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British Challenger 2 and BMP Warrior tanks deployed in Estonia

The British contingent in Estonia was reinforced with additional Challenger 2 tanks and Warrior infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The number of deployed British armored vehicles in the country was named by the Minister of the Armed Forces of Great Britain James Happy, reports UK Defense Journal.

Until recently, the Ukrainian army had about two hundred T-64BV tanks of the 2017 model in service. During the modernization, night sights were replaced with them - thermal imaging sights were installed instead of the old infrared ones.

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand servicemen were held in the Orenburg region

TASS, February 28. Servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO) repelled an attack by a conditional enemy on a settlement during exercises in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

Russian servicemen in Tajikistan have applied camouflage paint to upgraded T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics, which recently entered service at the 201st military base.

The prototype of the Kevlar-E BMP was decided to be used in combat operations. In all likelihood, this machine exists in a single copy.

During the offensive of the DPR People's Militia units to liberate the settlement of Nikolaevka, T-72B (BM) tanks with enhanced protection were spotted. Video footage from this section of the front of the fight against Nazi formations was posted by the Zvezda TV channel.

The vast majority of the tank fleet of the Ukrainian army consists of old Soviet tanks. According to the NG: Russian Weapons project, the most massive is the T-64BV. According to various sources, there are slightly more than 400 armored vehicles in the troops.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta called Ukrainian tanks hopelessly outdated

The technical characteristics of Ukrainian tanks correspond to the characteristics of the 1980s, and most of the equipment has not undergone major repairs. The publication of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta called outdated Ukrainian tanks.

The Ukrainian army currently operates infantry fighting vehicles inherited from the Soviet military districts located on its territory.

In total, the ground forces have about nine hundred BMP-2 and more than two hundred BMP-1. The newest of them is more than thirty years old, and there are copies that have changed even the fifth decade.

In October 2017, at the exhibition "Zbroya ta Bezpeka" held in Kiev, the Sentinel tank support combat vehicle was presented for the first time.

Local media then talked about her as a real competitor to the Russian "Terminator". Dozens of publications were devoted to this freshly made product, a large number of television reports were shot about it. We talked about a real breakthrough in the field of armored weapons.

About 600 servicemen and more than 50 units of military and special equipment participated in the exercises

Motorized infantry of the Central Military District (CVO) destroyed the superior forces of the imaginary enemy with the support of T-72B2 and BMP-2 during exercises in the Kemerovo region. There was also an artillery strike from the Msta-S installations, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the press service of the district.

The military observer of Izvestia, Alexey Ramm, exposed a fake spread on the Network about an allegedly broken column of Russian troops. According to him, the video captures the equipment of the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU), not Russia.

Motorized infantry of the Central Military District with the support of armored vehicles destroyed targets during exercises in Siberia

Motorized rifle units of the Central Military District (CVO) destroyed the superior forces of the conditional enemy during exercises in Siberia. The actions of the motorized infantry were supported by the crews of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2 and upgraded T-72 tanks. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the district.

As in the case of light wheeled armored vehicles, the vast majority of the APU tank fleet consists of old Soviet tanks. The main and most massive is the T-64BV. According to various sources, there are slightly more than four hundred such armored vehicles in the troops.

Perhaps soon the regional administration for the Krasnodar Territory will receive high-passability equipment.

After sixty years in the Taiwan Defense Service, the M41A3 Walker Bulldog tanks are retiring. Yesterday, February 22, the portal thedrive.com He reported that the Army of the Republic of China officially announced the decommissioning of the last American light tanks.

Gunners of the Baltic Fleet conducted firing from Hyacinth cannons

Artillery units of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet performed live firing. The military used 152 mm Hyacinth cannons at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region. This was reported in the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

The new Russian T-14 Armata tank can become a real predator once on the battlefield. It is well protected, even better armed and uses a variety of modern technologies to detect targets and protect against threats.

Russian paratroopers may soon receive new self-propelled ATGMs. On February 21, the TASS news agency reported that Rostec State Corporation is completing tests of the Kornet-D1 self-propelled anti-tank missile system based on the BMD-4M.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Ukrainian manufacturers issued their T-72 tanks for Russian T-90

In the 1990s, some Ukrainian factories, left without government orders, offered upgraded T-72 tanks to foreign countries, some of which were passed off as analogues of Russian T-90, Rossiyskaya Gazeta tells, referring to the Oryx blog.