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Anti-aircraft artillery has not yet said the last word
Today, a serious problem arises before ground-based air defense: the enemy is able to achieve its oversaturation through the mass use of unmanned aerial vehicles (including very cheap and small-sized ones), as well as high-precision weapons (air-to-surface missiles and guided aerial bombs), a significant part of which can be launched from beyond the reach of even the most long-range anti-aircraft guided missiles.
"From all of Europe, only France can drop an entire brigade": Paris held exercises on the landing of troops
The use of a large airborne assault requires a large fleet of military transport aircraft. With its loss, such maneuvers became impossible in all European countries. Against this background, Paris decided to show its ability to conduct such operations.
The undefeated Spanish Armada
The former Empire wisely tames its warlike spirit
Spain has a rich military history, though not very victorious. It is enough to recall the Invincible armada, which was defeated not even by the British fleet (it simply did not exist then), but by a "team of pirates" led by Francis Drake.
The feat of the Alyosha tank — details of the battle, awarding, meeting with Putin in the Kremlin
Putin held a meeting with the crew of the Alyosha tank in the Kremlin
On Thursday, August 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with the crew of the Alyosha tank, which successfully repelled an attack by superior Ukrainian forces in the Zaporozhye direction. A day earlier, the fighters received medals of Heroes of Russia. Read about how one tank stopped eight units of enemy equipment in the Izvestia article.
Supplies of "Uranium": the army will receive more sapper robots and firefighters
The Ministry of Defense assessed the successful use of unmanned complexes during its
The Ministry of Defense has decided to increase the supply of combat robots of the Uran family to the troops, a source in the military department told Izvestia. We are talking about the complexes "Uran-6" for mine clearance and "Uran-14" for extinguishing fires.
Poland buys South Korean weapons in large quantities, and the United States benefits the most from this
The conflict in Ukraine has given Moscow-hating Warsaw an incentive to help Kiev and a reason to justify its military ambitions, writes Huanqiu Shibao. Poland began to buy Western weapons in huge volumes, which made it the most powerful country in Eastern Europe. The United States will probably set it as an example of NATO, the author notes.
"Time is running out." The US and Ukraine are arguing about the tactics of reviving the counteroffensive
Washington and Kiev cannot agree on the tactics of reviving the counteroffensive, writes the WSJ. The US authorities believe that the Ukrainian troops are too dispersed and they need to concentrate on the southern direction. The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zaluzhny, said that they do not understand "the nature of the conflict."
"Abrams surpasses the PLA Type 99": the order of deliveries of American tanks to Taiwan is revealed
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen revealed the order of delivery of American tanks to the local army, according to which the first vehicles should be shipped next year.
"We need Leclerc 2": the French press calls for the creation of a new tank
The official Paris makes the main bet in tank building on the modernization of the Leclerc MBT and the MGCS developed jointly with Germany - the "European tank of the future". However, there are calls to create a new own OBT.
A hole in the port: Russia has dealt a blow to the maritime infrastructure of the VFU
The object that the militants used to launch drones was hit
On August 25, the forces of the Russian Navy struck an object of the Ukrainian port infrastructure, which was used in the interests of the VFU, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The first Leopard 2A7HU tank has been delivered to Hungary
Hungarian sources reported that on August 22, 2023, the first "reference" samples of the Leopard 2A7HU tank ordered by Hungary and a universal armored repair and evacuation vehicle were delivered by road from Germany to Hungary at the base of the only deployed 11th tank Battalion of the 25th Infantry Brigade (MH 25. Klapka György Lövészdandár) in Tata Wisent 2 machines.
"Effective protection against threats from the sky": the Spanish press appreciated the "visor" on the Russian BMP-1
During the Army-2023 forum, Spanish military journalists drew attention to the new medical protection of the BMP-1.
"I was sure that the target in the form of a T-72 tank would be hit": a new Javelin ATGM sight is being tested in the USA
On August 23, 2023, infantrymen from the 3rd Grey Wolf Armored Brigade of the US Army participated in exercises in the Arizona desert, during which a new lightweight LW CLU aiming system installed on the Javelin ATGM was tested.
"Russian wolf in sheep's clothing": the Spanish press appreciated the "Cape" camouflage system on the T-14 tank
The Kalashnikov Concern presented a new modification of the Cape camouflage system, which interested Spanish military journalists.
"Fifty kopecks" for T-72
Fire, armor and maneuver were embodied in the most massive modern tank T-72 "Ural", which forms the basis of the ground forces of dozens of countries. Only at Uralvagonzavod, which is now part of the Rostec State Corporation, more than 20 thousand "seventy-twos" of various modifications were produced.
Rostec is increasing the production of high-precision machines for the domestic industry
Over the next seven years, the share of machine tool imports in Russia should be reduced to less than 50%, including through the construction of new Russian production facilities. This was announced during the discussion at the X International Forum "Technoprom-2023" by Alexander Nazarov, Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation.
Reminds me of something from today. Why the Tigers and Panthers did not help Germany in the Battle of Kursk
Colonel Khodarenok described how the Wehrmacht tanks were unable to change the course of the Battle of Kursk
80 years ago - on August 23, 1943 - with the liberation of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk ended. In terms of the number of troops, forces and means involved, it surpassed both the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Stalingrad. About the confrontation between the armored forces of the Wehrmacht and the Red Army and why the newest German tanks "Tiger" and "Panther" did not help Germany to win - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
How Russian mines stopped Ukraine's "counteroffensive"
Experts assessed the role of Russian minefields in the failure of the APU counteroffensive
For almost three months, Ukrainian formations have been continuing attacks in order to at least get closer to the first line of Russian defense. As it turned out, one of the main obstacles to this was extensive minefields. Why did mines turn out to be such a powerful weapon against the Armed Forces of Ukraine that even the advertised Western equipment did not help in solving this problem?
Sea fright: Russian aviation thwarted Ukrainian sabotage
Su-30SM fighters destroyed several boats and amphibious assault boats at the gas platforms
East of Snake Island on August 22, the aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a high-speed military boat of the American production Willard Sea Force with a landing group of the VFU.
How did the legendary T-62M upgrade according to its experience
Domestic T-62M tanks can rightfully be called legendary - they participated in an international mission in Afghanistan, fought during the Second anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, forced Georgia to peace, were involved in Syria and Libya. Finally, such vehicles were sent to perform tasks in a special military operation. Thanks to the experience gained, their next revision was carried out.
