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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Rossiyskaya Gazeta called Ukrainian tanks hopelessly outdated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 The publication of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta called outdated Ukrainian tanks.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.

The Drive: Russia has transferred the Terminator BMPT to the western direction

Russia has transferred tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) "Terminators" to the western direction, writes The Drive.

Photos of the layout of an unknown Soviet tank with particularly powerful weapons first appeared on the Web. These images are not accompanied by any comments, so there is currently an active discussion of the details of the design of this combat vehicle among experts and fans of the domestic tank building.

Andrey Terlikov has been the head of UKBTM since 2011

Andrey Terlikov, General Director, Chief Designer of JSC Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, will celebrate his 60th anniversary on February 22. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the concern.

In the Soviet Army and the Warsaw Pact countries, mock-ups of military equipment were made, outwardly similar to tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles of NATO countries.

A typical example is the sample shown in the photo, which looks quite strongly reminiscent of the Leopard 1, which was in service with the Bundeswehr and many countries of the North Atlantic Alliance.

Military personnel of the engineering unit of the Central Military District destroyed the fortified areas of the "enemy" during an exercise in Bashkortostan.

As part of a visit to Nexter's enterprise in Roan on February 19, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced four contracts for the supply of equipment and weapons to the country's armed Forces with a total value of more than 1.8 billion. euro.