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Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade reinforced with 10 BMP-3F floating combat vehicles
Ten new BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles have entered service with the marine brigade of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The military will hold "Terminator" battles in the Urals"
The Ninetieth Tank Division of the Central Military District will hold a tactical exercise on June 16-17 with the use of tank support vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator", the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
"Terminator" in the sand: the Algerian BMPT first appeared on video
A group of "Terminator" vehicles of the Algerian army was first captured on video.
The low-quality footage shows three tank support vehicles (BMPT) moving between the dunes.
The Ka-52M helicopter received a new complex of guided weapons
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko visited a test site in the Nizhny Novgorod region during a working trip, where he got acquainted with the Ka-52M attack helicopter, which received a new set of weapons. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense.
UVZ will supply the military with an experimental batch of "Armat" in the terms established by the state contract - the head of the concern
The experimental and industrial batch of armored vehicles on the Armata platform, which Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, Rostec) is preparing to transfer to the military, will be significant, the head of the concern, Alexander Potapov, told Interfax on Thursday.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko was shown new weapons systems
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko visited the Smolino test site in the Nizhny Novgorod Region during a working trip, where he checked the progress of the state defense order.
T-72 tanks are serving together with the French AMX-30 in Venezuela
The main striking force of the Venezuelan ground forces is currently the Russian-made T-72B1V and the AMX-30V purchased in France. The
"Seventy-second" has 92 pieces. According to some reports, they differ from conventional vehicles of this modification by new means of communication, a different type of track belts, which received asphalt shoes.
Paratroopers called the advantages of the BMD-4M
The servicemen of the amphibious assault regiment in Stavropol received a battalion set of the latest equipment - 31 BMD-4M combat vehicles and eight BTR-MDM "Shell" armored personnel carriers. By the end of the year, three more sets of combat vehicles will be delivered under the rearmament program.
Ukrainian "BTR-Marine" never learned to stay on the water well
In Ukraine, they do not give up hope to bring to mind the long-suffering BTR-4, which has already been rejected by several states. The Ukrainian military department reported on the allegedly successful tests of the version "with improved characteristics for overcoming water obstacles."
The tank army in the west of the Russian Federation will take part in strategic exercises with Belarus
The first tank army will be involved in the planned Russian-Belarusian strategic maneuvers "West-2021" in September, the Western Military District (ZVO) said on Wednesday.
Russia will "keep under attack" all NATO groups in Europe
The Western military District (ZVO) will be reinforced with hypersonic missile systems "Dagger", according to "Izvestia", citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.
The new Ukrainian BMP-U turned out to be similar to the Chinese ZBD-04A
The Kharkiv design bureau has been developing a new Ukrainian BMP-U since 2018. It is not known when the first prototype will be made, however, in order to somehow report on the work done, the creators of the combat vehicle decided to publish the tactical and technical characteristics.
ATGM "Javelin" will not be terrible for the best T-72 and T-90 with KAZ "Arena-E"."
Currently, active protection systems are being created in many countries, in some of them, for example, Israel and Turkey, tanks with KAZ have already taken part in battles.
The Boomerang armored personnel carrier can be controlled from a mobile phone
[b]Alexander Krasovitsky, General Director of the Military-Industrial Company LLC, noted that the Boomerang is the most powerful wheeled armored personnel carrier available in Russia today.]
The domestic armored personnel carrier "Boomerang" can be controlled even from a mobile phone. This was stated on the air of the RBC TV channel by Alexander Krasovitsky, General Director of the Military-Industrial Company LLC.
Rosoboronexport signs $1.7 billion worth of contracts with sub-Saharan Africa
The company also participates in the international arms exhibition Shield Africa 2021, which takes place from June 8 to 10 in Abidjan
Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) signed contracts worth $1.7 billion with sub - Saharan Africa in 2020-early 2021. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the company.
Yugoslav-made military vehicles spotted in Syria
On the roads of Syria, cars that were supplied to this country by the Soviet Union have long become familiar: old GAZ-66, ZIL-131, Ural-375, KrAZ-255, MAZ-537.
There are significant quantities of GAZ-3308 "Sadko", actively used modern modifications of "Ural", "Kamaz".
For a new Arctic tank, a high-power turbine would be useful
Currently, much is being said about the equipment created for operations in the Arctic. It is reported that it is the high efficiency of gas turbines in low temperatures compared to diesel engines that forced the return of the famous "flying tanks" T-80 to the troops.
A rocket tore apart an American armored car in northern Iraq
The impact of a guided anti-tank missile on an American-made armored car in northern Iraq led to fatal consequences. Five people inside were killed and seven others were injured. It is assumed that the complex "Competition" or "Cornet" was used.
The supply of modern infantry fighting vehicles continues to the units of the Ground Forces
Modern infantry fighting vehicles continue to arrive in the formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As part of the state defense order, in the near future, manufacturing enterprises will transfer the next batch of BMP-3 to the SV units.
By the end of the year, the heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 "Tosochka" will complete state tests
The head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov said that according to the results of the tests, a decision will be made on putting it into service
The Tosochka heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 will complete state tests by the end of 2021. This was announced on Friday by the head of the holding company "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" Igor Nasenkov during the SPIEF-2021.
