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New Polish armored vehicle of the MRAP class
According to the Polish resource "MILMAG", at the 29th military-industrial exhibition MSPO-2021, which opens on September 7, 2021 in the Polish city of Kielce, the Polish company Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW, part of the state association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA, PGZ) will present for the first time a prototype of its MRAP class armored vehicle with a 4x4 wheel formula.
The truck was dressed in armor and armed with a machine gun
The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase.
Indonesia may take part in the international ArMI Games for the first time in 2022
In 2021, the country's delegation is present at the Games as an observer
ALABINO /Moscow region/, September 4. Indonesia may take part in the international ArMI Games for the first time in 2022, Deputy Defense Minister Major General Rodon Pedrason said.
An unusual project to turn the T-62 tank into a BMPT was told in Algeria
What is necessary for the old Soviet tank of the early 60s T-62 to get a new life? In Algeria, they decided to massively remake these combat vehicles into a kind of BMPT.
The Russian Federation handed over to Sri Lanka draft contracts for the supply of armored personnel carriers and attack helicopters - the head of the FSVTS
Russia in 2021 handed over to Sri Lanka the projects of two new arms contracts, said the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Dmitry Shugaev.
The Ministry of Defense announced exercises in the Crimea with live firing
Units of the Marine Corps and the Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet will conduct live firing exercises in the Crimea on September 7, using ships. This was reported on September 4 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Rheinmetall presented the concept of the BMP of the future for the US Army
The combat vehicle is created according to the Optional-Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. The basis of its weapons is the 50-millimeter XM913 gun.
MW: Does the Ukrainian tank building have a future
After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine inherited tank-building enterprises, but failed to fully use them. And now there is a very high probability that the country will turn to foreign tanks instead of the T-84 "Oplot", which at one time had certain hopes.
An amphibious truck with a machine gun was developed in Russia
The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase. So, at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version of the AMN-D, made in the form of a multi-purpose truck, was demonstrated for the first time.
The Algerian military wants to turn the T-62 into a BMPT with the help of the Berezhka
The Algerian military is going to turn the T-62 into tank support combat vehicles. The material about this is posted on the portal menadefense.net. To implement this project, the turret with the 115-mm smoothbore 2A20 gun will be dismantled from the medium tank, and the Berezhok combat compartment will be installed instead.
Patria and CSM Industry will offer the Slovak Armed Forces BBM with a wheel formula of 8x8
Finnish Patria and Slovak engineering company CSM Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding on joint participation in a tender for the supply of 8x8 armored combat vehicles to the Slovak Armed Forces.
Daily Mail (UK): the Taliban * boasted dozens of American armored vehicles and even helicopters at victory parades
The Taliban celebrate the final withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan as a historic victory. In two weeks, they managed to establish control over all but one of the provinces. In honor of this, victory parades were held throughout the country, during which the Taliban demonstrated American-made weapons.
TOS-1A "Solntsepek" will be included in the automated control loop of troops
There is no foreign analogue of this heavy flamethrower system yet, said Omsktransmash CEO Igor Lobov
The Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering (Omsktransmash, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation) is working on the inclusion of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" heavy flamethrower system in the automated control circuit of troops. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov.
The German Leopard 2A7 + tank has become less fast
The modernized German Leopard 2A7+ significantly gained weight and lost mobility.
One of these tanks was recently demonstrated at an exhibition in Hungary. A shield with fairly detailed technical characteristics was installed next to it. In particular, the specified weight is 67.5 tons. If we recall the 55-ton Leopard 2A4 released in the second half of the 80s, the weight gain was more than 12,000 kg.
The Taliban showed trophies from the Kabul airport
The United States analyzes photos and videos taken by the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) at the Kabul airport. They show captured military aircraft, helicopters, cars and other trophies.
The Ukrainian tank "Nota" surpasses "Armata" only in the caliber of its cannon
The Ukrainian tank industry is in a deep crisis. From the once giant of Soviet industry - the Malyshev plant, in fact, there are repair shops that are capable of semi-artistically, as they say, on the knee, making individual samples from the previous reserves, which then break down during rehearsals of parades.
The United States told about a new package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 60 million
The Pentagon told about a new package of US assistance to Ukraine, which will include the supply of Javelin anti-tank missile systems. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Omsktransmash is negotiating with customers on the modernization of Soviet T-55 tanks
The general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov noted that the organization is ready to work in this direction if there is a need for it
Omsktransmash (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec state Corporation) is negotiating with potential customers on the possible modernization of Soviet T-55 tanks. This was announced to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Igor Lobov at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021"held in the Moscow region.
A light tank based on the self-propelled gun "Gvozdika" is being created in Serbia
A prototype of a light tank with a new turret and armament was photographed in Serbia. The Belgrade company DLS Special Systems installed the Soviet MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun in the car on the basis of the world's first floating self-propelled gun "Gvozdika".
T-72B3 tanks of the 2016 model in the Crimea
At the exhibition of military equipment "Army-2021" in Simferopol and Sevastopol , new T-72B3M tanks, recently entered service with the tank battalion of the 126th Coastal Defense Brigade of the 22nd Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet, are shown for the first time.























