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The Russian military base in Tajikistan will be strengthened by the end of the year with thirty modern tanks. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) on Friday, September 10.

The modernized self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SDM1"is undergoing state tests in Russia. They should be completed at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

The Polish Army currently continues to operate more than 1,200 BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, which are local clones of the old Soviet BMP-1.

It is believed that this technique, created in the first half of the 60s, is outdated and does not meet modern requirements. It has weak armor protection, simple sights.

The forces of the rebel Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (PFOT) operating against the troops of the Ethiopian Federal Government lost a T-72B tank. The combat vehicle is completely disabled.

As a result of an internal explosion of ammunition, the tower separated from the hull, several support rollers broke off from each side, the engine turned into debris.

A new version of the MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier has been introduced in Belarus. The vehicle, also known as Volat V2, received an uninhabited combat module with a 30 mm caliber gun, which turned it into a full-fledged infantry fighting vehicle (BMP). This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The Russian servicemen used the calculation of the Tachyon drone, which helped to control the capture groups and fire cover, which made it possible to neutralize the conditional saboteurs at the captured checkpoint in the shortest possible time.

The Ukrainian armored car "Dozor-B" caught fire during factory tests. The fire on the prototype of the car occurred during the inspection of fire-fighting equipment. This may delay the process of adopting the machine for service, " Defense News reports.

The Chinese 155-mm self-propelled artillery system, which is a deep modification of the PLZ-05 produced since 2005, has received a number of significant improvements.

Thus, the undercarriage has become longer by one support roller from each side, the engine power has increased, which now amounts to at least 1000 hp.

A modernized Soviet infantry fighting vehicle BMP was presented at the international defense exhibition MSPO-2021 in Poland. The company WZM S. A. demonstrated a new version of the machine with an upgraded body and tower, according to the Defense 24 portal.

The South-Western command of the Indian Army has released video footage of maneuvers with the mass participation of the main battle tanks T-90S Bhishma.

At the beginning of the video, combat vehicles, raising clouds of dust, make a simultaneous turn of almost 180 degrees on command. Then the synchronous reverse movement of an entire tank unit is demonstrated.

More than 500 Russian servicemen, tanks and artillery are involved in the exercise, which began on the Kuril Islands, the Eastern Military District (VVO) said on Wednesday.

Military personnel of units in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions have begun to master new equipment

The troops of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk and Samara regions, received eight Typhoonenok armored vehicles for the first time. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

In the near future, a modification of the T-90M tank with a retractable optoelectronic module will be tested at military exercises. It is an observation device with a thermal imager, a TV channel and a laser rangefinder on a three-meter telescopic mast, the module allows the tank crew to monitor the situation and find targets without detecting themselves - for example, from behind a one-story house or from a trench.

On September 28, 2021, an aerospace salon opens in Zhuhai, where the Chinese military industry will present previously unknown samples of military equipment, including those intended for the ground forces.

Deliveries of the promising NMESIS anti-ship missile system to the US troops will begin at the end of 2023, according to Naval News. The complex is an unmanned version of the JLTV armored vehicle, armed with NSM anti-ship missiles.

Poland continues to develop its self-propelled artillery. September 6, portal milmag.pl He reported that the Huta Stalowa Wola company brought a new version of the Rak self-propelled mortar to the defense industry exhibition in Kielce (MSPO).

The British Ministry of Defense has confirmed the suspension of the use of new Ajax infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Tests and training of the crew are suspended until the problems with vibration and noise of the BMP are eliminated. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

Forbes magazine writes about a new Russian robot. The device made an autonomous hundred-kilometer march. And "Marker" is also a platform on which technologies and systems are tested. Then the Russian military will install them on existing drones. The author admires the speed with which Russian developments are turning into real weapons.

The holding company "High-precision complexes" of the Rostec Corporation is considering the possibility of creating a light wheeled floating tank with a 125-mm cannon, the deputy chief designer of the Volgograd Tractor Plant (as part of KMZ, it is part of "High-Precision complexes")told RIA Novosti Vladimir Budaev.

Within five days, the foreign military will be familiarized with the training sites, will conduct a sighting of weapons and military equipment

Military contingents from seven countries arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod region to participate in the strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Western Military District.