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A new generation of armored personnel carriers was shown in China
The newest Chinese wheeled armored personnel carrier will be shown for the first time in Zhuhai at the international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021. This large-scale event will begin its work on September 28.
Why Ukrainian T-80UD tanks are burning at the landfills of Russia
At the main stage of the large-scale Zapad-2021 exercises, Russian troops had to destroy real tanks. This role was played by real armored vehicles, which were in service with our army until the end of the first decade of the last century.
Suppliers of armored vehicles with a wheel formula of 8x8 and 4x4 for the Thai Navy have been identified
According to the publication of Thai social networks, the Main Financial and Audit Department (Comptroller General's Department) of the Ministry of Finance of Thailand on September 20 announced the winners of two tenders for the purchase of wheeled armored vehicles for the country's Navy.
In Poland, they called the number of tanks in Russia
Currently, Russia has about 3,500 tanks, 7,300 infantry fighting vehicles and 4,500 armored personnel carriers, as well as 4,800 artillery systems, mortars and multiple rocket launchers, according to the Polish newspaper Defence24.
Large-scale exercises of amphibious troops with more than 100 units of military equipment have begun in the Crimea
Large-scale exercises of amphibious troops have begun in the Crimea, they will involve about 2 thousand servicemen and more than 100 units of combat and special equipment, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
Military personnel of the RVSN security units conduct training on the Typhoon-M simulator
During the training of the security units of the Strategic Missile Forces, the latest generation of training equipment is used. On them, the trainees work out the search and neutralization of sabotage and reconnaissance formations (DRF), as well as the actions of the entire crew of the Typhoon-M combat anti-sabotage vehicle.
Exercises of the airborne assault mountain unit of the airborne Forces began in the eastern part of the Crimea - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Up to 2 thousand military personnel and more than 100 units of combat and special equipment are involved in the regimental tactical exercise Large
-scale exercises of amphibious troops have begun in the Crimea, they involve about 2 thousand military personnel and more than 100 units of combat and special equipment, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.
New means of overcoming minefields have been created in Russia
Scientists of the Military Institute of Engineering Troops have created new means of overcoming mine-explosive barriers for wheeled armored vehicles.
BAE Systems demonstrated a new tower for the CV-90 BBM
During the recent DSEI (Defense and Security Equipment International) exhibition, BAE Systems for the first time demonstrated the CV-90 armored combat vehicle equipped with a new D-series turret.
"Tosochka" will receive protection from high-precision weapons
In Russia, the production of a new system for protecting equipment from high-precision weapons has begun. The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering " Tsniitochmash "of the Rostec State Corporation has started mass production of unified protection systems. This is reported on the website of Rostec.
Video: BMP-3 extinguished candles with precise shots
The BMP-3 was able to extinguish the candles with shots from a 30-mm gun
In the program" Acceptance "on the TV channel" Zvezda", the capabilities of the BMP-3 were demonstrated. In particular, they tested the accuracy of the combat vehicle's fire control system. However, instead of the usual shooting at targets, the shooter was given a non-trivial task - to extinguish five candles with shots at a hundred-meter distance.
The long way of "Arjuna" to the army
The Indian Army will arm itself with Arjun Mk-1A tanks. On September 24, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India announced the signing of a contract with the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) for the supply of 118 Arjun Mk-1A tanks.
Video: "Terminators" covered armored vehicles at exercises in Kazakhstan
The operational and strategic command and staff exercises "Otpantau-2021" held in Kazakhstan involved the existing modern types of weapons and military equipment.
According to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the troops have applied the experience of recent armed conflicts in practice, worked out new forms and methods of conducting combat operations.
They wanted to install Ukrainian "Zaslon" and "Knife" on the Belarusian T-72 "Vityaz"
At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus received a significant number of T-72 tanks. By the beginning of the second decade of the new century, more than 450 T-72B remained in service, another 700 vehicles were in storage.
The actions of the T-72B3 tank from a camouflaged shelter were shown on video
At the Donguz training ground (Orenburg Region), during the active phase of the anti - terrorist exercises of the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization "Peace Mission-2021", Russian tankers demonstrated advanced methods of conducting defensive combat operations.
The Indian Army has ordered more than 100 Arjun Mk-1A heavyweight tanks
Last Thursday, it became known that the Ministry of Defense of India ordered 118 Arjun Mk-1A main battle tanks. According to local media, they will be manufactured by the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) in Avadi (Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
More than 500 Russian military conducted live firing maneuvers in the mountains of Tajikistan
Tanks and other armored vehicles were involved
Motorized rifle and tank units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan conducted live firing exercises at two mountain ranges "Lyaur" and "Sambuli", the Central Military District (CVO) reported.
The US army is testing light tanks
Next year, the American army will choose a new light tank for itself. September 23, portal janes.com He reported that the Mobile Protected Firepower (MFP) program has entered the "limited user testing" phase.
The "North Korean" T-55A from Syria was restored by the militia in Iraq
Fighters of the Iraqi People's militia restored a captured T-55A medium tank. If you look closely, you can understand that this is not an ordinary combat vehicle.
The fact is that it was previously in service with the Syrian army and, apparently, was supplied from the Soviet Union in the 70s.
RBC-Ukryana (Ukraine): Poland will deploy 250 American tanks on the border with Belarus
Warsaw, which is preparing for destabilization on the eastern border for one well-known reason, announced plans to deploy up to 250 of the latest Abrams tanks there. The United States intends to start supplying combat vehicles to Poland in 2022.