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The Ukrainian military used the upgraded T-64BM2 tanks for the first time in the exercises

The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted exercises at a training ground in the Kharkiv region. During the maneuvers, the military used for the first time an upgraded version of the Soviet T-64 tank. This is reported by Defense Express.

Sergey Kotelevsky, Head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department, said that the new version of the Octopus amphibious vehicle is radically different from its first generation

The updated version of the airborne self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus" based on the latest BMD-4 has a unique fire control system. This was announced on Sunday on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel by Sergey Kotelevsky, head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department.

Popular Mechanics told about the sending of untested weapons to Europe by the USA

The United States is sending weapons untested in a real war to Europe to fight Russia, says the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The Ukrainian T-64BV tank received a machine gun that is similar to the American M2 Browning

The Ukrainian modification of the Soviet tank received a new machine gun. The upgraded T-64BV of the 2022 model was equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun with a Laska K-2 machine gun, which looks similar to the American Browning M2. This is reported by the bmpd blog in LiveJournal.

In the armed forces of many countries, there are specially created units that portray the enemy during various military exercises.

In the USA, for example, the so-called "32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment" existed for a long time in Fort Irwin (Mojave Desert, California).

More than 300 units of weapons and military equipment will be involved in the exercises

The gunners of the formations of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District stationed in the Caucasus have begun field exercises. As the press service of the district told reporters on Wednesday, more than 2.5 thousand servicemen are taking part in the maneuvers, who will fire from howitzers "Acacia", "Carnation", multiple rocket launchers and other weapons.

The marines of the Northern Fleet destroyed the forces of a conditional enemy at a training ground near the village of Sputnik in the Murmansk region. This was announced on Wednesday, February 9, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Ukrainian enterprise KHBTZ has started testing the T-64BV tank of the 2022 model

Tests of the upgraded version of the Soviet T-64 tank began in Ukraine. The state enterprise "Kharkiv Armored Plant" (KHBTZ), which is part of the Ukroboronprom concern, has equipped the T-64BV model 2022 with new equipment. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the concern.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to operate several hundred American-made Humvee SUVs. On Tuesday, photos from the fifth maintenance and repair center of these foreign cars that arrived from overseas, located in Zhytomyr, were posted on the Network.

In Ukraine, they announced the testing of the next version of the Soviet T-64BV tank. Now this car of the 2022 model, modified by the specialists of the Kharkiv Armored Plant, has received "sights and devices of the third generation."

Modernization of obsolete T-72M1 tanks continues in Iraq. So far we are talking about combat vehicles that are in service with the People's Militia Forces. They were first shown in May last year.

From the usual "seventy-second", the main external difference is the massive elements of the built-in dynamic protection on the turret, which are able to withstand tandem cumulative ammunition of various types.

Sergei Shoigu inspected the course of the inspection of the reaction forces of Russia and Belarus

During a working trip to Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, together with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin, inspected the performance of tasks by servicemen of the Union State's armed response forces.

The Ukrainian 92nd separate mechanized brigade is stationed in the village of Klugino-Bashkirovka of the Chuguevsky City Council of the Kharkiv region. It is considered one of the most equipped in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with modern weapons.

Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A were involved during the fighting in the area of the city of Harad in the Yemeni province of Hajjah.

Combat vehicles were used by units of the Saudi royal ground forces, who, together with supporters of President Hadi, launched an offensive against areas occupied by the forces of the Shiite Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).

The exercises are held in the Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, at Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Military personnel of the Southern Military District (SE) will take part in more than 30 bilateral company tactical exercises in the coming weeks, which began at 15 training grounds in the south of Russia, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

A new version of the Tiger-M armored car armed with the Kornet-D1 anti-tank missile system (another designation "Kornet-EM") was presented for the first time in the report of the RT Online channel in Arabic.

Preliminary tests of the BTR-3F floating armored personnel carrier for the Russian Navy marines are being completed. Kurganmashzavod is ready for mass production of the machine, writes TASS with reference to the press service of Rostec Corporation.

New air threats are forcing weapons manufacturers to look for new methods of counteraction. On February 7, the Rheinmetall Defense press service announced the release of a new Skyranger 30 HEL anti-aircraft gun.

The Marines of the Russian Navy may, in the foreseeable future, acquire equipment of a completely new class for them. We are talking about a Marine infantry fighting vehicle (BMMP). The "military informant" published, presumably, the first photo of a prototype painted in tricolor camouflage, located in the factory shop.

The last Soviet T-10M heavy tank has been completely restored at the Museum of Russian Military History in Padikovo near Moscow.

This combat vehicle, according to domestic and foreign experts, was considered the best in its class during the 50-70s. In terms of its tactical and technical characteristics, it surpassed the American M103 and the British FV 214 Conqueror.