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10 new self-propelled PST-1 pontoons have been put into service with the railway connections of the Southern Military District (SE).

It is designed for towing ferries or individual sections of floating railway bridges, provides transportation of elements of hydraulic structures on water bodies with a wave height of up to 1.2 m.

The use of an uninhabited 57-mm AU-220M combat module on the BMP-3 significantly increases the safety of the crew and landing troops, and also makes it more comfortable for people to stay behind the armor.

The internal layout of such a modernized infantry fighting vehicle is demonstrated in a video dedicated to the anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik".

The Russian T-72B3 tank with an active protection complex (KAZ) was shown in the TV military information program "Sentry" on the First Channel of Russian television. Most of the issue was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the 38th Research and Testing Institute of Armored Weapons and Equipment.

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey " and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus at the exhibition "MILEX-2021" approved a cooperation scheme for the repair of combat vehicles from the "Tor-M2K" air defense system in the interests of the Belarusian military department.

At the beginning of the noughties, Ukrainian gunsmiths offered foreign customers a combat vehicle that looks very much like the Russian T-90S of the first releases.

In Poland, from 2013 to 2015, the process of creating the PL-01 stealth tank was actively underway, which was advertised in the media and, apparently, ended in failure. The combat vehicle was developed in case of a military invasion by Russia, American military expert Peter Suciu wrote in an article for the 19FortyFive portal.

French main battle tanks will undergo a deep modernization. June 26, portal janes.com He reported that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed a contract with Nexter for the repair and modernization of 200 Leclerc combat vehicles and 17 Leclerc DCL evacuation vehicles.

According to the French web resource "Zone Militaire", the United Arab Emirates demanded that Italy close its advanced logistics air base operating at the Emirati Al-Minhad air base in Dubai by July 2, 2021, and withdraw the entire contingent of Italian military personnel (about 100 people) from there.

About 30 years ago, a missile tank could appear in Russia, capable even now of destroying the latest versions of Abrams, Leopards, Challengers and Merkav without any problems.

British tanks will become more protected. June 24 portal armyrecognition.com he reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the choice of its Trophy MV system for installation on the Challenger 3.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" will be held in the capital of the Republic of Buryatia at the special site of the Vostochny airfield at the end of August this year.

"Sprut-SDM1" was developed and created on the basis of the self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SD"

The completion of state tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light tank is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the holding "High-Precision Complexes "(part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

Uraltransmash signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus for the overhaul of 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers at the MILEX-2021 exhibition. The machines will be delivered to the customer in 2022.

In 2020, Uralvagonzavod supplied the Ministry of Defense with a batch of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles on the Aramat platform for state tests, according to the annual report of the Rostec state Corporation for 2020.

The US Marine Corps plans to equip JLTV, LAV-25 armored vehicles and long-range robocats with barrage ammunition from the Israeli company uVision. According to uVision, armored vehicles and robocats will launch kamikaze drones from multi-cassette installations.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia announced Belarus ' interest in a wide range of Russian-made military products.

French designers tried to cross the T-72 with their 155-mm self-propelled artillery installation AUF1.

Work on this topic was carried out in the early 90s. The fact is that the Indian ground forces then planned to increase the number of self-propelled guns in their artillery units. At the same time, wishes were expressed that the combat vehicle would use the "seventy-second"platform.

Americans are learning to fight in conjunction with robots. June 23, portal janes.com he reported that the US Army has begun testing prototypes of RCV-L light combat robotic vehicles.

On the opening day of the 10th International Exhibition MILEX-2021 held in Minsk, the first official demonstration of the prototype of the MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier (Volat V-2) with an 8x8 wheel formula developed by the Belarusian JSC MZKT took place.