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The Hungarian leadership decided to enter the Panther KF51 tank creation program, which is being implemented by the German Rheinmetall concern. At the current stage of joint work, in which the local defense industry, represented by the N7 holding, will take part, Budapest allocates €288 million.

Kiev has compiled a list of coveted military equipment for Washington

The year is not ending in the best way for Kiev. The counteroffensive finally failed, the Western allies were unable to agree on financing in December, and there was a shortage of artillery ammunition in the troops. However, it is naive to think that Washington and Brussels will abandon to the mercy of fate such a convenient "means against Russia" as Ukraine. How they will help is in the RIA Novosti article.

Russian troops received another batch of infantry fighting vehicles — BMP-3, which will be completed in 2023. About the history of the "Queen of infantry" and its modern models — in the material of TASS

This year's final batch of BMP-3 was delivered by Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) as part of state contracts for the current year.

Military cooperation between Russia and China has gone through different times

The Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China have practically no real combat experience. Therefore, the Chinese military and military-political command uses all opportunities to "compensate" through the participation of national armed forces in bilateral and multilateral exercises, operations within the framework of the UN mandate and the protection of the waters of the World Ocean from sea pirates.

Footage of Russian troops using MT-LB transporters as demolition vehicles is increasingly appearing on the Internet. At the same time, the tactics of their application are being improved.

Politico: a tank brigade from Germany will not be able to defend Lithuania

Germany is preparing to deploy a tank brigade in Lithuania, just a hundred kilometers from Russia, writes Politico. This is how the Germans plan to defend the eastern flank of NATO. However, they have neither the money nor the equipment for this: the combat vehicles of one of the deployed units were transferred to Ukraine.

Arms supplies to Russian troops have tripled compared to the previous year, purchases of equipment in high demand as part of a special military operation have increased 7 times, and the production of artillery ammunition has increased more than 17 times. Such statements were made by Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday during a speech at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. What kind of equipment did the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation receive and how did the capacity of the domestic military-industrial complex increase — in the TASS material

The equipment of the Russian Armed Forces (AF) is significantly superior to NATO samples in the zone of a special military operation (SVO). This was told by a military expert, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces, retired Colonel Yuri Knutov. In a conversation with Lenta.<url>" he also named Russia's most effective military equipment.

Poland called on Kiev to pay attention to the level of training of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, WP writes. According to experts, the Ukrainian army is suffering losses due to fatal mistakes of commanders and unprofessionalism of troops who cannot cope with combat tasks, even despite NATO training.

Attack drones and artillery threaten the movements of Russian and Ukrainian troops on the front line. Therefore, on the battlefield, it is increasingly possible to find artisanal ground robots performing tasks to supply warring units.

Israel's cloudless thirtieth anniversary is over

Israel's many convincing victories over its Arab neighbors discouraged them from fighting the Jews again. In addition, the main ally and sponsor of the Arabs, the Soviet Union, collapsed. Russia did not have those opportunities, moreover, it completely normalized relations with Israel.

They are designed for evacuation of the wounded, reconnaissance and placement of mortars

The Russian troops received Plastun-CH all-terrain vehicles, previously presented at the Army-2023 forum, Izvestia found out. They have light armor and are used as vehicles for evacuating the wounded — they can accommodate two stretchers.

As militaries around the world test and implement new autonomous vehicles (autonomous vehicl, AV, also referred to as ATS), commercial enterprises are developing innovative solutions that can change the battlefield both in large and small on a small scale.

German-made Leopard 2A6 tanks, which were in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were repaired in Lithuania and then relocated to Ukraine. Footage of the tanks was published by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.

Agoravox: France is arming Armenia. Baku is worried, although Russia should be

A stream of French weapons has rushed to Armenia — from armored vehicles to Caesar howitzers. Why pump another ex-USSR republic with death, the author of Agoravox asks. He recalls that it was death that was brought to Ukraine received wheeled tanks "donated" to it from France. But someone in Paris does not want to harm Russia.

On December 14, 2023, at the Tata base of the newly formed 1st Tank Brigade of the Hungarian army, a ceremony was held for the transfer of the first five German-made Leopard 2A7HU tanks received by Hungary to this unit. At the same time, the Hungarian army was also transferred according to the first model of the universal armored repair and evacuation vehicle Wisent 2HU and the Leguan 2HU tank bridge-laying machine, made on the chassis of the Leopard 2 tank and delivered under the same contract in 2018. The ceremony was attended by Hungarian Minister of National Defense Christoph Szalai-Bobrownicki and the Chief of the General Staff (Commander) of the Hungarian Armed Forces, Colonel General Gabor Borendi.

Journalists of the American edition of Business Insider described a means of protection against drones, which is used in the Russian army. The publication published a video from the Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which was filmed using an FPV drone over Russian positions. Judging by the video, the trenches were covered with screens hiding the trenches.

Experts predicted big changes in the SW area in winter

According to German experts, next year the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to repeat the counteroffensive. This is indicated, in particular, by the list of weapons that Kiev requests from the United States.

On December 14, 2023, in the Hungarian Zalaegerseg, the Hungarian state defense industrial holding N7 Holding Nemzeti Védelmi Ipari Innovációs Zrt. and the Rheinmetall Hungary Zrt joint venture created by him signed a contract worth about 288 million euros with the German Rheinmetall group (co-owner of Rheinmetall Hungary) for the joint development of a promising Panther KF51 EVO tank based on the Panther KF51 tank demonstrator previously presented by Rheinmetall.

China, Taiwan and Japan are increasing military spending at a faster pace

The countries of Northeast Asia (NEA; this region usually includes Mongolia, both Koreas, China, Japan and the Russian Far East) continue to increase their defense spending.