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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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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.

In the Irkutsk region, mobile strategic complexes "Yars" went to field positions. Autonomous launchers of the local division of the Strategic Missile Forces entered the combat patrol routes as part of the exercise. The command involved about a thousand soldiers and officers, as well as more than 100 units of military and special equipment of various types and purposes.

The BMP-2 with the Berezhok combat module will replenish the parks of formations and military units of the Central Military District stationed in the Volga region by the end of this year. This was reported by the press service of the territorial association with reference to the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

During the fighting in the Syrian city of Hasaka, Kurdish formations used an unusual tracked homemade armored vehicle against militants of the terrorist group "IG" banned in Russia.

An unusual T-62 with a "folding" gun barrel surprised users of social networks. The machine was used by one of the units of the 40th Combined Arms Army of the Limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan (OKSVA).

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

The Black Sea Fleet reported on the firing of tankers of the Southern Military District at the Angarsky training ground

Tankers of the units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District (SE) began firing at the Angarsky training ground in the Crimea. The crews of the T-72B3 tanks conducted classes in accordance with the combat training plan. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The First Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) is conducting combat readiness testing classes, the ZVO said on Tuesday. "In total, more than 1 thousand servicemen and about 100 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved in the combat readiness check," the report says.

Crews of T-72B3 tanks as part of tank units of the Army Corps of the Southern Military District took part in shooting practice at the Angarsky training ground near Simferopol.