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The servicemen of the tank battalion of the Russian 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan have been retrained for modern T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics. This is reported by the press service of the Central Military District.

Specialists of the RCB protection of the Guards Red Banner Combined Arms Army received a batch of reconnaissance chemical vehicles RHM-6 included in the automated command and control system.

None of the existing wheeled self-propelled guns met the requirements of the US military. January 12, portal thedefensepost.com He reported that the US Army has ordered the development of a new highly mobile artillery system of 155 mm caliber "from scratch".

The Ukrainian army received overhauled anti-aircraft self-propelled guns ZSU-23-4M "Shilka". According to the press service of the Ukroboronprom concern, restoration work was carried out at the Balaklei Repair Plant, which is located in the Izyumsky district of the Kharkiv region.

Recently, interest in the wars in Chechnya has reawakened. However, there are many inconsistencies about the use of various military equipment in urban battles. For example, the need to introduce 2S9 "Nona-S" self-propelled artillery installations into Grozny is questioned. Say, why were they needed there?

GaardTech Company presented mock-ups of Russian tanks and BMP-3 for exercises

The Australian company GaardTech has shown new models of equipment that look similar to the Russian T-72, T-90 tanks and the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle. The mockups are designed to simulate the equipment of a conditional enemy in European exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

About 60 units of military equipment will be involved in the two-day exercises

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand military personnel of artillery and motorized rifle units of the combined arms association of the Central Military District (CVO) started on Wednesday at a training ground in the Kemerovo region. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton announced the allocation of 3.5 billion on January 10. Austr. dollars (2.5 billion US dollars) for the implementation of projects for the purchase of OBT (LAND 907 Phase 2) and armored engineering vehicles (LAND 8160 Phase 1) in the USA.

The railway connections of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory, received two-link DT-10P all-terrain vehicles in 2021.

The Algerian ground forces have received the first batch of new Chinese 120mm self-propelled mortars mounted on the platform of the HAFEET 640A 6x6 tactical armored vehicle developed by the UAE-based company NIMR.

The exercises of the Western Military District, which started on Tuesday, have nothing to do with the negotiations on security guarantees in Geneva and Brussels, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

19FortyFive: The US compensates for Russia's increased potential in Europe

Russia has a "narrow window" to consolidate its military advantage in Europe, says the American publication 19FortyFive.

Soviet-made T-55 medium tanks in the Egyptian army turned into ammunition transporters. To do this, turrets with 100 mm guns and paired 7.62 mm machine guns were removed from the tanks and massive armored cabins were erected into which shells are loaded.

By the end of this year, the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District will receive 30 modern T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics. This was announced by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

The broken American Abrams main battle tank "escaped" from the M88A2 Hercules armored repair tow truck that tried to pull it.

This happened at one of the ranges of the Fort Hood base (Texas) in early 2019, then a heavy BRAM was sent to the disabled M1A1 to help.

In the 80s, Chinese designers began to look for a replacement for the 100-mm guns, which they installed on their Type 69 medium tanks. At this time, the leading tank-building powers of the world began to produce a new generation of combat vehicles with powerful multilayer armor, reinforced on some models (T-72BM, T-80U) with built-in dynamic protection.

During the operation to liberate Grozny in January 1995, Russian troops, along with anti-aircraft missile and cannon "Tunguska", also used older ZSU "Shilka".

Because of their technical features, they are called "flying"

TASS, January 11. Military units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on the Kuril Islands received a batch of upgraded T-80BV tanks, which are called "flying" due to technical features, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

The Australian company GaardTech continues to expand the range of manufactured models of military equipment. So, at the end of last year, samples similar in appearance to the T-90, T-72 and BMP-3 were presented.

However, it is not necessary to talk about complete similarity with real tanks and Russian-made infantry fighting vehicles. For example, in the "nineties" they forgot to depict the hatches of the gunner-operator and the driver-mechanic. There is no imitation of an ejector on the "barrel of the gun" - a device that serves to remove powder gases after firing from the gun.

The Chinese defense industry presented the latest 120-mm wheeled self-propelled unit. The published video tells about the features of this combat vehicle, made on the chassis of a three-axle all-wheel drive version of the Dongfeng Mengshi CSK131 armored car.