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The broken American Abrams main battle tank "escaped" from the M88A2 Hercules armored repair tow truck that tried to pull it.

This happened at one of the ranges of the Fort Hood base (Texas) in early 2019, then a heavy BRAM was sent to the disabled M1A1 to help.

Soviet-made T-55 medium tanks in the Egyptian army turned into ammunition transporters. To do this, turrets with 100 mm guns and paired 7.62 mm machine guns were removed from the tanks and massive armored cabins were erected into which shells are loaded.

By the end of this year, the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District will receive 30 modern T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics. This was announced by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

About 60 units of military equipment will be involved in the two-day exercises

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand military personnel of artillery and motorized rifle units of the combined arms association of the Central Military District (CVO) started on Wednesday at a training ground in the Kemerovo region. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton announced the allocation of 3.5 billion on January 10. Austr. dollars (2.5 billion US dollars) for the implementation of projects for the purchase of OBT (LAND 907 Phase 2) and armored engineering vehicles (LAND 8160 Phase 1) in the USA.

The railway connections of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory, received two-link DT-10P all-terrain vehicles in 2021.

The exercises of the Western Military District, which started on Tuesday, have nothing to do with the negotiations on security guarantees in Geneva and Brussels, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.

GaardTech Company presented mock-ups of Russian tanks and BMP-3 for exercises

The Australian company GaardTech has shown new models of equipment that look similar to the Russian T-72, T-90 tanks and the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle. The mockups are designed to simulate the equipment of a conditional enemy in European exercises. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Recently, interest in the wars in Chechnya has reawakened. However, there are many inconsistencies about the use of various military equipment in urban battles. For example, the need to introduce 2S9 "Nona-S" self-propelled artillery installations into Grozny is questioned. Say, why were they needed there?

The Norwegian military will compare German and South Korean tanks. January 10, portal armyrecognition.com He announced that prototypes of Leopard 2A7 and K2 Black Panther vehicles had arrived in Norway to participate in the tender "Project 9360 — tank potential of the Army" (Prosjekt 9360 — Stridsvognkapasitet til Hæren).

The Western Military District (ZVO) has sent about 3,000 military personnel to firing exercises in four regions of central and southwestern Russia.

At the very end of last year, there were reports that French manufacturers of armored vehicles intend to offer India to replace the 1,700 T-72M/M1 Ajeya in service with their updated Leclerc XLR.

The Chinese defense industry presented the latest 120-mm wheeled self-propelled unit. The published video tells about the features of this combat vehicle, made on the chassis of a three-axle all-wheel drive version of the Dongfeng Mengshi CSK131 armored car.

The Australian company GaardTech continues to expand the range of manufactured models of military equipment. So, at the end of last year, samples similar in appearance to the T-90, T-72 and BMP-3 were presented.

However, it is not necessary to talk about complete similarity with real tanks and Russian-made infantry fighting vehicles. For example, in the "nineties" they forgot to depict the hatches of the gunner-operator and the driver-mechanic. There is no imitation of an ejector on the "barrel of the gun" - a device that serves to remove powder gases after firing from the gun.

During the operation to liberate Grozny in January 1995, Russian troops, along with anti-aircraft missile and cannon "Tunguska", also used older ZSU "Shilka".

Because of their technical features, they are called "flying"

TASS, January 11. Military units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on the Kuril Islands received a batch of upgraded T-80BV tanks, which are called "flying" due to technical features, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.

An unusual road user - a BLT-72 tank bridge-laying machine on the T-72M1 Ajeya chassis - was filmed in India. A heavy engineering vehicle drove along one of the streets of the city of Avadi, where the production of such equipment is carried out. Judging by the fact that its passage did not cause much excitement, the locals have long been accustomed to this.

During the storming of Grozny on December 31, 1995, the Russian command sent a wide variety of military equipment to the Chechen capital. Including one that was not intended for such combat operations at all.

The GAZ-3344-20 Aleut two-link tracked floating snowmobile of high cross-country capability was adopted by a division of the railway troops of the Central Military District stationed in Udmurtia.

In 1991, the German company Jung Jungenthal produced a prototype of the upgraded T-55 medium tank. According to this option, it was supposed to improve combat vehicles of this type, which are in service with the Egyptian ground forces.