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152-mm 2S3 "Acacia" are the most powerful self-propelled artillery units of the Syrian government forces. Recently, several such self-propelled guns were seen during their transfer to the province of Daraa, where terrorists have become more active.

The National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus currently operates more than 80 T-80U and T-80UK. These main battle tanks are in service with the 20th Armored Brigade and have proven themselves well during long-term operation.

Servicemen of motorized rifle units of the Central Military District (CVO) in the Sverdlovsk region are mastering the experimental training program "Steel Hunter".

The Slovak military has received a long-awaited update of its artillery fleet. Yesterday, on July 28, the press service of DMD GROUP reported that the company handed over the first Zuzana 2 self-propelled guns to the army.

The ground units continue to be reinforced with modern T-80BVM tanks with a gas turbine engine. Yesterday, the press service of the Omsk Transport Engineering Plant announced the dispatch of the first batch of such armored vehicles to the troops this year.

According to the Latvian news portal DELFI, the Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that an additional batch of 155-mm M-109A5OE self-propelled howitzers purchased from the Austrian Armed Forces was delivered to the country in July.

BAE Systems has announced the signing of a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Finland for the modernization of the fleet of CV-90 armored combat vehicles of the Land Forces of this country.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced Warsaw's plans to deploy American tanks on the borders of Russia and Belarus and did not even hide why they are needed there.

About a dozen combat and special vehicles have been created on the basis of the T-80. Among them stands out a unique, truly unparalleled, highly protected vehicle "Ladoga", nicknamed"The Tank of the nuclear Apocalypse".

Servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping unit of the Central Military District in preparation for joint exercises with colleagues from Uzbekistan, which are to be held in August at the Termez training ground, overcame water obstacles on an armored personnel carrier BTR-82A.

More than 8 thousand servicemen are taking part in special exercises of the engineering troops, which are held in preparation for the joint strategic exercise "West-2021", the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday.

A series of unique special exercises of engineering units has started at the military training grounds of Russia and the Republic of Belarus. They will be held at ten training grounds of the two countries, as well as on the Oka River section. The exercises were organized in preparation for the joint strategic Russian-Belarusian exercise "West-2021".

In Iraq, the existing BMP-1 fleet continues to be improved. Some of the armored vehicles in the troops received paired ZU-23-2s instead of a combat compartment with a 73-mm 2A28 "Thunder" smoothbore gun and a 7.62-mm PKT machine gun.

Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering has sent the customer the first batch of T-80BVM tanks this year. The combat vehicles were manufactured as part of the execution of the state defense order.

The BRDM-2M and two versions of the T-62 tanks were demonstrated at a recent military parade in Tajikistan. Due to the serious aggravation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, an inspection of the armed forces of the republic was carried out, which ended with a solemn march of the units involved in the large-scale event.

There were enough people who wanted to create an American infantry fighting vehicle of a new generation on the second attempt. July 25, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Department of Defense has named five teams that will receive funding for the initial stage within the framework of the OMFV tender.

The winged infantry continues to be equipped with serial BMD-4M amphibious assault vehicles and BTR-MDM "Shell" armored personnel carriers. On the eve of the professional holiday of the Airborne Troops, who will be 91 years old in a few days, the first batch of such equipment - 37 units-was received by the Ivanovo 98th Airborne Division.

Super-protected "Shilkas"were seen in a convoy of Syrian government troops heading to Daraa province.

These combat vehicles differ from conventional self-propelled anti-aircraft installations in that they have dismantled radar stations that have become unnecessary and increased the ammunition supply of 23-mm quadruple rapid-firing guns. There are also additional armor sheets that protect against bullets and shrapnel, and anti-accumulation screens.

The Polish army, along with 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, will be forced to purchase American armored M88 repair and evacuation vehicles.

The first modification of this tractor was created on the basis of M60 tanks back in the late 50s. Currently, the troops are operating more advanced versions. In 1997, the troops began to receive M88A2 Hercules, which received a number of improvements.

In the Moscow region, at the Golovenki training ground, servicemen of the Kantemirovsky Tank Division of the Red Banner Army conducted live firing of T-80U tanks using a "tank carousel" - a method of increased rate of fire. This was reported in the press service of the Western Military District on Friday, July 23.