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The Ministry of Defense of Slovakia has sent requests for the supply of wheeled and tracked BBMs for the Armed Forces of the country
The Ministry of Defense of Slovakia announced the continuation of the procedure for the purchase of new tracked and wheeled armored vehicles for the Armed Forces of the country.
The BTR-70 with a twin 23 mm cannon was used in Afghanistan
IN Afghanistan, the Soviet BTR-70 significantly increased its firepower. The armored personnel carrier received a ZU-23-2 rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun and was successfully used in battles.
Before the advent of the BTR-80, the Seventies had long been the main wheeled means of delivering infantry in units and formations of the Limited Soviet Contingent - the 40th Combined Arms Army, as well as border troops and other forces involved.
The Russian Armed Forces received an armored vehicle "Partner"
The Russian Armed Forces have received a new special escort and control vehicle 4386 "Partner". The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Chinese 155 mm PLZ-52 will compete with the best Western self-propelled guns
Along with various types of wheeled self-propelled artillery installations, tracked self-propelled guns continue to be offered for export in China. So, at the recently ended international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, a 155-mm PLZ-52 was demonstrated.
A target in the form of a T-14 ARMATA tank was presented in Australia
In Australia, the first full-scale target was demonstrated, copying the appearance of the Russian T-14 tank on the ARMATA heavy unified platform.
At the end of last month, GaardTech posted a photo of this sample on its Twitter page and described it as a "robotic opponent of the 5th generation."
Estonia's defense spending in 2022 will amount to 748 million euros
The defense expenditures approved by the government in the Estonian state budget for 2022 will increase to 748 million euros (an increase of 103 million euros), which is 2.31% of the projected GDP.
The best local versions of the T-72M1 with thermal imagers were seen at the exercises in Iran
Exercises continue in Iran on the border with Azerbaijan. Everything suggests that the scale of the demonstration of forces will only increase. Now the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has deployed its units. If the formations of the ground forces have not yet used their newest tanks, the Chieftain, in the maneuvers, then the IRGC has transferred the recently upgraded T-72M1.
Russian motorized infantry destroyed "saboteurs" in the mountains of Tajikistan during the exercise
Military personnel of motorized rifle units of the 201st Russian military base during the exercise practiced conducting combat operations to destroy a sabotage group of a conditional enemy in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.
Poland continues to build up its military potential. Minsk and Moscow are ready to respond
On September 29-30, a conference of the Polish defense sector was held in Warsaw, during which the country's leadership officially and publicly presented plans for the "transformation of the Polish Army." Among other things, the programs for further equipping the Ground Forces with new types of weapons have been published.
In the USA, they did not believe in the Russian "Armata"
The American publication 19FortyFive did not believe that the Russian military was talking about the T-14 Armata. "It is doubtful that the new vehicle was deployed in Syria in 2020. If she entered the Middle East theater of operations, she probably did not participate in the fighting.
In Russia, the development of a line of artillery weapons for the Arctic is being completed
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov announced the completion of the development of a line of artillery and mortar weapons for use in the Arctic.
The ground forces in 2021 received more than 2.5 thousand new weapons - Commander-in-chief
Over 2,500 new weapons and military equipment were received by the Ground Forces this year, Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is preparing to adopt a new "Shell" and a fighter drone "Derivation"
The variant of the Pantsir complex for military air defense (air defense) and the fighter of drones "Derivation-air defense" will soon be put into service, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.
A batch of the newest Mi-28NM helicopters was delivered to the Russian troops
The upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter made its first flight on October 12, 2016
A batch of the latest Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopters has been delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. This is stated in an infographic published on Friday in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.
Azerbaijan's T-90S are superior to all Iranian tanks, but they are few
The Iranian army has transferred a brigade of the 16th Armored Division armed with "Chieftain" tanks to the border with Azerbaijan. These combat vehicles purchased in the UK before the Islamic Revolution, of course, cannot be considered modern, although some of them underwent modernization, including the installation of 840-horsepower B-84 engines from T-72S, improved sights, including night sights.
More than 3 thousand soldiers will be called up to the Airborne Forces this fall
"During the autumn draft of 2021, which will last until December 31 of this year, we expect the arrival of more than 3 thousand newly arrived replenishment servicemen to the formations and military units of the Airborne Troops," said Dmitry Satarov, head of the organizational and mobilization department of the Airborne headquarters.
In Russia, the features of the new BMP were called
At the ZAPAD-2021 exercises, Russia tested a new BMP B-19 with an EPOCH combat module. The vehicle received two types of missiles and a modern fire control system (FMS). Military expert Alexey Khlopotov called Izvestia the features of the new car that will help save the crew.
Australia will "destroy" the Russian T-14 ARMATA
The Australian company GaardTech showed on Twitter a static target of the Russian T-14 Armata tank, designed to be destroyed during training battles. The ChDambiev channel in Telegram drew attention to the picture.
Source: Russian Army combat vehicles will receive a Chameleon Coating
Combat vehicles of the Russian army will receive a chameleon coating that can change color depending on the surrounding landscape, the prototype is already being tested, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
The American edition called the ARMATA tank a paper tiger
An expert of the American publication 19FortyFive, former US Army infantry officer Brent Eastwood, in a material published on September 30, questioned the real number of T-14 ARMATA tanks produced and their participation in military operations in Syria.
