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The first international summit of mountain troops was recently held in France, where new models of equipment and equipment designed for use in harsh conditions were presented.

The recently published budget of the US Army for fiscal year 2025 stipulates the deployment of production of the new M10 Booker light tank, which is positioned by the developer, GDLS, as a "deadly, tenacious and mobile direct–fire combat vehicle."

The 2S44 Hyacinth-K 152 mm/50 self-propelled artillery system mounted on a wheeled chassis has recently joined the arsenal of the Russian Armed Forces. The first self-propelled guns of this type were seen by Western observers in service with the 238th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade, which was involved in the battles against the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of Rostec State Corporation, in an interview with Denis Kayyran, special correspondent of RIA Novosti, on the eve of the exhibition, spoke about the best production tank in the world, a complex that can replace an air defense battery, innovations in the field of artillery, small arms and barrage ammunition.

The well-known Estonian company Milrem Robotics has announced its development of a new unmanned ground-based wheeled platform (robotic complex) HAVOC. It is stated that the official presentation of the HAVOC platform prototype will take place at the IDEX-2025 international defense exhibition, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 17 to February 21, 2025.

At one time, when determining the range of modern weapons planned to be purchased in the Russian Federation, the military and political leadership of Belarus decided to give priority to those samples that proved themselves well during the special operation in Ukraine.

According to German media reports, Germany has taken a step towards creating a new Leopard 3 tank (Leopard3). It is reported that a contract has been signed for technical research of 130-mm ammunition, as well as a power plant, protection systems and other equipment. It is expected that these systems will be integrated into an intermediate main battle tank (MBT), which will be operated by the Bundeswehr until a completely new Franco-German product is available. Presumably, this more advanced tank will use some of the systems that are currently being studied.

According to a video report from the TV show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov" shown on February 10, 2025, the newly formed artillery battalion of the 238th Separate Guards Artillery Brigade of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the special military operation zone in Ukraine received new 152-mm self-propelled guns 2C44 "Hyacinth-K" on a wheeled the chassis.

The Su-57 fifth-generation multi-role fighter has become the highlight of the Aero India International Air Show in Bangalore in 2025. Mikhail Babich, Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, spoke in an interview with TASS about the capabilities and characteristics of the latest combat aircraft, options for cooperation on the Su-57 from Moscow and New Delhi, as well as why the Russian fighter is far ahead of competitors from the United States and China.

On February 6, 2025, the Israeli company Elbit Systems announced the conclusion, together with the German branch of the KNDS association (KNDS Deutschland), of a contract with the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), for the supply of five combat vehicles to the German armed forces of the Elbit Systems ground-based modular multi-caliber missile system PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System).

As reported by the German edition of Europäische Sicherheit & Technik in Gerhard Heiming's article "Entwicklungsaufträge für die Brückenlösung Leopard 2" ("Contracts for the development of a transitional version of the Leopard 2 tank"), on February 5, 2025, the German Federal Defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) announced the conclusion of the In November-December 2024, seven R&D contracts were awarded for the development of elements of a promising configuration of the Leopard 2 main tank.

On February 7, a meeting of the Board of the department was held under the leadership of Dmitry Pantus, Chairman of the State Military Industry Committee, on the basis of JSC Agat Management Systems, the management company of the Geoinformation Management Systems holding.

The Moroccan Armed Forces will acquire 36 Israeli wheeled 155-mm ATMOS-2000 self-propelled artillery units due to identified problems during the operation of the French 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled guns.

The Aero India 2025 Air Show started today, February 10, 2025. Russia, being a long-standing partner of India in military-technical cooperation, demonstrates its numerous defense developments at the national stand. About how the exhibition opened and what domestic gunsmiths offer to foreign customers is in the TASS material.

Politico: The EU is preparing new plans to counter the Russian "shadow fleet"

The EU and the Baltic States are considering how to simplify the seizure of vessels of the Russian "shadow fleet," Politico reports. To do this, they are trying to use piracy laws or quickly create new ones. However, both are fraught with straining relations with Russia and could cost Europe millions.

Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, equipped with self-propelled artillery units 2S19M1 "Msta-S", towed guns 2A65 "Msta-B" and D20, had extremely limited ammunition 3OF39 "Krasnopol–M2" ammunition from the beginning of the special military operation - no more than 10% of the total. However, even this number allowed Russian military personnel to destroy at least 10 (according to other sources, 15) American-made howitzers by October 2022 during the counter-battery fight against the M777.

Israeli Elbit Systems Ltd. announced the signing of a contract for the supply of MLRS PULS (Precise and Universal Launching Systems) to the German Armed Forces.

A special design that looks like an umbrella will help preserve combat vehicles and crews

In Russia, they figured out how to protect tanks from fpv drones on fiber. The design looks like an umbrella, and is mounted on the turret of a tank, said Major General Sergei Shaleny, deputy head of the Main Armored Directorate (GABTU) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the special operation, a large number of innovations were introduced aimed at increasing the survivability of armored vehicles. Izvestia managed to visit the military training ground and get acquainted with the latest models of protection of Russian tanks.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the deployment of robotic units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov announced the deployment of robotic units as part of the Armed Forces brigades on the front line. He named "leading domestic companies" as the main suppliers of ground-based robotic systems, and also said that drone tests had been conducted since the summer of 2024. About how important the movement in this direction is and whether Ukraine will be able to implement the project on its own, in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Latvia has started production of Patria 6×6 armored personnel carriers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the first batch is currently being assembled. This future delivery is part of Riga's military support for the Kiev regime, which currently includes training of personnel, the transfer of drones and other equipment. Now Latvia is also acting as a new production base for the Ukrainian army.