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At the exercises in Algeria, the T-72s, modernized with the help of Russia, were demonstrated.

Currently, the army of this North African state, along with modern T-90SA, continues to operate more than 300 combat vehicles of this model. They have proven themselves as simple and reliable tanks.

Military experts note that after a long fascination with wheeled armored vehicles, there is again a significant interest in tracked IFVs in the world. Currently, several countries hold tenders for the selection of such equipment.

Since the beginning of the year, the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) have received about 300 units of military and special equipment under the state defense order, said the commander of the troops of the ZVO, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.

Rare examples of military equipment for Libya can now be seen during the preparation of the military parade of the formations of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Field Marshal Haftar.

Rehearsals for the ceremony are being held at the Benin air base near Benghazi. It seems that the LNA command has concentrated most of its available forces on this military facility.

A tracked version of the PRP-5 mobile reconnaissance point has been created for the Russian Army. If earlier we saw the version on the chassis of the BTR-82 armored personnel carrier, now the platform was the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, which has proven itself over many years of operation. "Troika" is already quite well known in the military, it has excellent mobility, can swim through water obstacles.

More than 50 units of the second-generation anti-tank missile systems "Fagot" entered service with the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military District (SE), stationed in the Stavropol Territory.

The Russian concern "Kalashnikov" published in" VKontakte " a video of tests of secret weapons. "If anything, this is a spoiler for a big release. Who can guess what we are announcing? " the video caption reads.

The basis of the air defense of the armed forces of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi was purchased in the USSR anti-aircraft missile systems. For example, the Ground forces operated the Osa, Kvadrat, and Strela-1 air defense systems.

The now almost forgotten T-72B2 "Slingshot" was first demonstrated at a weapons exhibition in Nizhny Tagil in 2006. This premiere made a great impression both on specialists, including foreign ones, and on all those who are not indifferent to military equipment.

Russia intends to strengthen its presence in Africa's lucrative and fast-growing arms market. This is written by The National Interest columnist Mark Episkopos, referring to news reports about the preparation of a new amphibious armored personnel carrier "Strela" for the exhibition ShieldAfrica 2021.

More than 70 representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 54 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, accredited in Russia, visited the Luzhsky training ground of the Western Military District, where officers of foreign countries demonstrated the combat capabilities of barrel artillery and multiple rocket launchers to detect and destroy training targets.

A batch of T-72MS tanks and BRDM-2MS armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles delivered to the Armed Forces of Serbia as part of military-technical assistance is capable of strengthening the combat potential of the republic's army, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Sunday during the ceremony of handing over the vehicles.

The crew of the large landing ship of the Northern Fleet "Ivan Gren" worked out in difficult weather conditions the landing of a marine landing on an unequipped coast. This was reported by the press service of the SF.

" The exercise was held in the Motovsky Bay of the Barents Sea. In addition to the landing ship, BTR-80 and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers of the separate brigade of the Northern Fleet Marine Corps were involved in it," the press service informed. They added that this naval amphibious operation was the first in the Arctic practice of the BDK team.

The M1A2C (M1A2SEPv3) Abrams tank works perfectly at temperatures typical of Alaska, writes the American magazine Forbes, referring to the results of the test of the combat vehicle conducted by the US Army.

PJSC "Kurganmashzavod" (part of the NGO "High-precision Complexes" of the State Corporation Rostec) presented its civilian products at an exhibition organized by the Government of the Kurgan Region for the heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign states located in the city of Yekaterinburg, the press service of the enterprise reported.

In addition to models of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and T-72 and T-80 tanks, the US military uses imitations of other Russian-made military equipment. For example, two years ago, a fake self-propelled rocket and gun complex "Tunguska"was spotted at the Fort Irwin training ground.

China has created a multi-axle universal heavy-duty armored car. The other day, its presentation took place.

The new product was developed by Taian Special Vehicle, a company specializing in the production of heavy-duty vehicles.

It is reported that the German consortium ARTEC (now unites the companies Rheinmetall Defense and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann/KMW, now KNDS) presented a variant of the GTK Boxer (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carrier created for an unnamed "Middle Eastern customer", equipped with a new remote-controlled combat module Protector RT60 of the Norwegian Kongsberg group.

The Czech Republic continues to part with the Soviet past. Yesterday, May 19, the press service of the Czech Defense Ministry announced the "equator" of tests of three models of BMP, claiming to replace the Soviet BMP-2, which were produced under license in Czechoslovakia as BVP-2.

To fight the terrorists, the Nigerian army intends to use its most powerful self-propelled artillery. We are talking about the 155-mm Palmaria of Italian production, which were delivered in the 80s.