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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Outdated military equipment will still serve as robots.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.

In total, more than 500 military personnel were involved in them

Exercises with live firing from the armament of T-72B3 tanks and armored personnel carriers BTR-82A on a conditional enemy took place at a training ground in the Sverdlovsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).

During the command and staff exercises "Blizzard-2022" conducted by the Ukrainian army last Wednesday, one of the BMP-1 crashed into a T-64BV.

A tank with spruce branches cut down for camouflage on the roof and a canvas "cape" on the body, among other similar vehicles, depicted an attack on the "enemy".

The Bangladesh Ground Forces received a new batch of 15 M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicles of the MRAP class as part of the American Surplus Military Equipment (EDA) program.

As part of the planned rotation of the withdrawal of forces of the Western Military District, the 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade was withdrawn from Moscow to the Belgorod Region. In one locality, the name of which is familiar to all researchers of the Battle of the Kursk Bulge [Kastornaya], among other things, more than 20 T-90M tanks were transferred.

Gunners of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District conducted exercises using modern reconnaissance equipment at the Molkino combined arms training ground in the Krasnodar Territory, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The US military deployed the M-LIDS system at the Polish airport

The United States has transferred new equipment to combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Poland. Radars, air defense systems (air defense) and a system of protection against drones were noticed at the airport of the city of Zamosc, Defense Express reports.