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The commander of the Guard unit, Colonel Yevgeny Zhuravlev, held a briefing for representatives of the military delegation

A Sri Lankan military delegation visited the Kantemirov Tank Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District in the Moscow region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.

The most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China is currently the Type 99A, also known as the ZTZ-99A.

Currently, according to various sources, at least six hundred such tanks belonging to the third generation of tracked armored vehicles after the Second World War are in service with elite formations.

The purchase by the United States for seven million dollars of the latest modification of the Ukrainian Oplota tank is explained by the interest in the developments of former Soviet tank-building enterprises, Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, told RIA Novosti.

Ukrainian armored vehicles will receive weapons manufactured by the Turkish company Aselsan. The manufacturer will supply combat modules for "Kazak-2M1" armored vehicles. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The Soviet T-55 medium tanks created in the 50s are considered obsolete and in many European armies they were decommissioned long ago, almost everywhere they managed to be sent to scrap metal.

The exercises involved almost 500 units of weapons, military and special equipment, including armored vehicles "Tiger" and "Typhoon"

TASS, October 25. The exercises of the units of the Eastern Military District (VVO), designed to counter terrorism, were held in 11 subjects of the Far East, more than 14 thousand military took part in them. This was reported on Monday by the press service of the VVO.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, the government of the country has developed a draft state budget for 2022, according to which it is planned to increase spending on national defense by 128 million euros (7.1%) to 1.176 billion. euro ($1.367 billion).

At the Partner 2021 international exhibition in Belgrade, the Serbian Defense Industry presented various samples of new military equipment of national production.

The end of state tests of Russian T-14 Armata tanks will be completed in the first half of 2022. After that, the issue of starting mass production of conceptually new armored vehicles will be resolved.

The Russian military base in Tajikistan will receive modern military equipment of the Uralvagonzavod Corporation by the end of the year. This is reported by the press service of the Central Military District, referring to the chief of staff of the 201st military base, Colonel Yevgeny Okhrimenko.

Turkey managed to negotiate with South Korea on the supply of tank engines. October 23, portal armyrecognition.com He announced that Altay tanks will receive Doosan Infracore DV27K powerplants with a capacity of 1500 hp.

Three dozen upgraded T-72B3M tanks will be received by the end of this year by units of the Russian 201st military base in Tajikistan. This was announced on Sunday by the chief of staff of the compound Yevgeny Okhrimenko.

As the Ministry of Defense of Finland reported on October 21, 2021, the country's Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen approved the purchase of five additional 155 mm/52 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers in South Korea in 2021 and authorized the Department of Logistics of the Finnish Defense Forces to make an additional purchase of the next five such systems in 2022.

Specialists of the People's Liberation Army of China have begun to remake their Type 59 tanks, which are being decommissioned, into samples similar to those of a likely enemy.

So, an imitation of the American M1A2 was seen at one of the polygons. Army craftsmen quite close to the original (especially in the frontal projection) decorated a clone of the Soviet T-54.

Tow trucks for Iskander complexes will be delivered to the tank army of the Western Military District by the end of 2021. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

We are talking about repair and evacuation vehicles REM-KS, created on the chassis of four-axle all-terrain vehicles of the Bryansk Automobile Plant.

The United States received the Oplot-M tank, which Ukraine had been building for nine years.

The Ukrainian main battle tank T-84 "Oplot-M" was delivered to the USA. This is reported by The National Interest.

An upgraded T-90M tank was demonstrated at the Army-2021 forum in August. A car with an over-the-horizon vision system was evaluated in the USA. The National Interest magazine noted the export prospects of the Russian tank.

Repair and evacuation vehicles REM-KS will enter service in the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District by the end of this year.

Turkish-Qatari company BMC Otomotiv is cutting staff. The problems of the manufacturer of the Turkish tank Altay ("Altai") were told in the USA. Financial problems may delay the development of the tank, according to Defense News.

In India, more and more old Soviet T-55s are becoming monuments. For example, last year a decommissioned combat vehicle was installed on a pedestal in the city of Alibag.

Recently it became known that another such "fifty-fifth" took pride of place on the campus of Kendrapara College. It is hoped that it will motivate students to serve in the armed forces of the country.