News land-based units

The PT-76 floating tanks continue to be operated by the Indonesian Marines and ground forces. Judging by the published pictures, Soviet cars have been modernized. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant has released a new ballast tractor MZKT-630240-010 (8x4) in a tropical version, designed for a foreign customer.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, a Serbian version of the modernization of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the military air defense was presented.

In the NATO armies, during combat training, the use of mock-ups of Russian military equipment acting as an enemy continues. For example, the British ground forces use fake BMP-3.

Poland is preparing to comprehensively defend its ground forces. October 15, portal defence24.pl He reported that the company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) presented its solution to the SONA project, within which short-range mobile air defense systems are being developed.

About 100 servicemen of the Novorossiysk Guards Amphibious Assault Mountain Unit, six BMD-2 amphibious assault vehicles and four Il-76MD military transport aircraft will be involved in the exercises from Russia.

The Soviet anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Strela-10M" was modernized. At the international exhibition of armaments and military equipment "Partner-2021" in Serbia, a new version of the SAM was shown, which was made inconspicuous. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Soldiers and officers of the country's combat army reserve called up for field training have mastered the use of UAZ-Patriot rocket-machine-gun car pickups. Retraining classes were held at nine training grounds of the Southern Military District.

The US army should give priority to Russia, not China, writes the American edition of Breaking Defense.

The upgraded M-84 tank was shown at the Partner-2021 exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia). The M-84AC2 received an upgraded fire control system (FMS), new surveillance devices and dynamic protection. This is reported by Army Recognition.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.