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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.

"Sprut-SDM1" was developed and created on the basis of the self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SD"

The completion of state tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light tank is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the holding "High-Precision Complexes "(part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

Uraltransmash signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus for the overhaul of 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers at the MILEX-2021 exhibition. The machines will be delivered to the customer in 2022.

In 2020, Uralvagonzavod supplied the Ministry of Defense with a batch of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles on the Aramat platform for state tests, according to the annual report of the Rostec state Corporation for 2020.

The US Marine Corps plans to equip JLTV, LAV-25 armored vehicles and long-range robocats with barrage ammunition from the Israeli company uVision. According to uVision, armored vehicles and robocats will launch kamikaze drones from multi-cassette installations.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia announced Belarus ' interest in a wide range of Russian-made military products.

French designers tried to cross the T-72 with their 155-mm self-propelled artillery installation AUF1.

Work on this topic was carried out in the early 90s. The fact is that the Indian ground forces then planned to increase the number of self-propelled guns in their artillery units. At the same time, wishes were expressed that the combat vehicle would use the "seventy-second"platform.

Americans are learning to fight in conjunction with robots. June 23, portal janes.com he reported that the US Army has begun testing prototypes of RCV-L light combat robotic vehicles.

On the opening day of the 10th International Exhibition MILEX-2021 held in Minsk, the first official demonstration of the prototype of the MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier (Volat V-2) with an 8x8 wheel formula developed by the Belarusian JSC MZKT took place.

The number of T-90S machines delivered for export is estimated in thousands of units, the Uralvagonzavod concern told

The T-90S tank is the most commercially successful main battle tank in the world. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation), which developed the car.

Soldiers of the elite Preobrazhensky regiment have been sent to Venezuela for a parade dedicated to the Independence Day of this country, the Western Military District said on Wednesday.

At a recent military parade in Zambia, Russian-made Tiger armored vehicles were demonstrated for the first time.

They differ from the already familiar models with reinforced weapons. In the rotating armored turret with an open top, the Vladimirov heavy machine gun, currently considered one of the most powerful in the world, is installed.

Uralvagonzavod is working on the modernization of the Soviet fleet of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Belarus. This is reported by RIA Novosti from the fields of the international arms exhibition MILEX-202 in Minsk.

The Russian wheeled infantry fighting vehicle VPK-7829 on the "Boomerang" platform, shown at the MILEX 2021 military exhibition in Belarus, attracted the closest attention of military experts from the United States.

As reported in Uralvagonzavod, the tank showed itself on the positive side

The newest T-90MS combat tank developed by Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, part of Rostec State Corporation) has successfully completed tests in Latin America and the Middle East. This was reported to TASS by the UVZ press service during the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX 2021, held in Minsk.

The Australian company XTEK and the Estonian Milrem Robotics intend to cooperate in order to develop light armor for the THeMIS remotely controlled ground vehicle in accordance with the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the Land Forces 21 exhibition in Brisbane.