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The re-equipped units of the Strategic Missile Forces continue to receive modern equipment for logistics, engineering, medical and automotive support units, as well as for communications units.

In the Kaliningrad region, mortar crews of the Baltic Fleet destroyed a column of military equipment of a conditional enemy.

A battery of 120-mm mortars "Sani" of the motorized rifle regiment of the Army Corps of the BF was involved in the exercises held at the Pravdinsky training ground.

The United States should ensure the supply of new weapons, including M1 Abrams tanks, to Poland. Thus, NATO countries will be able to restrain Russia, according to Dan Gure, a columnist for The National Interest.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of a large batch of heavy tactical trucks with auxiliary and related equipment to Kuwait.

The Belarusian army can receive self-propelled mortars created on the chassis of armored vehicles MZKT-490100 V1. A model of this combat vehicle was presented at the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 held in Minsk.

In Ukraine, they remembered their long-standing development-a version of the Soviet T-80UD tank, designated "Object 478DU". Photos of this almost forgotten by everyone, released in a single copy of the combat vehicle appeared on the Network.

It was assembled in the first half of the 90s. The fact is that the support rollers for the equipment produced in Kharkiv were supplied from Russia, so the developers made an attempt to replace them with those that were previously used on the T-64, the production of which stopped back in 1987. As you know, they have smaller sizes and do not have special rubber used in bandages, which has become a shortage in Ukraine

Heavy flamethrower systems on the wheeled chassis of the TOS-2 "Tosochka" are ready for final tests. They will begin in August and will last until the end of the year, after which a decision will be made on the supply of new weapons to the troops.

In Russia, serial production of the T-14 Armata will begin in 2022. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.

The British Ministry of Defense has launched urgent consultations on the future of the Ajax BMP after receiving the results of the first tests of the new armored vehicle. During the tests, 21 servicemen lost their hearing, another 83 will have to undergo an annual examination.

In the 50s, the leading armed forces of the world were preparing for an all-out nuclear war. The opponents were going to bring down an infinite amount of atomic and hydrogen ammunition on each other.

The Russian Typhoon-AIRBORNE amphibious armored vehicle, which is being prepared for delivery to the Russian army, has received an upgraded combat module with a 30 mm cannon, which has a unique range of destruction for its class of weapons, Igor Zarakhovich, the chief designer of the company developing this machine, Remdiesel JSC, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

During the X International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment "MILEX-2021", a new product of the weapons forum – the "Whistle" robotic complex was presented at the stand of the Belspetsvneshtechnika State Technical University.

Five tactical exercises with motorized rifle, tank, artillery, reconnaissance units and calculations of S-300PS anti-aircraft missile systems of the 201st Russian military base stationed in the Republic of Tajikistan took place last week as part of the combat training cycle in the summer period. In total, about 3 thousand servicemen were involved in the exercises.

In the Moscow region, at the Alabino training ground, servicemen of the Taman Motorized Rifle Division of the Guards Tank Red Banner Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) worked out actions to destroy low-flying air targets from 12.7-mm large-caliber machine guns "Cord".

More than 10 modern armored personnel carriers with improved combat and driving characteristics of the BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed [503rd] Motorized Rifle Regiment [19th Motorized Rifle Division]of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia.

More than 30 years ago, an attempt was made to create a ZA-35 anti-aircraft self-propelled gun on the basis of the Soviet T-72 tank. It is interesting that such work was carried out by specialists of the Republic of South Africa.

Russia already has the research and production potential to create a new generation main battle tank (MBT). In particular, it will be distinguished from existing models by increased survivability due to air defense and upper hemisphere protection, as well as control using voice commands.

Kyle Mizokami, a military observer of the Popular Mechanics publication, called the Arena-M active protection complex (KAZ) installed on the T-72B3 tank" Cool military technology". According to him, the system allows you to leave vehicles that have been in service for many years in the ranks, without hanging additional armor on them.

When Prince Albert II of Monaco visited Antarctica in 2009, he was unpleasantly surprised that people move around one of the cleanest corners of the world by transport with "dirty" internal combustion engines. He turned to the Venturi company with an order for the development of an environmentally friendly all-terrain vehicle with electric traction. Since then, two trial models have been released, and the final third is now being prepared for shipment to Antarctica.

Specialists of the German defense concern Rheinmetall have developed a compact pocket flash-bang grenade Spectac the size of a business card box. For the first time, this type of weapon was equipped with soldiers of the elite British special forces SAS in the 70s.