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The military bases of the Russian Federation stationed on the territory of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will receive more than 70 units of military equipment in 2022, the commander of the Central Military District troops Alexander Lapin said.

During the complete defeat of the pro-American South Vietnamese regime in the spring of 1975, a large number of various modern weapons and military equipment became the trophies of the DRV army soldiers.

For example, only 105-mm towed M101 howitzers were captured more than 1,000 pieces, as well as 250 155-mm M114 and a large amount of ammunition for them.

Losses in tanks during the battles in Grozny, which began on December 31, 1994, were due to a number of reasons. Including the fact that some of the combat vehicles did not have the required dynamic protection, which could effectively neutralize the actions of enemy cumulative ammunition of various types.

In the engineering unit of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Rostov region, a division has been formed equipped with sets of remote mining engineering system (ISDM) "Agriculture".

The servicemen of a separate marine engineering regiment of the Northern Fleet, as part of a field exit, worked out special tasks for installing mine-explosive barriers, making passages in them to ensure an offensive. The exercises were held on the eve of a professional holiday - the Day of Engineering Troops.

On January 19, 2022, the State Defense Investment Center of the Estonian Ministry of Defense (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) announced the conclusion of a contract worth more than 40 million euros with the Israeli-German consortium EuroSpike GmbH (a joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael and the German Diehl BGT Defense GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall Defense Electronics) for the purchase of a batch of Spike-SR portable anti-tank missile systems for the Estonian Defense Forces and Kaitseliit.

Tankers of the Southern Military District destroyed the armored vehicles of the conditional enemy during the exercises

Crews of Russian T-72B3M tanks of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District worked out the destruction of moving targets during exercises. Firing from the guns of tanks was shown on video. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta with reference to the press service of the Southern Federal District.

During the reconstruction of the BAM section in the Amur Region, military railway workers of the Eastern Military District use GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" two-link tracked snowmobiles of high cross-country capability. They entered service with the yellow brigades stationed in the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory last year. This was reported in the press service of the VVO.

To rescue people stranded due to blizzards and heavy snowfall at the Asadabad Pass (Hamadan province), the Iranian armed forces deployed BMP-2.

A large number of vehicles with passengers trapped in the snow had to be rescued by Russian-made military equipment. It is known that the "twos" are distinguished by good cross-country ability in any terrain and can confidently act in extreme conditions.

The French army began to arm itself with new reconnaissance vehicles. January 21, portal opex360.com He reported that the first 20 units of the Jaguar EBRC 6×6 were delivered to the troops.

Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

In the Stavropol Territory, during exercises at the Nikolo-Alexandrovsky training ground, tankers of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District destroyed moving armored vehicles as targets. The uniqueness of the shooting was also in the fact that they were carried out at a long distance: the targets - a column of armored vehicles, which were fired at by tanks - were at a distance of up to three kilometers, the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

The Soviet missile hit the Turkish Leopard 2A4 was shown on video.

A video of the destruction of the Leopard 2A4 of the Turkish Armed Forces by representatives of the Kurdish militia appeared on the Network.

The tank has all-round protection against modern anti-tank weapons

General Director of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, part of Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Potapov reported to the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu on the successful implementation in 2021 of the contract for the supply of upgraded T-72B3 tanks to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This was reported to TASS by the UVZ press service.

By the day of military acceptance, Mi-28NM and Ka-52 helicopters were also transferred to the troops

Upgraded Su-30SM2 fighters and Mi-28NM helicopters began to enter the army. This was reported to TASS by Rostec State Corporation as part of a single day of military acceptance.

A massive modernization of the T-72 main battle tank fleet has begun in Iran. At the end of last year, at the major maneuvers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Payambar-e Azam-17 ("The Great Prophet-17"), a serial model modified according to the Karrar project was demonstrated for the first time.

Rostec State Corporation delivered eight types of various weapons and military equipment to the Russian armed forces by the Single Day of Military Acceptance.

In anticipation of Altay tanks, Turkey is upgrading its existing combat vehicles. Yesterday, January 19, the portal savunmasanayist.com He reported that the Turkish Defense Industry Administration (SSB) has approved the TIYK-LEO 2A4 program, under which more than 300 Leopard 2A4 tanks will undergo deep modernization.

The Republic of Korea showed a tank based on the K21 BMP, which will be offered to India

Hanhwa Defense Company showed a light K21-105 car. A tank based on the K21 infantry fighting Vehicle (BMP) will be offered to India. The development from South Korea will become a competitor to the Russian tank "Octopus-SDM1". This is reported by Janes.

Military personnel of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet conduct live firing exercises from the guns of T-72B3 tanks at a training ground in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported.