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The tank repair plants of Ukraine that remained without state orders in the 90s, competing with each other, began to offer foreign countries their options for the modernization of the T-72.

A large number of different versions have been developed, including quite unusual ones. For example, you can recall the layout of the so-called T-72-120, first shown in 1999.

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.

The United Kingdom on Thursday begins to transfer military personnel to Estonia, as well as tanks and other armored vehicles, the British Ministry of Defense reports.

On February 17, 1979, the war between China and Vietnam began. As part of the two hundred thousandth PLA group that invaded the SRV, there were approximately five hundred tanks. Basically - light Type 62, optimized for action in mountainous terrain.

Rheinmetall introduced the Lynx 120 light tank

Rheinmetall has introduced a new model from the Lynx family of armored vehicles. The Lynx 120 combat vehicle received a smoothbore tank gun. This is stated in a message on the company's website.

Tankers and gunners of the motorized rifle unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District took part in a bilateral exercise at the Nikolo-Alexandrovsky training ground in the Stavropol Territory, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Developed during the Great Patriotic War, the 14.5-mm ZPU-2 machine gun was installed at various times on various models of equipment. For example, back in the 50s, modifications of wheeled BTR-40, BTR-152 and tracked BTR-50 were equipped with such weapons.

Soviet T-55 medium tanks took part in numerous military conflicts, one of which was the Iran-Iraq war that lasted eight years.

Interestingly, these combat vehicles were in the ground forces of the armed forces of both countries. True, if they made up the majority of the available fleet from the Iraqis, then the Iranians under the Shah bought a relatively small number of "fifty-fifths" in the Soviet Union, focusing on equipment manufactured in Great Britain and the United States.

Poland has passed the last hurdle before buying new American tanks. On February 18, the press service of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense announced the receipt of a certificate for the sale of M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks to Poland.

Incidents with military equipment continue in the Ukrainian army. Video footage taken recently in Kharkiv appeared on the Web. A small column of military equipment was moving along one of the city's highways, consisting of KrAZ-6446 three-axle tractors carrying light armored vehicles on trawls.

Outdated military equipment will still serve as robots. On February 18, the press service of the Turkish company FNSS showed a video with tests of robotic combat vehicles created on the basis of the M113 BMP.

Egyptian defense columnist Mahmoud Gamal posted photos on Twitter showing the adviser to the President of Burundi inspecting a Fahd-300 armored personnel carrier with an Egyptian-made 4x4 wheel formula during his last visit to the Kader factory.

The Bulgarian government has approved the project of updating the T-72 tanks. February 17, portal sofiaglobe.com He informed that the modernization will take place within the framework of a contract with Terem signed back in 2020.

The State Department has agreed to sell 250 Abrams tanks to Poland.

This was announced on Twitter by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak. "This is very important news for the security of Poland. The State Department has agreed to sell 250 Abrams tanks in the most modern version of the M1A2 SEPv3," he wrote.

Popular Science: Russian Krasukha electronic warfare systems can block GPS signals

The Krasukha-2 and Krasukha-4 electronic warfare systems are capable of blocking signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation system. A similar assessment of Russian weapons was given by the American magazine Popular Science.

19FortyFive was horrified by the capabilities of Russian flamethrowers.

Portal 19FortyFive dedicated an article to the heavy flamethrower system "Pinocchio". The author notes that, perhaps, this is Russia's most powerful weapon that does not use nuclear technology. TOS-1 and variants of this weapon can cause incredible damage. So, one installation is capable of setting fire to an area about the size of two football fields.

A not too common modification of the MT-LB with enhanced armament is seen among the military equipment of the Russian Army returning from exercises to places of permanent deployment.

In one of the videos of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the loading of T-72B main battle tanks with protective visors - screens on the towers, 122-mm self-propelled artillery 2S1 "Carnation" and light armored transporters with 30-mm automatic guns are demonstrated on railway platforms.

Several tactical episodes were played out on Thursday at the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022" by the Russian and Belarusian military. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko observed their actions at the Osipovichsky training ground.

During the Talos I - 2022 exercises, the air defense units of the National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus marched in a mountainous area.

In some areas, the equipment had to move along a fairly narrow winding road with steep ascents. But, thanks to the skill of the driver mechanics and the high reliability of Russian-made combat vehicles, all the tasks were successfully completed.