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The most powerful hand grenade launcher in the world, the 105.2 mm Russian RPG-29 "Vampire" has significantly increased the anti-tank capabilities of the Algerian ground forces. These weapons currently make it possible to successfully destroy the most modern foreign main battle tanks, including those protected by dynamic protection, or, as it is also called, "reactive armor".

Specialists of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again flew to Laos to help local colleagues from the U-58 detachment in clearing the territory of explosive objects.

American fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighters will receive B61-12 thermonuclear bombs to strike Russia, writes Popular Mechanics magazine.

The author's team of the Tula NGO "Splav" received the Nikolai Makarovets Award for the creation of a 122-mm guided missile of increased range.

The munition can be used in multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", "Tornado-G", as well as in the complex of unguided rocket weapons ship-based A-215 "Grad-M"

An extended-range guided missile was created in the Russian Federation for the Grad and Tornado-G MLRS. This is stated in the message of Technodinamika (part of Rostec), distributed on Wednesday.

The troops of the radiation, chemical and biological (RHB) protection of the Southern Military District (SE) will receive 60 units by the end of the year. new and promising samples of special equipment.

The US Army has revived the 56th Artillery Command in Germany, which was based in the country during the Cold War. This was reported on November 8 by The Washington Times.

The large-scale Zulfiqar 1400 exercises conducted by the Iranian armed forces involve both the latest equipment and long-known samples. For example, the use of the Arash unmanned aerial vehicle on a ground target has been demonstrated.

The use of 240-millimeter heavy self-propelled mortars 2X4 "Tulip" and 203-millimeter heavy self-propelled guns 2S7M "Malka", developed in the 1970s, is an example of the pragmatism of the Russians, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

The re-equipped formations of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) continue to receive the latest equipment of the RCB protection troops.

An exercise to repel an attack by an illegal armed group (IAF) on the objects of the 201st Russian military base took place in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Saturday.

The American army has begun to master a new generation of tank shells. Yesterday, November 4, the portal defence-blog.com He reported that at the Yuma training ground (Arizona), the first crews of Abrams tanks fired M1147 ammunition.

For the last 45 years, the peculiarity of domestic tanks is that they can use guided missile weapons. Initially, these were complexes with radio command guidance.

Then, in the mid-80s, combat vehicles were adopted by the ground forces, the ammunition of which included more advanced ammunition, already guided by a laser beam.

The First Committee of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday rejected a draft resolution proposed by Russia providing for the renewal of the international mechanism for investigating the use of chemical weapons.

The non-governmental organization "White Helmets" is preparing staged filming in Idlib province, which is not controlled by the Syrian authorities, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Arab Republic. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

Transportation by rail of new 155-mm towed AH4 howitzers was filmed in one of the provinces of China.

In total, eighteen pieces of equipment can be seen on the platforms. At the same time, it is reported that this is only part of what is in the echelon transferring the artillery unit to the exercise area.

The third US Navy ship headed for the Black Sea.

The US Navy posted on Twitter a photo of the tanker tanker John Lenthall going to the Black Sea to join a joint operation with NATO allies. This is the third American ship following this course. Earlier, the command ship of the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy Mount Whitne and the destroyer Porter entered the Black Sea.

Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region) are creating a new munition designed to more effectively combat small-sized drones and aerial bombs, follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

According to Sergey Urzhumtsev, Deputy General Director and Chief Designer of the concern, Russia has potential in the international market of fire support weapons

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies intends to develop modifications of the latest Russian 5.45mm RPL-20 light machine gun for 7.62 x 39 and 5.56 x 45 mm cartridges. This was reported to TASS by Deputy General Director - Chief Designer of Kalashnikov Sergey Urzhumtsev.

Servicemen of the Military Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K.Timoshenko have developed models of new personal protective equipment of an anti-infectious nature, as well as introduced new methods of disinfection of enclosed spaces.