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In the Indonesian media, an incident that occurred recently in the territorial waters of the state is being discussed. An object very similar to a floating tank approached the drilling platform of one of the oil and gas companies located in the Natuna Sea.

Motorized rifle and tank units, in particular, receive modern T-72BZM, T-80BVM tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers

The Ground Forces (SV) received about 2.5 thousand units of various weapons in 2021, SV Commander-in-chief Oleg Salyukov told reporters on Tuesday during the final board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The President of Russia, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, within the framework of the expanded board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, examined new samples of domestic military equipment and means of control of military units.

The Eastern Military District (VVO) will receive Su-57 fighters for the first time in 2022. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the commander of the Air Defense Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko.

As part of the implementation of the state defense order, the supply of command and staff control vehicles to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continues, meeting all modern requirements in the field of automation of fire control of artillery units.

The joint work of the T-34, T-90M and Armata was shown on video.

A video was posted online that allows you to see three iconic tanks for Russia together. These are the legendary T-34-85, the upgraded T-90M "Breakthrough" and the promising T-14 "Armata". The video was published by Uralvagonzavod on the occasion of its 80th anniversary.

Despite their advanced age (63 years), the famous Soviet T-55 medium tanks are in no hurry to retire. They still remain in service in the armies of more than fifty countries.

The Vietnamese military plant Z753, specializing in the restoration of ground equipment for the Navy, handed over the overhauled combat vehicles to coastal units. Among them are several SU-100 self-propelled artillery units, which are still used to defend the coast of the country.

New Chinese-made VT-5 tanks were unable to take part in the military parade on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence. The first batch of these combat vehicles was manufactured at the end of November. But even if they managed to be transferred to the buyer's territory, the crews, apparently, did not have time to master the equipment enough to drive it in a parade formation.

Australia will receive the latest version of the American tank Abrams. December 19, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Australian government approved the purchase of 75 combat vehicles as part of the LAND 907 Phase 2 project.

In 2009, the Kharkiv Armored Repair Plant demonstrated its version of the upgraded T-72B1 tank. The car, which received the designation T-72E, was externally distinguished by a tower, which surprised with radically enhanced armament.

The features of the Russian newest mobile reconnaissance point PRP-5 are revealed. According to the National Defense publication, this combat vehicle, created in Tula PJSC NPO Strela, is in no way inferior to the best foreign models.

The BRM-3K "Lynx" combat reconnaissance vehicle, at the time of its adoption, was recognized by many military specialists and experts as one of the best in the world in its class. equipped with the most modern equipment.

MIC: in Syria, the T-14 Armata tank revealed a number of problematic solutions

After testing the T-14 Armata tank in Syria, Uralvagonzavod specialists made about one and a half hundred technological changes to the design of Russian combat vehicles in service and being created. The results of the tests of the T-14 Armata tank in the Syrian Arab Republic are told by the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC), referring to sources in the military-industrial complex.

The domestic BMP-2 is currently considered one of the most massive infantry fighting vehicles in the world. In addition to the ground forces of the Russian army, it is in service with more than three dozen states.

19FortyFive: India may not be afraid of the USA and buy the S-500 Prometheus system from Russia

India may not be afraid of possible sanctions from the United States and indeed become the first buyer of the Russian S-500 Prometheus air defense system, according to the American publication 19FortyFive.

The K808 armored personnel carrier became the platform for the new air defense system. December 17, portal janes.com He reported that the South Korean army has begun deploying AAGW combat vehicles.

At the exercises of the units of the Western Military District, a lightly armored multi-purpose MT-LB tractor was seen towing a trailer with an unusual cargo - a UR-83P rocket launcher.

Previously, this younger brother of the UR-77 Meteor self-propelled complex, also known as the Serpent Gorynych, was moved with the help of cross-country vehicles. For example, recently KAMAZ-5350 all-terrain vehicles have been used for this purpose. Previously, ZiL-131 were used, in the bodies of which two sets were placed at once.

After half a century of service, AAV landing vehicles lost their main feature — the ability to move through the water. December 17, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Marine Corps has imposed a ban on the use of these armored personnel carriers as a watercraft.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive a batch of equipment that has been repaired and modernized at the Lviv Armored Plant. According to the ArmyInform news agency, this year's latest batch consists of five T-64 main battle tanks and seven BMP-1s.