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Russia has published a video of tests of secret weapons
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.
Rare example: the Strela-1 complex is seen near Haftar's forces in Libya
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.
Why the powerful Russian tank T-72B2 "Slingshot" never got into the troops
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.
NI: Russia has big plans to sell weapons to Africa
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.
Foreign military attaches demonstrated the combat capabilities of Russian artillery systems
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.
Russia has handed over a batch of modernized tanks and armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles to the Serbian army
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.
BDK "Ivan Gren" landed troops on the coast of the Barents Sea
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.
In the US, they called the advantage of the T-90 over the M1 Abrams
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.
Civil equipment of Kurganmashzavod was evaluated by consuls and diplomats
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.
The American "Tunguska" only vaguely resembles the Russian original
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.
Giant on wheels: heavy armored car TA2320 presented in China
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.
New version of the Boxer armored personnel carrier
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.
Czech Republic tests new IFVs to replace Soviet ones
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.
Self-propelled guns on the chassis of an almost forgotten tank will smash terrorists in Africa
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.
The US Army used mock-ups of the BPM-2 in exercises in California
The US army continues to use armored vehicles depicting the Russian BMP-2 and T-72 in the course of combat training. Such equipment is currently located at the site of the US Army National training Center Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert (California).
Russian ATGM burns Israeli Merkava tank»
A video has appeared from the site of the destruction of the Israeli Merkava tank by the Russian Kornet complex, which is in service with the Palestinian movement Hamas. This video is currently available for viewing on Twitter.
First batch of JLTV BBM delivered to Slovenia
The Slovenian Ministry of Defense announced the delivery to the port of Koper of a batch of new JLTV light armored vehicles purchased in the United States with a 4x4 wheel formula (national designation LKOV – Laki Kolesni Oklepni Vozil).
The Ministry of Defense of Latvia has signed a contract for the purchase of additional self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE
According to the Latvian media, the Latvian Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of 18 additional 155-mm self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE from the Austrian Armed Forces. The purchase price exceeds 2 million euros.
A new photo of the Chinese equivalent of the self-propelled gun 2S9 "Nona-S" has appeared"
The Chinese airborne 120 mm self-propelled artillery system was first demonstrated at the 12th International Aerospace Show AIRSHOW CHINA 2018.
The race of Russian BMDS was shown on video
The race of the Russian BMD-4M and BMD-2 was shown on video. The corresponding video on YouTube was published by the Russian Defense Ministry.