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Shvabe Holding and Uralvagonzavod Concern have signed a cooperation agreement, the press service of the holding reports.

The new armored car for special forces K-4386-ZA-SpN, designed for special purpose units, is based on the already well-known landing armored car "Typhoon-airborne", but has a number of differences. Marat Rizvanov, a representative of the developer company Remdiesel JSC, told about this in an interview with RG.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is being held near Moscow from August 22 to 28, and the exposition of Belarus is one of the brightest.

At the "Army-2021" you can see the best samples of Belarusian military equipment. Various means of communication, military telecommunications, radar equipment, unmanned aerial vehicles are widely represented. Specialists are interested in electronic warfare systems, including those designed to combat drones.

Most of the modules have been independently tested

The Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec State Corporation) has developed a series of remotely controlled combat modules (DUBM) designed to equip ships of the Navy. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the UVZ during the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

A new armored personnel carrier is planned to be created on the basis of the BTR-82A. At the same time, the components and assemblies of the "Athlete"armored car will be used.

The RHM-9 radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance vehicle is being openly demonstrated for the first time at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

Earlier it was reported that in 2018, this specialized armored car was presented in a closed static exhibition of a large-scale weapons exhibition held in the Moscow region.

The Strela KBM MIC SUV presented at the Army-2021 forum was created by students and graduates of Bauman Moscow State Technical University together with specialists of the Military-Industrial Company. In the future, the civilian Strela can get a seven-seat version and an automatic rifle, said Nikita Lozhkin, head of the calculation department of the Youth Design Bureau of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, in an interview with RG.

If there was a rating of tanks-losers, then the Ukrainian BM "Oplot" would surely take the first place in it. His entire short career is accompanied by failures and scandals.

The Thai military refused further purchases of such equipment. The contract concluded with Ukraine was constantly under threat of failure, and all 49 cars were received much later than planned.

The holding company "High-precision complexes" (Rostec State Corporation) presented at the military-technical forum "Army-2021" a version of the BT-3F armored personnel carrier adapted for operations in the Far North, according to a press release from Rostec.

The new multi-purpose armored floating vehicle (MBPM) rolled off the assembly line just ten days before the start of the Army-2021 forum.

Nevertheless, it has already been tested both afloat and during mileage tests, Sergey Suvorov, head of the media and advertising department of the Military-Industrial Company, said in an interview with RG.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation within the framework of the Army-2021 forum signed a contract for the supply of the latest self-propelled artillery systems "Coalition-SV" to the Armed Forces, the ministry told reporters.

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.