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Poland's purchase of American M1 Abrams tanks, which entered service with the US Army in 1981, is a "rather remarkable turn of events", since these combat vehicles were originally created "to fight Soviet and Polish troops on the battlefields in Western Europe," writes Popular Mechanics magazine.

The Israel Defense Forces demonstrated a prototype of the Pereg heavy armored personnel carrier. The machine is made on the basis of the Merkava tank.

The military personnel of the separate brigade of the Central Military District Protection of the Central Military District, stationed in the Sverdlovsk region, carried out a technical revision of the power supply system for the smoke intake of the TDA-3 smoke machine.

Ukrspetsexport has not yet received the Oplot-T tank, which should be shipped no later than June 30. The amount of the contract concluded with the state" Malyshev Plant " at the beginning of the year is almost 4.6 million US dollars.

The Israeli company Rafael offered to equip Indian T-90 main battle tanks with active protection complexes (KAZ) Trophy.

A model of a combat vehicle upgraded in this way was presented in April 2018 in Chennai at the 10th international defense exhibition Defexpo.

The US Army has begun the final assembly of the first four upgraded M109A7 self-propelled howitzers with increased range. According to Janes, the military plans to use at least one of them during the Convergence project exercises in November.

A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.

In the Altai Territory, during the round-the-clock large-scale exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), Yars mobile ground missile systems (PGRK) performed intensive maneuver actions on combat patrol routes.

The main battle tanks of the T-64 during the Soviet era were operated only in the Soviet Army and were never exported.

After 1991, they remained in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

The Australian Ministry of Defense has announced the initial operational readiness of Hawkei light armored vehicles. They should replace the Australian Army Land Rover SUVs with a four-by-four wheel formula. It is assumed that the Hawkei will reach full operational readiness by 2023.

Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia performed live firing exercises from modernized self-propelled artillery howitzers "Acacia".

The Polish military decided to adopt the third type of main battle tanks - Abrams of American production.

As the publication reports Gazeta.pl, negotiations are currently underway for the supply of two and a half hundred units. The transaction amount will be from 2.9 to 5.5 billion dollars.

The Croatian company DOK-ING has introduced an armored ground robot Komodo. It is designed for radiation, chemical and biological exploration and can operate at high temperatures, complete smoke and lack of oxygen. At the same time, Komodo is also suitable for ordinary engineering work.

The unmanned version of the Armata tank has successfully passed test tests, Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

According to the head of the technodinamika holding Igor Nasenkov, it is assumed that the vehicle in landing is the staff

The technodinamika holding of rostec state Corporation conducts experimental design work (OKR) Parachute within which to create a cargo parachute system for the landing of armored vehicles "Typhoon" and "Tiger". This was announced to journalists by the general director of the holding, Igor Nasenkov.

A ceremony of the transfer of new weapons for the ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was held in Iran, at which a number of new models of weapons that recently went to the troops were lit up.

In Ukraine, an electronic panel for the modernized T-64 "Crab" tank was shown. It is surprising that for some reason such equipment was demonstrated not inside the combat vehicle, but outside, although it is clear that wires are connected to it.

At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", at least three new promising developments based on Typhoon armored vehicles will be shown. This is reported by the newspaper of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Red Star".

The Polish Defense Ministry is negotiating with the American side about the possible purchase of up to 250 M1 Abrams tanks, Defense News writes, referring to the Polish press.

The purchase of new JLTV army SUVs is hampered by the desire of the US army to maintain an existing fleet of Humvee vehicles. July 9, portal thedrive.com he reported that the US Army has submitted a request for the redistribution of funds allocated for the purchase of new cars.