News of the automotive industry

The State Secretariat of the Economy of the country does not have information that could confirm the presence of Eagle in the combat area

The State Secretariat of the Swiss Economy (SECO) is in contact with the German authorities, clarifying the circumstances under which Eagle armored vehicles could be re-exported to Ukraine. At the moment, this department does not have information that could confirm their presence in the combat area, SECO told TASS on Friday.

Belgium plans to supply 230 units of military equipment to Ukraine in the coming weeks (Volvo N10 trucks and LMV "Links" armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula).

Rostec State Corporation holdings additionally hired more than 30 thousand employees in 2022. Active recruitment went both to enterprises involved in the implementation of the state defense order, and to factories implementing large-scale civil projects, primarily in the field of aircraft construction, IT and the radio-electronic complex.

Among the trophies of Russian soldiers-liberators, there are very often samples of armored vehicles modified by militants of Ukrainian armed formations.

Rare earth metals are becoming increasingly important in the production of household, automotive and military equipment.

Cars for top officials: patriotism, prestige and safety

What unites Joseph Stalin's ZIS-110, ZILA limousines of various modifications from Nikita Khrushchev to Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin's recently revealed "Aurus-Senate"? "They are all armored," someone will say. And he won't be quite right. Because Khrushchev did not recognize "armored cars", loved convertibles, demonstrating closeness to the people (especially in Moscow). And Brezhnev, before the assassination attempt on him in 1969, traveled in bullet-pierced "member trucks".

Created in a single copy, the Ukrainian self-propelled artillery 2S22, according to its developers, is already outdated. At least, during the recent IDEX-2023 international arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi, an upgraded version was already advertised.

According to the general director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, in the spring, in May, a prototype of the Atom passenger electric car will be manufactured and shown to the public — the manufacturer has high hopes for it and plans to gain about 350 billion rubles through the sale of passenger cars.

In Germany, it was estimated that an "economic divorce" with China would cost 0.76% of GDP. Will they try?

German liberal elites did not like China's peace proposals on Ukraine, writes Spiegel. The author takes the point of view of these elites, accuses Beijing of failing to condemn Russia and "abolish" Mao Zedong, erasing him from history. As if the "cancellation" of its history is democracy.

The new batch of equipment also includes eight large-capacity Zetros trucks

Germany has provided Ukraine with a new batch of equipment, including six Biber tank bridge-laying trucks and eight large-capacity Zetros trucks (Mercedes-Benz Zetros). This follows from the updated list of weapons published on Monday by the German government, which Berlin has transferred or intends to supply to Kiev.

The Russian armored car Typhoon-K53949, developed by Remdiesel, has completely got rid of imported parts in its design and is made exclusively from Russian components. The new version of the import-substituted armored car received its own name "Phoenix". This was reported by representatives of the company.

On February 23, 2023, at a joint press conference in Prague, Czech Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova and the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Major General Karel Rzeka, reported details of Czech supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine during the year of hostilities.

Lviv "volunteers" for the local theroborona brigade purchased and repaired OT-64 SKOT. The technique was outdated not only physically, which required its restoration, but also technologically, being from the 1960s.

This year the IDEX exhibition marks its 30th anniversary. Russia has been a constant participant in this one of the most representative international exhibitions of weapons and security technologies since the first exhibition in 1993. We tell you what Rostec enterprises represent in Abu Dhabi this time.

The Czech Republic will produce mobile anti-aircraft installations for the AFU, the main task of which will be the fight against Russian kamikaze drones of the Geranium type. The Netherlands will pay for the order.

Humanity has learned to generate electricity under the influence of sunlight (visible radiation spectrum — waves with a length from 400 to 800 nm) using photovoltaics. But why not use invisible spectrum radiation to generate electricity?

On the basis of the Igla-S MANPADS, which is very popular on the world market, the Russian designers created the Dzhigit launcher, designed to hit aerial targets from mobile or stationary platforms.

FT: Ukraine may face problems with Abrams tanks due to complex logistical support

The United States promised to transfer 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. However, according to the Financial Times, the APU is facing big problems due to the complexity of the operation of these machines. Abrams has capricious and voracious engines, and a giant supply system is needed for maintenance, which is located overseas. Western military experts do not rule out that the supply of Abrams will bring Kiev more problems than opportunities.

Tests of the newest light tactical all-terrain vehicle (buggy), developed, among other things, for use in the zone of a special military operation, have begun in Khabarovsk. The rover was named "Yerofey" in honor of the Russian deputy explorer Yerofey Khabarov. This was announced by the governor of the region Mikhail Degtyarev in his TG channel.

The country's Defense Ministry noted that another such vehicle was handed over to the Ukrainian side a few weeks ago

Israel has transferred three armored medical ambulances to Ukraine as part of humanitarian aid. This was reported on Monday by the press service of the Israeli Defense Ministry.