News land-based units

According to information published on December 2 on the Defesa Aera and Naval website, the 29th group of self-propelled artillery of the Brazilian Armed Forces received the second batch of 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers M-109A5, which were repaired and restored, obtained from among the surplus weapons of the US Armed Forces.

Russia inherited a large number of Soviet tanks, which were later supplemented with new developments. The best and most dangerous tanks that were released in Russia were named by columnist Caleb Larson in a material for 19FortyFive.

Tanks with two guns are now often found in computer games, and many perceive them as something fantastic. However, in real life, the designers thought about arming combat vehicles with a pair of guns, which would significantly increase their firepower.

The Russian army is mastering the updated giant self-propelled guns. Yesterday, December 7, the press service of Uralvagonzavod reported that the first batch of 203-mm self-propelled guns 2S7M "Malka" was transferred to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The power of Russian heavy flame-retardant systems so impressed retired American officer Brent Eastwood that in his article for 19FortyFive he advised human rights organizations to consider the use of thermobaric weapons and develop some rules for its use, and maybe even ban such systems altogether.

The Terminator tank support combat vehicle has successfully integrated into the 90th Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division of the Central Military District. She gained her company status in the tactical link of one of the division's tank regiments.

Russia will participate in the Indian tender for the supply of light tanks and is ready to share with the customer the technologies for their creation.

The Egyptian ground forces can currently be called the largest operator of Abrams main battle tanks after the United States. In total, according to various sources, there are more than 1,100 units of this equipment in the troops.

In Russia, they once again started talking about the beginning of state tests of the self-propelled gun "Coalition-SV". On December 6, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Defense Ministry has already approved a plan for testing a promising self-propelled artillery installation.

The Uraltransmash plant has handed over the first batch of upgraded 2S7M Malka self-propelled guns to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The military received vehicles with new communication equipment and surveillance devices. This is reported by the Uralvagonzavod concern.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the training of T-34 tank crews. The maneuvers of Russian tankers were appreciated in Poland. The exercises allow us to consider T-34 tanks as standard military equipment, writes Defence24.

Indonesia's rapid response units, designed to operate in conditions of various natural disasters, operate tracked GAZ-34039 "Irbis". Photos of two such cars are published on the portal indomiliter.com .

The Armed Forces of Mali announced the adoption of several dozen new armored vehicles on December 3, designed, as noted, to continue the fight against Islamic terrorism in the country.

Rosoboronexport will offer to transfer the production technology of the Octopus-SDM1 light floating tank to India as part of the tender, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told reporters.

More than 220 Su-30MKI fighters, about 900 T-90S and 1,500 T-72M1 tanks have been produced under license in India, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, told reporters in India on Tuesday.

Russian troops in Tajikistan have been operating far from the most modern tanks for a long time. For example, the old versions of the "seventy-second" served there for a relatively long time without dynamic protection.

Russian heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1 "Pinocchio" and TOS-1A "Solntsepek" can hit targets that are in shelters. The advantages of Russian-made heavy flamethrower systems were called by 19FortyFive columnist Brent Eastwood.

The portfolio of orders for the supply of military equipment and weapons to India exceeds $ 14 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia.

The tank battalion of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan has been re-equipped with modern T-72B3M. On Monday, the press service of the Central Military District reported that 30 combat vehicles with improved characteristics entered the fleet of the compound. It is said that this will increase the combat capabilities of tankers due to the improved maneuverability of the tank and the special armor protection of its crew.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing by the command for the conclusion of contracts of the US Army with General Dynamics Land Systems of an agreement for logistical support under the program "Foreign Military Sales" of the M1A1 MBT and M88A1/A2 BRAM fleet of the Iraqi Armed Forces.