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In the early 70s, the most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China was the Type 59, which was, in fact, a clone of the Soviet T-54A, launched in a series back in 1955.

At this time, the Armed Forces of the USSR and Western states continued to receive new generation equipment: T-64A, AMX-30, Leopard, Chieftain. Work has also begun on Leopard 2 and XM803.

Croatia will buy 89 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from the United States. On January 27, the press service of the American Embassy in Croatia reported that the Croatian government approved the final plan for the purchase of American armored vehicles in the amount of $196 million.

19FortyFive: The German Panzer VIII Maus is the worst tank in history

The "worst of the worst" tanks in world history is the German Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, writes 19FortyFive.

Tankers of the military base of the Southern Military District in Adygea conducted night battles on modern T-72B3 tanks as part of operational and combat training classes, the press service of the Southern Military District reported on Saturday.

The Marine Corps used Grad, Gvozdika and Nona installations during exercises in the Arctic

Crews of artillery installations of the Marine Corps of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy used artillery during exercises in the Arctic. A video showing the firing of marines was published by the Zvezda TV channel.

Germany's decision on the possibility of transferring German-made 122-mm howitzers to Ukraine will be prepared and transferred to Estonia in the near future, German Ambassador to Tallinn Christiana Hochmann said.

The collapse of the USSR ignited many wars on the territory of the post-Soviet space. For example, at that time, the conflict in Transnistria broke out in full, where the fighters of the People's Republic opposing the Chisinau formations were significantly inferior to the first in technical equipment.

The Ukrainian military-industrial complex is moving towards the creation of a wheeled self-propelled gun. January 26, portal defence-ua.com He reported that the Bogdana self-propelled gun had successfully completed preliminary fire tests.

Last Wednesday, Republic Day (R-Day) was solemnly celebrated in India. A large-scale military parade was held in New Delhi, where various samples of military equipment, including historical ones, were demonstrated.

Soviet BTR-70 and BTR-80 are still the main wheeled means of delivery of personnel of the Armed forces of Ukraine. The country's military department posted on its Facebook page a picture with the main types of armored personnel carriers in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Soviet tank PT-76 was shown in India at the parade in honor of the Republic Day

On Wednesday, a parade was held in New Delhi, India, which was timed to coincide with the Republic Day. Modern and decommissioned samples of military equipment were in service. The Soviet floating tank PT-76 led the procession of historical equipment. The recording of the parade was published by the Ministry of Defense of India.

On Tuesday, a whole series of exercises started, in which Russian servicemen are involved. Moreover, the maneuvers took place even abroad. Thus, the Russian-Chinese exercise "Peaceful Sea-2022" took place in the western part of the Arabian Sea.

The Mozdok airbase in February 1995 was remembered for the presence of a larger number of troops belonging to various departments. Su-25 attack aircraft, rotary-wing combat and transport Mi-24 and Mi-8 take off and land every now and then.

CVO units will receive more than 50 upgraded BMP-2M by the end of 2022

The formations of the Central Military District (CVO) will receive more than 50 BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles with the Berezhok combat module. The cars will be delivered by the end of 2022. This was announced by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, the press service of the district reports.

The Armed Forces of Pakistan received the first batch of SH-15 155-mm self-propelled artillery units (ACS) ordered in China on a chassis with a 6x6 wheel formula manufactured by China North Industrial Corporation NORINCO (China North Industries Group Corporation Limited).

The Russian armed forces traditionally pay great attention to waterfowl technology. Wheeled and tracked armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, paratroopers, some models of self-propelled artillery installations, etc. received the ability to independently force water obstacles.

The crews of the T-80U of the twentieth Armored Brigade of the National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus conducted live firing exercises at a training ground near the settlement of Kalo Horio.

Russian-made combat vehicles made a rapid march to the area of the battle with a conditional enemy. Small water obstacles were overcome while driving over very rough terrain.

The American company Oshkosh Defense has introduced a quiet version of the armored vehicle JLTV - eJLTV. It received a hybrid-electric power plant, which provides fuel economy by 20 percent.

In October 1996, I had to visit Tajikistan near the location of the tank unit of the brigade of the rebel Colonel Mahmud Khudoiberdyev. The fighters were just engaged in maintenance of equipment: they cleaned the trunks, dug into the engines, changed the tracks of the tracks of one tank.

The press service of the Central Military District noted that the instructors will train the commanders of multiple rocket launchers, gunners of self-propelled guns, driver mechanics and gunners-operators of T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2