News land-based units

The M1 Abrams is the best American tank, says 19FortyFive. The publication recalls that the development of the M1 Abrams began in the 1970s to ensure superiority over Soviet tanks. According to 19FortyFive, even almost 40 years after its creation, the M1 Abrams, which has undergone various upgrades, "is considered one of the best tanks in the world."

During the ceremony held at the plant in Set Lagoas (Minas Gerais), Iveco Defense Vehicles handed over to the Brazilian Army the first (out of 32 ordered) light armored vehicle 4x4 LMV-BR (Viatura Blindada Multitarefa, Leve de Rodas).

The mountain motorized rifle unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received 10 Ural-4320 vehicles of the latest modification.

Testing of the Czech self-propelled artillery installation Dana-M2 began in Ukraine. This is reported by the Defense Express portal.

Currently, the wheeled combat vehicle is located at one of the military training grounds in the Rivne region, where the tactical and technical characteristics declared by Excalibur Army are checked.

The latest modification of the Russian armored vehicle "Shot" K-43269 is currently used in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. Judging by the photo published on social networks, we have a version with the MB2-04 combat compartment.

The militants of the "Islamic State" (banned in Russia) defeated the garrison of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in Borno State.

According to the ISIL-controlled Al-Amak news agency, when attacking a military unit in the village of Mainok, the terrorists killed fourteen soldiers and destroyed some equipment, including BTR-4EN armored personnel carriers supplied from Ukraine.

Adopted 40 years ago, the 120-mm mortar "Sani"is still too early to retire: after modernization, increased mobility and accuracy of fire. The mortar with a rate of fire of up to 15 rounds per minute proved to be indispensable in the mountains and passed combat testing in Syria.

The small amphibious assault ships "Yevgeny Kocheshkov" and "Mordovia" of the Baltic Fleet performed the task of transferring marines with a landing on the Baltic Sea coast during a planned exercise.

The crews of the landing boats "Ivan Kartsov", "D-704" and "D-57" and "D-107" of the brigade of landing ships of the Pacific Fleet for two days conducted joint tactical and special training with the Marine Corps units on loading and unloading the landing troops on the unequipped coast of Russian Island.

In Serbia, they worked on their own new-generation tank, which received the preliminary designation M-20UP1. Information about this was announced in the summer of 2015.

At the same time, several images of a promising machine were made public, which outwardly very much resembled the T-14 on the heavy unified Armata platform.

In Russia, the combat robot "Udar", created on the basis of the BMP-3, is being tested.

During the tests, the issues of its interaction with other promising unmanned ground complexes "Uranus", "Nerekhta" and "Soratnik", as well as aerial drones, are being worked out.

Employees of the Saratov artillery center demonstrated shooting from the Tornado-G MLRS without manual guidance, the Zvezda TV channel reports.

Recently, it has become fashionable for many weapons manufacturers to show footage of the destruction of Soviet or Russian-made weapons.

The control check of combat readiness of more than 15 thousand servicemen of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District for the winter training period was successfully completed. The exercises were held on the territory of the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo regions.

Operational and tactical exercises "Kalkan-2021"were held in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan. As noted in the defense department of the state, they involved parts and divisions of the armed forces, national security agencies, Border Service units and the National Guard.

The head of Rostec said that the robotic version of the Russian tank, thanks to artificial intelligence, will find targets on its own

The robotic version of the Russian T-14 Armata tank, thanks to artificial intelligence, will find targets by itself, but a person will authorize the shooting. This was announced on Saturday by the head of the state corporation "Rostec" Sergey Chemezov on the air of the program "Vesti on Saturday" with Sergey Brilev on the TV channel "Russia-1".

In Ukraine, an order was received for the first batch of T-64BM2 "Crab". This is reported by the Defense Express portal with reference to the agency "Ukrinform". So far, we are talking about 12 combat vehicles that have undergone a deep modernization.

It is assumed that the "Crab" will be the last version of the tank, which was put on the conveyor more than 55 years ago. Instead of the old 5TDF engine, a more modern 6TD-1 with a capacity of 1000 hp, previously used on the T-80UD, will be installed on it. However, this will require a redesign of the engine and transmission compartment.

More than 2 thousand servicemen and 60 units of military equipment were landed during large interspecific exercises in the Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

Covering the Kuril Islands, the 18th machine-gun and artillery Division decided to equip more modern armored vehicles. More precisely, they will receive the tankers of this division.

In the capital of Chad - N'Djamena, Chinese-made Type 59G tanks were first seen. Military vehicles were brought to the streets of the city after the death of the country's president Idris Deby Itno. Previously, only six dozen old Soviet T-55s were registered as part of the land forces of this state.