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The intelligence units of the Ground Forces receive modern means of intelligence
In order to increase the combat capabilities of the reconnaissance units of the Ground Forces, the delivery of the second-generation Sagittarius-M intelligence, control and communications systems (KRUS) is planned.
Breaking Defense: The US Army is not ready for a confrontation with Russia
The US army was advised to take Russia's ground forces seriously.
The Breaking Defense publication criticized the Pentagon's policy. According to Daniel Gur, vice president of the Lexington Institute, a former official of the US Department of Defense, America has focused too much on the Chinese threat in the Pacific region, weakening attention to Russia. However, this short-sightedness against the background of the growing power of the Russian ground forces is fraught with problems in Europe.
The Latvian Armed Forces will receive a self-propelled pontoon fleet based on the M3 amphibious vehicle
According to information published on October 6 by General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), the Latvian Armed Forces will receive a self-propelled pontoon fleet based on the M3 amphibious vehicle.
The secret of longevity: how Indonesia prolongs the life of PT-76 tanks
The armored long-lived PT-76 continues its service in the land forces and Marines of Indonesia. The first batch of Soviet light tanks was delivered to the armed forces of the state in 1962. According to various sources, less than a hundred such machines have been received in total.
Motorized shootings on pickups demonstrated new ways of conducting combat at exercises near Samara
More than 1.2 thousand servicemen took part in the exercises
Units of the 2nd combined Arms Army on Patriot pickups showed new ways of conducting combat at exercises at the Roshchinsky training ground near Samara, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Thursday.
The technical characteristics of the PRP-5 armored reconnaissance aircraft became known
Some technical characteristics of the Russian mobile reconnaissance point PRP-5, made on the basis of the serial domestic armored personnel carrier BTR-82A, have become known.
This car was demonstrated at the beginning of October this year at an exhibition dedicated to the Day of the Ground Forces held in the Patriot Park near Moscow.
Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" for the first time presented combat modules on a Serbian armored personnel carrier
The Institute noted that the key advantages of these artillery modules are an uninhabited combat compartment, control from automated calculation sites in the chassis and high-precision shooting.
Instead of "ARMATA", a wheeled tank with a powerful cannon was created in Serbian
Six years ago, it became known about the design by Serbian designers of the M-20UP1 tank, nicknamed "Armata" "in Serbian" for its characteristic appearance.
Yugoimport SDPR presented LAZANSKI BBM with Russian combat module
Within the framework of the Partner-2021 international defense exhibition taking place in Belgrade (Serbia), the Serbian company Yugoimport SDPR presented a new BBM with an 8x8 wheel formula, called LAZANSKI.
A two-stage training of military personnel for the effective use of new equipment has been organized in the SV
For the purpose of competent operation of new military equipment and its effective use, the training and retraining of personnel of department commanders, driver mechanics and gunners-operators of combat vehicles, as well as officers for military units is carried out in two stages.
The new tank from North Korea will not be able to compete with the "ARMATA"
Due to the secrecy traditional for this country, North Korean tank construction is of great interest to foreign experts. However, how North Korea's heavy tracked vehicles are being improved can only be judged by reports from military parades held in Pyongyang and by rare photo reports directly from military units.
Tests of the BARYS 8x8 armored vehicle have been completed in Kazakhstan
Tests of the armored wheeled vehicle "BARYS 8x8" have been completed in Kazakhstan. According to the State Defense Order Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a total of 25,000 km was covered within six months, including through mountainous, steppe and desert areas.
Captured three-barrel cannon on MT-LB spotted in the Azerbaijani army
The Azerbaijani army has adopted the Yugoslav triple-barreled 20-mm M55 Zastava cannons captured from the Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh.
In the USA, they called the advantages of the Abrams tank
The main tank of the US Armed Forces remains relevant 40 years after its adoption. The upgraded M1A2 Abrams could give the US military an advantage in a potential conflict. The features of the Abrams tank were named by the authors of the publication 19FortyFive.
Serbia has equipped military equipment with Russian combat modules for the first time
The Lazar III armored vehicle received the Russian DUBM 32B01 with a 30 mm automatic cannon, as well as an uninhabited module with a 57 mm cannon
The Serbian defense company yUgoimport for the first time presented the newest armored personnel carrier (APC) Lazar III A1, equipped with Russian combat modules, at the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021", held in Belgrade (Serbia) from October 11 to 14, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.
Belarus received upgraded 2S3M "Acacia" self-propelled howitzers from Russia
The updated self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" were delivered to the Belarusian army from Russia, after major repairs, modern communications equipment, as well as chemical reconnaissance and night vision devices were installed on them, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.
Hanwha Defense and GDELS will supply M3K amphibious vehicles to the Republic of Korea
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has officially announced that, together with Hanwha Defense Corporation (HDC), it has been selected as a contractor for the production of 110 self-propelled pontoon fleets based on the M3 amphibious vehicle for the Republic of Korea.
A new photo of the North Korean hybrid "Armata" and "Abrams" has appeared
In North Korea, they again showed a tank of their own production, which experts previously considered a kind of hybrid of the Russian T-14 Armata tank and the American M1 Abrams. A new picture of the combat vehicle, published by the Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) of the DPRK, was shown by the South Korean Yonhap news agency.
The newest Serbian armored personnel carrier received a Russian 57-mm cannon
At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, the Serbian armored personnel carrier "Lazanski", created in yUgoimport-SDPR, was demonstrated for the first time.
The four-axle combat vehicle is named after the Serbian ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazansky, who passed away in early August of this year.
North Korea showed a tank similar to the Armata and a new hypersonic weapon
At the exhibition "Self-Defense-2021", North Korea demonstrated the innovations of its military-industrial complex. Among them is a tank visually similar to the Russian T-14 based on the ARMATA tracked platform. Another important novelty was the hWasong-8 hypersonic weapon system, tested in September.