the test. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The bloody march on Grozny in November 1994: how many tanks survived
At the end of February 1995, in the cemeteries of military equipment at the Chervlennaya station and in the vicinity of Grozny, where combat vehicles that had failed for various reasons were collected from all over Chechnya, one could see the damaged T-72A tanks with the remnants of white camouflage on the towers. There were quite a lot of them.
"Armata" in Emirati: The UAE wanted to install towers from the BMP-3 on tanks
In the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, heavy infantry fighting vehicles could appear, created on the chassis of the main battle tank OF-40 using a turret from the Russian BMP-3.
Infantry fighting vehicles "Basurmanin" will replenish the connection of the Eastern Military District in the EAO
Infantry fighting vehicles "Basurmanin" will replenish the motorized rifle unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO) in February, the press service of the district reports.
New infantry fighting vehicles will enter service in the Eastern Military District
FAR EAST - Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1AM will replenish the motorized rifle unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in the Jewish Autonomous Region, the press service of the district reported on Wednesday.
ADCPT-10 tankers have been delivered to the VVO troops
In accordance with the plan to provide troops with new military and special equipment, at the end of last year, modern military equipment of the rear service, in particular the ADCPT-10 tankers, was received by the troops of the Air Defense Forces.
Armored Tigers with right-hand drive were prepared for shipment abroad
Four dozen special armored vehicles SBM VPK-233136 "Tiger", painted in sand camouflage, are ready for shipment to a foreign customer.
As reported on the page of LLC "Military Industrial Company" on Instagram, these versions of the special vehicle are made with the right handlebar and do not belong to military products.
Right-hand drive armored car "Tiger" was shown in Russia
The Military Industrial Complex has prepared a right-hand drive version of the Tiger armored car for a foreign customer
In Russia, a special version of the SBM MIC-233136 Tiger armored car with right-hand drive was shown. A batch of right-hand drive cars was prepared for shipment to a foreign customer. This was reported on the Instagram account of the "Military Industrial Company" (MIC).
Specialists of the Yelninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the ZVO received a batch of RHM-6 reconnaissance vehicles
Specialists of the RCB protection troops of the Yelninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District (ZVO) received a batch of reconnaissance chemical vehicles RHM-6.
Bundestag: NATO's nuclear mission will remain as long as Russia has the appropriate weapons
The joint nuclear mission of NATO countries will continue as long as Russia has the appropriate weapons, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, head of the German Bundestag Defense Committee, said at a briefing in Berlin.
In the USA, Russia allowed the explosion of an atomic bomb in front of the advancing NATO forces
19FortyFive: the biggest threat to Russia in Europe is nuclear weapons
The biggest threat from Russia in Europe, which the United States is not ready for, is nuclear weapons, say the authors of the American edition of 19FortyFive, James Ragland and Adam Lowther. Observers admitted that Moscow could detonate a tactical atomic bomb in front of the advancing NATO forces.
Another division of the Strategic Missile Forces began exercises with the field output of the Yars complexes
The Tagil Division of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) began exercises with the withdrawal of autonomous launchers of strategic complexes "Yars" on combat patrol routes, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The Yars complexes of the Teikov Division of the Strategic Missile Forces went on exercise
In the Sverdlovsk region, the launchers of the Yars mobile nuclear missile complex of the Teikov Division of the Strategic Missile Forces were brought to the combat patrol routes. As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercise, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, will work out the covert transfer of missile systems to field positions.
The US is ready to provide the Russian Federation with the opportunity to check the presence of cruise missiles at NATO bases - Mass media
The United States is ready to consider giving Russia the opportunity to make sure that there are no Tomahawk cruise missiles at NATO bases in Romania and Poland, Bloomberg reports.
Polish Piorun MANPADS promised to Ukraine exploded during tests
The decision on the transfer of Piorun portable air defense missile systems by the Polish military department was enthusiastically welcomed in Ukraine. Various Ukrainian experts and analysts thank Warsaw for such a generous gift in the form of "the latest MANPADS", allegedly surpassing even the American FIM-92 Stinger.
At the same time, not everything is clear with these weapons: in 2018, a scandal broke out in Poland when the results of tests of these military air defense systems became known.
The Polish government has adopted a resolution on the transfer of the Perun MANPADS and ammunition to Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Poland adopted a resolution on the transfer of Polish-made MANPADS "Perun" to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak.
Turkish President Erdogan: supplies of S-400 air defense systems to Ankara do not bear a negative attitude towards NATO
Deliveries of Russian S-400 air defense systems are an internal matter of Turkey, they do not bear a negative attitude towards NATO. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.