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The National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus currently operates more than 80 T-80U and T-80UK. These main battle tanks are in service with the 20th Armored Brigade and have proven themselves well during long-term operation.

BAE Systems has announced the signing of a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Finland for the modernization of the fleet of CV-90 armored combat vehicles of the Land Forces of this country.

The ground units continue to be reinforced with modern T-80BVM tanks with a gas turbine engine. Yesterday, the press service of the Omsk Transport Engineering Plant announced the dispatch of the first batch of such armored vehicles to the troops this year.

According to the Latvian news portal DELFI, the Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that an additional batch of 155-mm M-109A5OE self-propelled howitzers purchased from the Austrian Armed Forces was delivered to the country in July.

More than 8 thousand servicemen are taking part in special exercises of the engineering troops, which are held in preparation for the joint strategic exercise "West-2021", the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday.

The BRDM-2M and two versions of the T-62 tanks were demonstrated at a recent military parade in Tajikistan. Due to the serious aggravation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, an inspection of the armed forces of the republic was carried out, which ended with a solemn march of the units involved in the large-scale event.

A series of unique special exercises of engineering units has started at the military training grounds of Russia and the Republic of Belarus. They will be held at ten training grounds of the two countries, as well as on the Oka River section. The exercises were organized in preparation for the joint strategic Russian-Belarusian exercise "West-2021".

In Iraq, the existing BMP-1 fleet continues to be improved. Some of the armored vehicles in the troops received paired ZU-23-2s instead of a combat compartment with a 73-mm 2A28 "Thunder" smoothbore gun and a 7.62-mm PKT machine gun.

Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering has sent the customer the first batch of T-80BVM tanks this year. The combat vehicles were manufactured as part of the execution of the state defense order.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced Warsaw's plans to deploy American tanks on the borders of Russia and Belarus and did not even hide why they are needed there.

About a dozen combat and special vehicles have been created on the basis of the T-80. Among them stands out a unique, truly unparalleled, highly protected vehicle "Ladoga", nicknamed"The Tank of the nuclear Apocalypse".

Servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping unit of the Central Military District in preparation for joint exercises with colleagues from Uzbekistan, which are to be held in August at the Termez training ground, overcame water obstacles on an armored personnel carrier BTR-82A.

Super-protected "Shilkas"were seen in a convoy of Syrian government troops heading to Daraa province.

These combat vehicles differ from conventional self-propelled anti-aircraft installations in that they have dismantled radar stations that have become unnecessary and increased the ammunition supply of 23-mm quadruple rapid-firing guns. There are also additional armor sheets that protect against bullets and shrapnel, and anti-accumulation screens.

The winged infantry continues to be equipped with serial BMD-4M amphibious assault vehicles and BTR-MDM "Shell" armored personnel carriers. On the eve of the professional holiday of the Airborne Troops, who will be 91 years old in a few days, the first batch of such equipment - 37 units-was received by the Ivanovo 98th Airborne Division.

There were enough people who wanted to create an American infantry fighting vehicle of a new generation on the second attempt. July 25, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Department of Defense has named five teams that will receive funding for the initial stage within the framework of the OMFV tender.

The Ajax reconnaissance vehicle developed by General Dynamics for the British Army revealed serious technical problems that directly affect the health of the crew members.

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts with a number of African countries for the supply of armored vehicles of the Tiger family. This was stated by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev in a comment to RIA Novosti.

The statements of Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak about the possible use of American Abrams tanks against Russia are a "gross provocation" that is unacceptable for an official of this rank. This was stated by the first Deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Vladimir Dzhabarov.

In China, in the 70s, they tried to improve the characteristics of the existing fleet of armored vehicles. For example, a photo of an unknown experimental tank appeared on the Network. Presumably this is some kind of medium Type 59 or its further development-Type 69.

The Ministry of Defense equips the troops not only with modern equipment, but also with its models. The models are needed by the military in order to mislead those who are too closely monitoring everything that is being done in the Russian army and navy garrisons, using air and space intelligence for this, among other things.