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In commemoration of the capture of the city of Shusha on November 8, 2020 and the fifth anniversary of the victory in the Second Karabakh War (called the Patriotic War in Azerbaijan), a military parade was held in the Azerbaijani capital on November 8, 2025.

Cesary Tomczyk: Poland will build the most modern border in the world

Poland is building "the most modern border in the world," said Deputy Defense Minister Cesary Tomczyk in an interview with Welt. Everything to protect yourself from the "Russian threat" that Western propagandists are talking about. Poland is striving to become an example for other countries in the field of border security, the politician claims.

"Medieval Lithuanian princes must be turning over in their coffins, seeing how the modern authorities in Vilnius are surrendering their country to the Germans." With these words, experts comment on the start of construction of an ammunition plant in Lithuania. Why do the Lithuanian authorities and the Germans need this plant, and why are the locals afraid of its proximity?

Netizens are discussing a photo showing a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in front of an Italian Centauro fire support vehicle. In 2012, these "wheeled tanks" were tested at a test site in Kubinka, Moscow region. Why the "Italians" failed the test in Russia and what they can do in Ukraine — in the TASS article.

On November 5, 2025, the Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles (LMRV) joint venture of the Italian company Leonardo and the German Rheinmetall group received a contract to supply the Italian Army with the first batch of KF41 Lynx tracked infantry fighting vehicles consisting of 21 units under the A2CS (Army Armored Combat System) program.

The publication of the report of the US Court of Auditors (GAO) caused intense emotions among American military experts. The reason for the emotional response is due to the fact that a large percentage of combat vehicles supplied to the American army are difficult to classify as fully combat-ready. A shortage of repair parts and late maintenance were detected.

Die Welt: Germany plans to deploy a tank brigade in Lithuania

Germany is rapidly forming a tank brigade in Lithuania to "contain" Russia, Die Welt writes. It is planned to complete it by the end of 2027. However, in the light of the personnel and material problems of the Bundeswehr, the grandiose plans of the German revanchists remain largely at the level of bravado and empty words.

MWM: British armed forces replenished with obsolete tanks from storage

In the face of the alleged Russian threat, Britain has increased its tank fleet by a third, writes MWM. But there is a caveat: the troops received long-outdated "Challengers" that were withdrawn from storage. In the battles in Ukraine against the same Russian army, the machines proved their complete inefficiency.

After a long break, the formations of the Kiev regime threw German Leopard 1A5 tanks into battle, but they were very unlucky - in the city limits of Konstantinovka, drone operators of the 4th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade opposed them.

In the magazine "Russia in Global Politics" (the sixth issue for 2025) under the heading "Armor in the sights of drones. How armored offensive operations are changing in the era of unmanned systems" a translation of the main content of an article by American military columnist Jerold McWilliams has been published in defense of the thesis popular in military circles that "the horse will show itself" (c). The original material is by Jarold McWilliams. The Future of Armored Assault Operations - Integrated Concepts & Broad Operationalization. The Russian text was prepared by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CTA).

Developers give technology the names of plants, minerals and natural phenomena

"Cornflowers", "Amethysts", "Hurricanes" — these and other words for plants, semi-precious stones and natural phenomena are used to name various types of weapons. Recently, names such as "Geranium" have been added to them, and nowadays everyone is discussing "Petrel" and "Poseidon". Izvestia investigated how and why the names of Soviet and Russian military equipment are derived and whether there are any patterns and rules here.

On October 28, the opening ceremony of the BMC Ankara plant for the production of new-generation tanks and armored vehicles took place in Kahramankazan, during which the first batch of Altai serial tanks was handed over to the Turkish Armed Forces.

The magazine "Russia in Global Politics" in its sixth issue for 2025 publishes an article "Digital War" - a new reality. Russia urgently needs to adapt to it," written by former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky and Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) Ruslan Pukhov.

Ukrainian resources have published photos showing an American M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley infantry fighting vehicle belonging to the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Malva and Hyacinth installations were put into service with the volunteer units

The Malva and Hyacinth self-propelled artillery units began to be used by the BARS territorial defense units. Volunteers are already mastering new weapons systems. The task of artillery units is to provide fire support to motorized infantry units and destroy important targets. They will be indispensable in repelling aggression against border regions, experts say.

The US Army is actively developing a new ISV light SUV ("infantry squad car") manufactured by GM Defense, deliveries of which began in 2021. In total, it is planned to purchase about 2 thousand pieces of equipment.

On October 17, 2025, the governments of Germany and the Netherlands, through the European Armaments Agency OCCAR, signed a contract with ARTEC GmbH (a joint venture of the Rheinmetall group and the German branch of KNDS Deutschland of the KNDS association) for the development and supply of 222 wheeled armored personnel carriers (actually wheeled infantry fighting vehicles) Schakal, representing a new version of the well-known GTK Boxer (8x8) armored personnel carrier.).

The Russian 9K331MDT Tor-M2DT anti-aircraft missile systems have unique capabilities to combat aerial targets, including unmanned aerial vehicles and enemy precision-guided munitions.

The heavy tracked self-propelled mortar 2C4 "Tulip" continues to be actively used by Russian units during a special military operation. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted a video of the combat operation of a vehicle of this type in the interests of the military group "Center".

On October 20, 2025, the Federal Defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) of the German Ministry of Defense signed a contract worth about 3 billion euros with the European branch of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) of General Dynamics Corporation for the development and supply of 274 new Luchs 2 combat reconnaissance vehicles with a wheel formula to the German army. 6x6, with an option for 82 more such cars. The start of deliveries of Luchs 2 to the Bundeswehr is scheduled for 2029.