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The Russian army is close to arming itself with new wheeled armored vehicles. On August 19, the TASS news agency reported that state tests of the latest K-16 armored personnel carrier and the K-17 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle on the Boomerang platform have begun.

The first rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of independence took place in the Ukrainian capital. This anniversary date will be celebrated on August 24. Three BM "Oplot" tanks are presented in the mechanized column for the first time.

60 foreign companies from 12 countries intend to participate in the Army-2021 forum, four states will present national expositions, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia reported on Thursday.

The Russian Defense Ministry is conducting experimental design work to create a tracked mortar on a snow-and-mud chassis adapted for the Arctic landscape. The vehicle will be based on a two-link DT-BTR transporter, TASS reports with reference to Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.

The pavilion of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex will host the international exhibition "Products of the leading enterprises of the defense industry of Russia"

The exhibition of military equipment aimed at foreign markets will be presented within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

In the competition of crews of infantry fighting vehicles "Suvorov onslaught", which will be held at the Korla training ground in China, Russian BMP-3 will compete with the ZBD-86A. In addition to the People's Liberation Army team, representatives of the armed forces of Belarus and Venezuela will also perform on such equipment.

Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation will demonstrate for the first time the combat capabilities of the latest products-the remote mining engineering system (ISDM) and the TOS – 2 heavy flamethrower system at the Army-2021 MVTF.

The Russian armored repair and evacuation vehicle (BRAM) T-16 "Armata" is distinguished from similar products of previous generations by the presence of a manipulator that can lift up to one and a half tons, as well as the increased height and load capacity of the crane, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on the demonstration ceremony of the first batch of JLTV light armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula, purchased in the United States, held on August 17 at the location of the Iron Wolf motorized rifle brigade in Rukla.

The Turkish company FNSS, within the framework of the IDEF-2021 defense exhibition in Istanbul (August 17-20), presented a serial version of the Kaplan MT medium tank, developed for the Indonesian army as a launch customer.

The universal combat module "Hunter" has successfully passed the qualification tests. It was put into mass production.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published video footage of how the head of the Russian military department, Sergei Shoigu, personally checks the condition of the tank biathlon track at the Alabino training ground near Moscow.

State tests of the latest K-16 armored personnel carrier (APC) and the K-17 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) on the Boomerang platform have begun, Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of the Russian Federation, told TASS on Thursday, August 19.

In the coming days, the Russian Defense Ministry will place new orders from industrial enterprises for the production of modern combat systems and various military equipment for the Armed Forces of almost all types and types of troops. This will be documented at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

On August 15, the Turkish authorities handed over to the Armed Forces of Somalia the second batch of armored vehicles "Bricks" manufactured by the Turkish company BMC, which have increased protection from mines.

The US Army tested a Stryker armored vehicle with a prototype of a 50-kilowatt laser installation during a live-fire exercise at the Fort Sill base in Oklahoma. The military plans to receive four such vehicles by October. They will use a laser to fight drones, artillery and mortar shells.

Artillery units of the armed forces of the Government of National Accord of Libya have adopted a wheeled self-propelled installation based on the Ural-4320 car. Such an ACS, armed with a D-30 howitzer, was recently lit up for the first time in one of the training centers during a visit to this facility by the leadership of the PNS.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu spoke about the results of the tests of the latest hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon", quoting a phrase from the Soviet TV series.

The new combat module "Hunter" developed and produced by NPO Elektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern is part of Rostec) has been put into mass production, the press service of the concern told reporters.

Lieutenant General of the Polish Armed Forces Bohuslav Samol compared NATO and Russian tanks

The Defence24 edition interviewed the Polish Lieutenant General Bohuslav Samol. The reason for the conversation was Poland's plans to purchase a large batch of Abrams tanks.