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The British-American company ZeroAvia tested the 600-kilowatt ZA-600 power plant on the M977 HEMTT heavy military truck. It is intended for a 19-seat hydrogen aircraft, which ZeroAvia is developing on the basis of the Dornier 228.

The Russian Armed Forces received more than 200 units of weapons and military equipment in the first half of 2021. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during the single day of acceptance of military products.

The Russian army will receive a batch of new T-14 Armata tanks this year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said.

The Sudanese ground forces are armed with Soviet, American and Chinese-made tanks, most of which are considered obsolete. In the first decade of the XXI century, attempts were made to start producing their own samples.

The first 20 T-14 tanks based on the Armata heavy tracked platform will be handed over to the Armed Forces by the end of the year. Earlier, the army received T-90M "Breakthrough" combat vehicles.

The development of the Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant - Volat V2 - was first demonstrated at the end of June at the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 held in Minsk.

The German and Korean IFVs came together in a fight within the framework of the Project Land 400 Phase 3 program. The Australian Ministry of Defense showed fire tests of Redback and Lynx combat vehicles.

The modified T-90S tank has become one of the most successful export products of the Russian military-industrial complex and, perhaps, remains the most commercially successful tank of its time. This opinion was expressed by the columnist of The National Interest, Mark Episkopos.

The Turkish company Katmerciler has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Kenya for the supply of tactical armored vehicles "Hizir" (Hizir) with a 4x4 wheel formula.

The exercise of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the Central Military District (CVO) began at the training grounds of the Altai Territory, as well as the Sverdlovsk and Samara regions, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

Uralvagonzavod (part of the UVZ Concern is part of the Rostec State Corporation) has fulfilled its contractual obligations to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Usually, when they talk about the guided armament of Russian main battle tanks, they first of all mention missiles with cumulative warheads capable of destroying enemy equipment at a distance of 5000 meters.

The firing was carried out from flamethrowers with various types of ammunition, both single shots and volleys of flamethrower compartments

Russian servicemen of radiation, chemical and biological protection destroyed conditional militants with Bumblebee rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers during a joint exercise of representatives of the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at the Kharb-Maydon training ground in Tajikistan.

"Typhoon-K", BTR-82 and Mi-35M were involved in the joint exercises "South-2021" of the military of Uzbekistan and Russia in the area of the border with Afghanistan.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the joint group has worked out a special operation to prevent the possible crossing of the state border by illegal armed groups.

The motorized rifle troops of the Russian army began to receive modernized armored personnel carriers BTR-82AT, which have an increased level of protection and the latest surveillance equipment.

For the first time, such a machine was demonstrated by the "Military-Industrial Company" at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2019". The armored personnel carrier received additional reflective screens made of armored steel and special anti-accumulation grilles.

The shooting was conducted at targets simulating artillery guns and armored objects of a simulated enemy at various distances

Russian servicemen conducted firing from tanks and armored vehicles of the ground forces of the People's Liberation Army of China in preparation for joint exercises.

More than 1 thousand servicemen of the missile forces and artillery of the combined arms association of the Central Military District will take part in the exercises that started at the training ground in the Kemerovo region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

The Pentagon reported that by 2030, units of combat robots resembling the "Ghost Army" of the Second World War, commanded by General George Patton, will be formed in the American army. The "ghost Army" consisted of fake equipment and soldiers disguised as foreign troops and was intended to mislead the enemy.

The American army is preparing to release robots on the battlefield. On August 5, the press service of the US Army reported that the first fire tests of a combat vehicle created under the RCV-M program were conducted at the training ground of the Fort Dix military base (New Jersey).

The Americans continue to arm Taiwan against the background of China's threats to seize the island by force. August 6, portal thedefensepost.com He reported that the US State Department approved the sale of weapons in the amount of $ 750 million.