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An armored homemade vehicle based on the BMP-1 was thrown into battle in Syria
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.
There was a photo of a mysterious T-62 tank with a "folding" gun barrel
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).
Russian instructors have started training 500 soldiers of the Tajik army
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
Tank crews started shooting at a training ground in the Crimea
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.
More than a thousand tank army soldiers in the west of the Russian Federation participate in the combat readiness check
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.
Tankers of the Southern Military District conducted training firing
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.
Bloody August of '97 in Tajikistan: the towers of the T-72AV were torn off in the battles
In October 1996, I had to visit Tajikistan near the location of the tank unit of the brigade of the rebel Colonel Mahmud Khudoiberdyev. The fighters were just engaged in maintenance of equipment: they cleaned the trunks, dug into the engines, changed the tracks of the tracks of one tank.
Did the T-90 have a chance to fight in Chechnya
Despite the fact that the first Chechen war ended more than a quarter of a century ago, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions around it. For example, information about the participation of T-90 tanks in those hostilities still pops up from time to time in various sources.
The Central Military District troops in the Volga region will receive more than 50 BMP-2 with the Berezhok module by the end of 2022
More than 50 modernized infantry fighting vehicles with the Berezhok combat module will enter service with formations and military units of the Central Military District in the Volga Region by the end of 2022, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, told reporters.
In 2022, remote mining systems "Agriculture" will be put into service with the engineering units of the Central Military District
In 2022, a separate engineering brigade of the Central Military District stationed in Bashkiria will receive the latest engineering systems for remote mining (ISDM) "Agriculture", said the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District, Colonel Andrei Gandzyuk.
For the first time, the Central Military District will receive Ka-52 helicopters and the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system
More than 1,300 pieces of equipment will be delivered to the troops of the Central Military District this year. The commander of the district, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, announced the build-up of combat power at the briefing.
The rarest and most unusual modification of the T-72 was created in Romania
The T-72 tank from the late 70s began to en masse into service with the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries and states friendly to the Soviet Union.
In some of them, for example, in Poland, Czechoslovakia and India, licensed production was organized.
The Central Military District troops will receive new planes, helicopters and upgraded BMP-2
In 2022, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) will receive more than 1,300 units of new and modernized weapons and military equipment. This was told to journalists on Monday by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.
Russian bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan receive new military equipment
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.
Successful acquisition: which captured self-propelled guns were especially appreciated in Vietnam
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.
Burning tanks in Grozny - they did not have time to install dynamic protection
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.
Artillery units equipped with the latest engineering system "Agriculture" have been formed in the engineering unit of the Southern Federal District
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".
Marine engineers repelled a surprise attack by saboteurs
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.
Estonia buys Israeli Spike-SR anti-tank missile systems
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.
The shooting of Russian T-72B3M tanks was shown on video
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.























