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A new vehicle for the UN troops was created on the basis of the BTR-152
The old Soviet BTR-152 continues to be improved in Vietnam. Currently, a thoroughly modified version has been created for peacekeeping units operating as part of the UN troops.
The "Leopard" in the "Windbreaker" will become more tenacious
The Israeli defense showed a high result on the German tank. November 2, portal janes.com He reported that the companies Rafael and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) conducted a joint test of the Leopard 2 tank and the Trophy active protection system.
The Leopard 2 tank was tested with an Israeli active protection complex
The German Leopard 2A7 tank has passed the first stage of testing of the active protection complex (KAZ) Trophy. The development of the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provided effective protection of the tank. The Israeli Defense Ministry has published a corresponding message on its Twitter account. This is reported by Army Recognition.
Unique self-propelled mortar "Tulip" with Su-100P chassis will be transferred to the "Ural"
The eleventh issue of the magazine "Army Collection" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation contains an article by V. Litvinenko, A. Klyukoyt "Modernization and development of new artillery models". In particular, the article mentions possible measures to improve the capabilities of the famous Russian 240-mm self-propelled mortar 2C4 "Tulip".
Russia has supplied Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with military equipment
Deliveries of Su-30SM aircraft and Mi-35M helicopters have been completed, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Customs Service
Russia supplied Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with military products in 2021, including aircraft and missile systems. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), said this in an interview with RBC.
In the USA, they remembered the predecessor of "Armata"
The Russian tank "Object 195", which is also known as the T-95, could become one of the best combat vehicles in the world. In the USA, they remembered the predecessor of the T-14 Armata. Charlie Gao wrote for 19FortyFive about the advantages of Russian development.
The T-64BV tank received "red eyes" in the Donbass
The captured T-64BV main battle tank of one of the Donbass People's Militia units received "red eyes" - two special searchlights are installed on both sides of a 125 mm smoothbore cannon.
The next batch of T-72B3M tanks entered service with the army corps of the Baltic Fleet
Another batch of upgraded T-72B3M tanks has been received by the motorized rifle unit of the Baltic Fleet Army Corps stationed in the Kaliningrad Region.
The Trophy active protection complex was successfully tested on the Leopard 2 tank
The first series of successful firing tests of the Trophy active protection complex installed on the German Leopard 2 tank took place. According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, these works are carried out in accordance with an agreement signed in February last year with the German Ministry of Defense.
Abrams without a crew in the tower
The Americans have "revealed the cards" of further modernization of their main battle tank. November 1, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that US Congressman Tim Ryan boasted of "knocked out" funding for an Army Tank Plant in Lima (Lima Army Tank Plant, LATP).
India will produce 700,000 AK-203s and buy 400 T-90 tanks
India, as part of the Make in India national program, will launch the production of 700,000 modern AK-203s, the country's ambassador to Moscow Bala Venkatesh Varma told TASS before completing his mission.
The BTS-4 restored in Ukraine received tracks from the T-80
At the end of last month, the Ukrainian army received more than a dozen medium-sized BTS-4 tractors restored by the Lviv Armored Plant. According to the press service of Ukroboronprom, the first batch of repaired equipment has already been sent directly to the troops, the second is waiting for shipment.
Version: the explosion of a controlled land mine destroyed the T-90 of Azerbaijan
A new video has appeared on social networks, apparently made at the earliest stage of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. In a short video, you can see a combat vehicle turned into a pile of twisted metal. According to the individual elements of the design, it can be understood that we have a T-90S main battle tank in front of us.
Latvia has received new Finnish armored personnel carriers
The Latvian army is being transferred to new armored personnel carriers. On October 31, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Latvia announced that the Finnish Patria group of companies has begun deliveries of Patria 6×6 armored personnel carriers.
There are photos of a new pickup truck based on the "MIC-Ural"
On the basis of the newest Russian armored car "MIC-Ural", designers have created a new modification - a pickup truck. As reported, the first batch of such equipment is ready and will be sent to the client in the near future.
Real "supertank": the US remembered about the Russian T-95
Before the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a prototype of the "supertank", which surpassed all modern NATO tanks in combat capabilities. We are talking about the T-95 or "Object 195", the project largely became the basis for the newest T-14 Armata.
The American Abrams tank will receive an uninhabited tower
The American Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima may receive funds for the modernization of the M1A2 Abrams tank. In the USA, they wanted to equip the tank with an uninhabited turret and a loading machine. This is reported by Army Recognition with reference to the press release of Congressman Tim Ryan's team.
The world's most powerful self-propelled mortar "Tulip" can become wheeled
In the Russian armed forces, much attention is paid to the improvement of weapons for the ground forces, this is the topic of the publication in the November issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense "Army Collection" by V. Litvinenko, A. Klyukoit "Modernization and development of new artillery models".
On Mars, they are going to launch the production of rocket fuel from microbes
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have proposed a concept following which bacteria delivered to Mars will be able to produce rocket fuel and liquid oxygen from the CO2 available there. The resulting fuel will be useful for refueling the spacecraft to return to Earth. Techcult has studied in detail the scientists' article in the journal Nature.
In Ukraine, France was accused of delaying the delivery of the Oplot tank to the United States
Defence24 sources accused the French side of delaying the delivery of the Ukrainian Oplot tank to the United States for a year. According to the publication, the Ukrainian tank uses French-made components, in particular, thermal imagers from Thales, which did not want to consent to their re-export to the United States.