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The General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France announced in messages on June 24 and 25, 2021, that on June 1 it issued a contract to the French Nexter group for the repair and serial modernization of the first 50 Leclerc tanks of the French army according to the Leclerc XLR variant (out of 200 planned).

The latest two-link DT-BTR, created for the natural and climatic conditions of the Arctic, Siberia and the Far East, was shown for the first time in the program" Sentinel " on the First Channel of Russian television.

Self-propelled artillery installations 2S3M "Acacia" of the Belarusian army will undergo major repairs at the Ural plant of transport engineering of the Uralvagonzavod concern.

According to Rostec, this information was announced at the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021, which was recently held in Minsk.

The International exhibition of arms and Military Equipment "MILEX–2021"has ended in the Belarusian capital. One of the most popular expositions of the exhibition, held from June 23 to 26, 2021 in Minsk, was the products of the Russian Aerospace defense Concern Almaz-Antey. The guests of the exhibition were shown anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family, the Buk-M2E medium-range complex, the Antey-4000 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as the Adjutant universal target training complex and the operation of a number of new radar stations.

The Turkish company BMC has signed a contract for the supply of 46 new armored vehicles with reinforced mine protection "Bricks" with a 4x4 wheel formula to Tunisia, Anadolu agency reports.

Already this year, the Turkish special forces will receive new armored personnel carriers. FNSS showed the testing process of a new specialized armored personnel carrier PARS IV with enhanced protection against mines and IEDs.

The latest armored vehicles "Ural Tornado-U" were delivered to the mountain compound of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Republic of Tyva.

Last Saturday, a parade of militia Forces was held at a military base in Diyala province in Iraq in honor of the seventh anniversary of their formation.

The solemn event involved samples of towed artillery - 152-mm D-20 howitzers, 130-mm M-46 guns, as well as numerous multiple launch rocket systems: both homemade and delivered by Iran 122-mm Raad-24.

10 new self-propelled PST-1 pontoons have been put into service with the railway connections of the Southern Military District (SE).

It is designed for towing ferries or individual sections of floating railway bridges, provides transportation of elements of hydraulic structures on water bodies with a wave height of up to 1.2 m.

The use of an uninhabited 57-mm AU-220M combat module on the BMP-3 significantly increases the safety of the crew and landing troops, and also makes it more comfortable for people to stay behind the armor.

The internal layout of such a modernized infantry fighting vehicle is demonstrated in a video dedicated to the anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik".

The Russian T-72B3 tank with an active protection complex (KAZ) was shown in the TV military information program "Sentry" on the First Channel of Russian television. Most of the issue was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the 38th Research and Testing Institute of Armored Weapons and Equipment.

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey " and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus at the exhibition "MILEX-2021" approved a cooperation scheme for the repair of combat vehicles from the "Tor-M2K" air defense system in the interests of the Belarusian military department.

At the beginning of the noughties, Ukrainian gunsmiths offered foreign customers a combat vehicle that looks very much like the Russian T-90S of the first releases.

In Poland, from 2013 to 2015, the process of creating the PL-01 stealth tank was actively underway, which was advertised in the media and, apparently, ended in failure. The combat vehicle was developed in case of a military invasion by Russia, American military expert Peter Suciu wrote in an article for the 19FortyFive portal.

French main battle tanks will undergo a deep modernization. June 26, portal janes.com He reported that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed a contract with Nexter for the repair and modernization of 200 Leclerc combat vehicles and 17 Leclerc DCL evacuation vehicles.

According to the French web resource "Zone Militaire", the United Arab Emirates demanded that Italy close its advanced logistics air base operating at the Emirati Al-Minhad air base in Dubai by July 2, 2021, and withdraw the entire contingent of Italian military personnel (about 100 people) from there.

About 30 years ago, a missile tank could appear in Russia, capable even now of destroying the latest versions of Abrams, Leopards, Challengers and Merkav without any problems.

British tanks will become more protected. June 24 portal armyrecognition.com he reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the choice of its Trophy MV system for installation on the Challenger 3.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" will be held in the capital of the Republic of Buryatia at the special site of the Vostochny airfield at the end of August this year.