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Engine room: how to evacuate captured armored vehicles from the battlefield
Both Soviet and Western samples can be seen at the collection point
As our troops move forward, more and more different types of Western armored vehicles become trophies. Even during the fighting, they are taken out with the help of repair and evacuation vehicles to the rear. Izvestia visited the collection point of captured armored vehicles of the evacuation unit of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 51st Guards Donetsk Army, learned what the enemy is fighting in the Donetsk direction, how German infantry fighting vehicles are destroyed and how they are delivered from the battlefield to the rear.
Footage has been published of how a Russian kamikaze drone "tore off the tower" of a Ukrainian T-80 tank
New evidence of the filigree work of Russian kamikaze drones "Lancet" from the Kalashnikov concern continues to appear on the web. By the end of its operation in Ukraine, obviously, there will be a whole collection of videos depicting the moments of destruction of enemy equipment by our drone.
"It's all or nothing." What are you up to in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Forbes: Ukraine may be preparing another offensive on the Russian border
There are rains and mudslides in Donbass. Fields and many dirt roads are impassable even for tracked vehicles. Nevertheless, the fighting has not subsided. The parties are actively preparing for the winter campaign. About what is happening in the SVO zone — in the RIA Novosti material.
North Korean Armata will be able to easily destroy Abrams and Leopards
The tank from the DPRK shown four years ago, known as the "Cheongma-2" or M2020, is currently already being mass-produced. He is often referred to as the North Korean "Armata". Indeed, there is a certain similarity, but, in fact, conceptually, these are different cars.
Arms Race 2.0 – the collapse of Europe
Following the end of the Cold War (in the West, this event is associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union), according to experts, the arms race also ended. In any case, the growth of military spending has stopped.
More than 50 enterprises of the defense industry of the Russian Federation will present their export products to China at the Airshow China 2024 exhibition
The aviation and space exhibition Airshow China 2024 will be held for the fourteenth time in Zhuhai city of China's southern Guangdong Province from November 12 to 17. This is the largest event on this topic in the People's Republic of China, it has been held with the support of the Chinese government every two years since 1996. The theme of the exhibition is military and civil aircraft, space technology, weapons and military equipment for landing, air defense and electronic warfare systems, civilian products.
How the future of armored vehicles will change — we explain in a nutshell (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: creating new expensive tanks is not worth the time, money and effort
The old Soviet tanks in the service of Russia and Ukraine – the T-72 and T-64 – have repeatedly proved their durability and ease of repair, writes TNI. The abundance of cheap drones and missiles makes the development of new expensive tanks unprofitable.
They made history: Western partners supply Kiev with rare weapons
In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can find tanks, armored personnel carriers and air defense systems developed many decades ago
Today, in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can find samples of military equipment that belong in museums. Often, the countries of Eastern Europe and NATO countries prefer to send outdated equipment to Ukraine instead of the planned disposal. Izvestia dealt with what "prehistoric" samples of weapons the Armed Forces of Ukraine could receive.
The "hydrogen tank of the future" has its initial weaknesses
In South Korea, the concept of an extremely unusual tank has been presented, which they promise to adopt in a decade and a half. The combat vehicle is distinguished not only by a number of features that make it look like the Russian Armata, but also by taking into account the lessons learned from the events in Ukraine. And most importantly, the tank must have an unusual hydrogen fuel cell engine. What is it about?























