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During the exercises of the Israel Defense Forces, one of the Merkava Mk tanks that took part in them.4M is stuck in a mud trap almost up to the very tower. A video of this incident was posted on social networks last Wednesday.

The office of the head of operational testing of the Pentagon concluded that the light SUVs of the US Army ISV are ineffective in combat and security cooperation and deterrence missions against almost equal threats. According to Breaking Defense, they slow down the firing of soldiers at the enemy.

The Tagil Division of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) began exercises with the withdrawal of autonomous launchers of strategic complexes "Yars" on combat patrol routes, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Military Industrial Complex has prepared a right-hand drive version of the Tiger armored car for a foreign customer

In Russia, a special version of the SBM MIC-233136 Tiger armored car with right-hand drive was shown. A batch of right-hand drive cars was prepared for shipment to a foreign customer. This was reported on the Instagram account of the "Military Industrial Company" (MIC).

In the Sverdlovsk region, the launchers of the Yars mobile nuclear missile complex of the Teikov Division of the Strategic Missile Forces were brought to the combat patrol routes. As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercise, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, will work out the covert transfer of missile systems to field positions.

In the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, heavy infantry fighting vehicles could appear, created on the chassis of the main battle tank OF-40 using a turret from the Russian BMP-3.

The Ptitselov air defense systems will begin to be delivered to airborne units in 2023

Mobile air defense systems (PVO) "Birdman" next year will begin to arrive in the units of the Airborne Troops (airborne). Russian paratroopers will receive vehicles based on the BMD-4M. This was reported in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of Russia "Army Collection".

The military worked out the destruction of tanks in training in the Smolensk region, the press service of the Western Military District reported.

Four dozen special armored vehicles SBM VPK-233136 "Tiger", painted in sand camouflage, are ready for shipment to a foreign customer.

As reported on the page of LLC "Military Industrial Company" on Instagram, these versions of the special vehicle are made with the right handlebar and do not belong to military products.

According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea, on February 1, 2022, with its participation, the South Korean company Hanwha Defense (the defense division of the Hanwha Group) signed a contract in Cairo with the Egyptian Ministry of Defense for the supply and joint production in Egypt of South Korean 155-mm/52 self-propelled howitzers K9 Thunder. The contract value is more than 2 trillion won ($1.65 billion).

Infantry fighting vehicles "Basurmanin" will replenish the motorized rifle unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO) in February, the press service of the district reports.

Italy has begun testing the C1 Ariete AMV tank with an upgraded engine

An upgraded version of the Italian C1 Ariete tank, which received an improved engine and an updated fire control system, has been put to the test. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

In accordance with the plan to provide troops with new military and special equipment, at the end of last year, modern military equipment of the rear service, in particular the ADCPT-10 tankers, was received by the troops of the Air Defense Forces.

Specialists of the RCB protection troops of the Yelninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District (ZVO) received a batch of reconnaissance chemical vehicles RHM-6.

FAR EAST - Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1AM will replenish the motorized rifle unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in the Jewish Autonomous Region, the press service of the district reported on Wednesday.

At the end of February 1995, in the cemeteries of military equipment at the Chervlennaya station and in the vicinity of Grozny, where combat vehicles that had failed for various reasons were collected from all over Chechnya, one could see the damaged T-72A tanks with the remnants of white camouflage on the towers. There were quite a lot of them.

At the Roshchinsky training ground in the Samara region, the peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District showed its combat capabilities during large-scale exercises. The training footage was captured on video.

Last Thursday, tests began on the first of three samples of the modernized Italian-made C1 Ariete AMV tank. It is reported that the combat vehicle received an updated IVECO V12 MTCA powerplant with a 1500 hp Common Rail fuel injection system.

A group of officers who had previously graduated from a military college were admitted to the armored school of the Iraqi army. 107 people from January to October of this year will study military equipment in the troops, in particular T-90S tanks and infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3M.

Next year, the airborne and amphibious assault divisions of the Russian Army will begin to receive mobile air defense systems "Birdman". This is reported in the material by I. Borovkov "Air defense for "winged infantry", published in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army Collection".