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Ukrainian tank crews are trained to control German Leopards-2, American Abrams, as well as French-made AMX-10 armored fighting vehicles (BBM).

According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the number of countries providing Kiev with air defense equipment also continues to grow

Nine countries have committed to supply Ukraine with 150 Leopard tanks. This was announced on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the next online meeting of the contact group of Western countries on military assistance to Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok: the APU offensive may begin immediately after the end of the spring thaw

The American newspaper The Washington Post, citing sources, writes that Kiev doubts its readiness to conduct a spring offensive due to the deterioration of the quality of Ukrainian troops. Why this thesis cannot be trusted, and whether it is worth waiting for the APU offensive, the military columnist of "Gazeta.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Al Jazeera: ATGM "Kornet" will destroy Western "Leopards" and "Abrams" in Ukraine

The West is increasing military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But the Kornet ATGM will overcome all the obstacles that the Russian army faces on the battlefield, writes Al Jazeera. This anti-tank system has already proven its effectiveness in armed conflicts in the Middle East.

Last week, reports began to appear on social networks that during the battles in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) The armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime used the Leopard 2 tank.

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

Economist Kolodko: Poland should reduce military madness, not increase military spending

Poland is proud to announce plans to increase military spending to a record level in NATO, former Deputy Prime Minister and economist Grzegorz Kolodko writes in an article for Rzeczpospolita. We need to stop this military madness, otherwise it will not lead to good.

The British Army has decided to replace the self-propelled AS90 artillery units of its own design transferred to Ukraine with Swedish Archer howitzers. This is reported by the British press with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

Ukraine intends to fully provide the Soviet-style tank fleet remaining in the AFU with its own-made ammunition. According to the Ukrainian state concern Ukroboronprom, the production of 125 mm shells has already been launched.

The commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdemaras Rupshis intends to show Russia a "fist", but not a simple one, but a tank one, Vilnius expects to strengthen its security with the help of heavy armored vehicles.

After the Second World War, naval anti-aircraft artillery systems were successfully used at various times on land mobile platforms, such as cars, wheeled and tracked armored personnel carriers, etc. As the project "RG: Russian weapons" notes, they were actively involved in military conflicts in various parts of the world.

Yahoo News Japan: The West has slowed down the supply of tanks to Ukraine for fear of their capture by Russia

Having solemnly announced the supply of tanks to Ukraine, the West quieted down and slowed down their shipment, Yahoo News Japan writes. It's not just the technical difficulties of transferring cars, the author of the article believes. The allies were afraid that the equipment would fall into the hands of Russia — because then she would learn their military secrets.

In Britain, the epic with the new Ajax BMP has been going on for 12 years, 5.5 billion pounds have been spent on the program for the creation of which. 414 vehicle hulls have already been built, and 116 towers are ready for installation after the tests are completed – their completion is just around the corner, says Defense Minister Ben Wallace.

The video showed the MRAP Kirpi APU armored personnel carrier destroyed by the Russian military in the colors of the Turkish army. Presumably, this is one of two hundred armored vehicles supplied by the Turkish authorities to the Ukrainian army.

Ukrainian tankers sent to Germany to train the operation of German Leopard 2 tanks are completing their training and will return to Ukraine in the near future, and together with the tanks. This is reported by the German broadcaster NDR, citing sources in the Bundeswehr.

Changes in the world arms markets in 2023

Despite the disruption of global supply chains and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, arms sales by companies from the SIPRI Top 100 rating are growing. The growth is observed for the seventh year in a row, in 2021 it amounted to 1.9% by 2020. In absolute terms, sales of military products by the largest companies in the industry amounted to $592 billion, according to a recent report by the Stockholm Institute.

During local conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, Soviet heavy tracked vehicles were often modified to perform various combat missions. At the same time, tanks of the T-54/55 family were used, whose main armament, engineering vehicles like tank bridge-laying machines, as well as armored tow trucks, failed for various reasons.

InVoen info continues to publish additional materials about the new main battle tank (MBT) of the Rheinmetall concern "Panther" KF51, published during the profile forum in Berlin.

Islamabad intends to transfer the T-80UD tanks in service with the Pakistani army to Ukraine, the Indian edition of Firstpost made this statement.

Another batch of British Spartan FV103 armored personnel carriers, purchased with the money of volunteers, has arrived in Ukraine. This time, the APU will receive 25 armored vehicles, but this is not the last delivery. According to the official publication of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, various funds will continue to buy outdated British armored cars.