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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.

The modern Russian 120-mm self-propelled gun 2S34 "Hosta" was first talked about 15 years ago. Some of the military experts then began to consider it a further modernization of the famous Soviet 2S1 self-propelled gun, which used the technical solutions of the modern 2S31 "Vienna".

Field Marshal Haftar's Libyan National Army conducted one of the largest tactical exercises. The 106th Infantry Brigade and the Air Force were involved in them. Among the demonstrated military equipment, quite rare samples were also noticed.

A serviceman of the Ukrainian army demonstrated the effectiveness of the tank's thermal imaging sight on his YouTube channel.

The thermal smoke equipment exposed a fairly dense smoke screen, and if nothing but the cloud itself was visible in the optical device, then during observation through the thermal imager, all nearby objects were guessed without much difficulty.

The Italian army has begun full-fledged armament with new "wheeled tanks". October 19, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Cavalry School of the Italian Army had prepared the first crews for Centauro II vehicles.

The new tank from the DPRK, shown for the first time last year, is often compared to the T-14. Very often it is even called "Armata" in North Korean," however, if this combat vehicle is similar to a promising Russian tank, it is only externally. The main difference is an inhabited tower with a crew, the "fourteenth", as you know, has a driver, a gunner, an operator and a commander in the front of the hull, in a protected capsule.

The Ukrainian main battle tank BM "Oplot", which the Pentagon ordered in 2018, went to the United States. The car was prepared for shipment at the Malyshev Plant. This is reported by Defense Express.

Rebel formations of the Tigray People's Liberation Front continue to use captured armored vehicles, including tanks of various models, in battles against Ethiopian government forces.

So, in recent clashes in the area near the city of Vegel-Tena in Amhara State, a T-55 medium tank was seen, which was modernized at one of the defense enterprises.

The T-72BME main battle tank, upgraded at the 140th repair plant, was first shown at the MILEX - 2017 exhibition.

Attempts to acquire their own tank building have been made by various states over the years. Combat vehicles were produced both to equip their ground forces and for export supplies.

At the same time, the essence of the accusations is not disclosed to Andrey Koltukov

Investigators accused the former head of the Federal State University of the 21st Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, who was engaged in the development of armored vehicles for the needs of the Russian army, Andrei Koltukov, of causing damage to the state in the amount of more than 13 million rubles at the time when he was in charge of this scientific institution. This is stated in the case materials, which were reviewed by TASS.

Currently, the KamAZ-63969 is not a very common representative of the Typhoon-K family. Outwardly, it looks very much like a three-axle armored personnel carrier. Its characteristic feature is a kind of driver's cabin with armored glass.

The US Army has received and is analyzing proposals within the framework of the OMFV project. October 17, portal defensenews.com He reported that five companies had completed the initial stage of "conceptual design", and the US Army conducted a detailed assessment of the early digital developments of promising infantry fighting vehicles.