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According to the commander of the Airborne Forces Andrey Serdyukov, the supply of air defense systems will be carried out separately

The Ptitselov airborne anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) will enter service with the Airborne Troops in 2024. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.

The Israeli company IMI Systems will supply the Spanish Ground Forces with the latest 120-mm high-explosive tracer ammunition (HE-T) for the Leopard-2E and Leopard-2A4 main battle tanks.

The contract for the supply of the next batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks, as well as for the modernization of T-90M combat tanks to the level of T-90M, was signed on Tuesday by the Russian military department and Uralvagonzavod, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The holding company "High-precision complexes" (part of Rostec) for the first time presented the Arctic version of the BT-3F armored personnel carrier at the military-technical forum "Army-2021", the press service of the state corporation reported.

The tank is adapted to the requirements of a number of foreign customers

Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec state Corporation) is waiting for the release of a lightweight export version of the T-90 tank. This was reported to TASS during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021" by the company.

The concern reported that thanks to the equipment with an automatic control and control system, including the choice of the type of ammunition, the AU-220M is able to effectively hit air, sea and coastal targets at a range of up to 6 km.

The holding clarified that they are working on the possibility of installing the Berezhka on new types of chassis

Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering (KBP) named after Academician A. G. Shipunov (part of the Rostec High-Precision Complexes holding) has begun to modernize the Berezhok complex, designed to equip infantry fighting vehicles. This was reported to TASS in the press service of "High-precision complexes" during the International military-technical Forum "Army-2021".

The portfolio of export orders for Russian weapons and equipment for the ground forces is about $5 billion, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The author of the publication The National Interest questioned the protection of modern Russian tanks. In an article about the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM), Sebastien Roblin suggested that the characteristics of the T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90M and T-14 tanks are insufficient to protect against an anti-tank complex from the United States.

Rosoboronexport delivered dozens of T-90S tanks to countries in Africa and Southeast Asia last year, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told reporters.

Deliveries of the T-14 Armata tank abroad can begin only after the Russian army receives them, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said.

The T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District will be used for the first time in a number of tactical exercises taking place in the Nizhny Novgorod region at the Mulino training ground. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

The upgraded BMP-3 will be able to be used in the conditions of the North

PJSC Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during modernization. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding "High-precision complexes" during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec State Corporation) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during the modernization. This was announced on Tuesday, August 24, by the press service of the holding at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

At the IDEF-2021 exhibition held in Istanbul, the Turkish company FNSS presented a new version of the Shadow Rider modular ground-based remotely controlled vehicle (DUM).

The Sosna short-range anti-aircraft missile system continues to demonstrate its versatility. At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version on the chassis of the four-axle domestic armored personnel carrier BTR-82A was presented for the first time.

Heavy flamethrower systems "Pinocchio" and "Solntsepek" have been used by our army for several decades. The successor of these legendary machines should be the Tosochka flamethrower system. Although it is currently at the stage of field tests, it has already managed to prove itself in all its glory at the strategic exercises "Caucasus-2020".

An experimental batch of the latest T-14 Armata tanks was shipped for the Russian Ministry of Defense. This was announced on Monday, August 23, by Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec.

The use of new ammunition of the heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 was first shown on video. On the footage from the test site, you could see the preparation of equipment for combat operations and evaluate the power of its shots.

The soldiers of the engineering units of the Russian army are almost always on the front line. People in special equipment and with mine detectors at the ready appear in the center of events in any military conflict. Military engineers are also involved in the elimination of natural disasters and emergencies.