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The Armed Forces of Serbia acquired a new batch of BBM " Lazar-3"
As reported by the Ministry of Defense of Serbia, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Defense Nebojsa Stefanovic on March 20 took part in the signing of the military department with the company Yugoimport-SDPR contract for the purchase of a new batch of BBM "Lazar-3" with a wheel formula of 8x8.
In the Altai Territory, rocket scientists used a remote mine-clearing machine "Foliage"
In the Barnaul compound (Altai Territory), the latest remote mine clearance vehicle (MDR) "Foliage" was used to accompany the mobile ground missile system "Yars"on the combat patrol routes.
BTR-80 captured on video after exploding on a mine in Venezuela
A video has appeared on the Internet showing the BTR-80 of the Venezuelan army after being blown up by an anti-personnel mine. Apparently, the armored vehicle survived the incident without much damage.
At the exercises in Abkhazia, car repair units used the latest REM-KL vehicles to evacuate equipment in battle
Military personnel of the automobile repair unit of the Russian military base in Abkhazia, as part of a tactical and special exercise at the Tsabal training ground, evacuated conditionally damaged equipment, using the latest REM-KL repair and evacuation vehicles in a combined-arms battle.
"Smart artillery»: in Russia, they proposed to remake the old guns
VNII "Signal" proposed to modernize the artillery from obsolete guns
In Russia, it was proposed to create a "smart" artillery from obsolete guns. For this purpose, the Signal Research Institute plans to develop a set of unified equipment that will provide automatic data entry for firing on towed guns. In turn, this will allow them to upgrade to the level of highly effective artillery systems. Military observer " of the Newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the company's initiatives.
The experience of the war in Iraq confirmed the high efficiency of the TOS-1A
The first heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A entered service with the Iraqi army in July 2014.
They were taken to the airport in Baghdad by the heavy transport aircraft AN-124-100 "Ruslan". The next shipments began to arrive by sea, at the port of Umm Qasr.
High efficiency: only one T-90S of Azerbaijan was destroyed in the fighting
By the beginning of the operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani ground forces were armed with about a hundred T-90S main battle tanks. This technique in its tactical and technical characteristics significantly surpassed not only the old modifications of the T-72 available to the Armenian side, but also the Azerbaijani T-72 "Aslan"modernized with the help of the Israelis.
Major military exercises in Primorye ended with live firing
Large-scale tactical exercises with military personnel of motorized rifle, tank and artillery formations of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) ended with large-scale combat shooting at the Sergeyevsky training ground in Primorye, the press service of the VVO reported on Monday.
A special version of the armored car "Federal-M" appeared in Rosgvardiya
At the request of the Engineering Department of Rosgvardiya, experimental design work is being carried out to ensure the actions of the reconnaissance and mine clearance groups. As reported in the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, within their framework, the Krasnodar Instrument Factory "Cascade" on the basis of the armored bus "Federal-M" created a prototype of a special engineering vehicle SIM-4.
The rearmament of the Barnaul missile compound at the Yars PGRK will be completed by the end of the year
The rearmament of the Barnaul missile compound (Altai Territory) with the Yars mobile ground missile system will be completed by the end of 2021, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergey Karakaev, said during the command and staff exercise.
Russian " Cornet "was used in the US-Moroccan exercises
Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile systems are highly effective against well-protected main battle tanks, other types of armored vehicles, as well as low-flying aircraft.
A new modification of the ZBL-08 armored vehicle was shown in China
In the family of Chinese wheeled four-axle armored ZBL-08 appeared "ambulance", designed to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield.
Currently, such special vehicles began to arrive in the units of the Tibetan Military District of the People's Liberation Army. They have the necessary medical equipment that allows them to start saving the lives of fighters at the moment of their transportation to the hospital.
Rosgvardiya showed new robotic systems and machines for mine clearance
In the Center for Engineering and Technical Support of Rosgvardiya and in the training center "Novsky" ODON named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the department's specialists demonstrated the actions of the units in conditions close to combat, including the clearance of objects with the help of robotic means.
"Tornado-U" first spotted in Syria
Russian Ural-63704-0010 "Tornado-U" was first seen on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. The military all-terrain vehicle was presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2015" and became one of the main innovations of the exhibition. His show aroused considerable interest among domestic and foreign specialists.
Eight upgraded infantry fighting vehicles entered service with the Central Military District Tank Division in the Chelyabinsk Region
Eight upgraded BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles entered service with motorized rifle units of the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District, stationed in the Chelyabinsk region.
Two-link snowmobiles "Aleut" entered service with a motorized rifle unit of the VVO in Transbaikalia
The two-link tracked floating snow-and-mud vehicles of high cross-country capability GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" were put into service with the motorized rifle unit of the VVO, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The T-64, T-72, T-80 APU in the Donbass can install the Turkish KAZ Pulat
Shooting down anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades RPG Ukrainian complex of active protection "Zaslon" was officially adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine more than 10 years ago.
In the Strategic Missile Forces, exercises began with the withdrawal of autonomous launchers of the Yars PGRK»
The exercise with the withdrawal of autonomous launchers of the Yars PGRK to combat patrol routes began in the Strategic Missile Forces in Yoshkar-Ola (Republic of Mari El) and Teikovsky (Ivanovo region) missile formations.
The Ministry of Defense showed footage of a mass landing from the IL-76 with combat vehicles
[b]More than 1.5 thousand paratroopers, six BMD-2K-AU and three P-7 parachute platforms took part in the exercises.]
The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of a mass landing of airborne troops with BMD-2K-AU combat vehicles at the Budikhino landing site in the Kostroma region.
In Russia, they are preparing to adopt the self-propelled gun "Magnolia" to protect the northern territories
Russia is preparing to adopt the self-propelled gun "Magnolia", reports"RIA Novosti". These guns will be handed over to Arctic units performing tasks in extreme climatic conditions.