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Warsaw has repeatedly announced plans to increase the number of Polish Troops to 300 thousand, including up to 50 thousand territorial defense troops. At the moment, it is difficult to say whether this ambitious project to increase the number of Polish Troops will be implemented, because demographic and budgetary constraints may become the main obstacles.

This week, on August 20, the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which began its work on August 14 in Kubinka near Moscow, is coming to an end. A delegation from Belarus took an active part in the event, which is undoubtedly very logical.

The French division of the KNDS concern presented "in metal" a new version of the VBCI wheeled infantry fighting vehicle equipped with a more powerful cannon.

Contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles were signed during the day at the Army-2023 forum

On August 16, the Russian Defense Ministry signed 11 state contracts with manufacturers of weapons and ammunition at the Army-2023 forum.

This military association will not be able to solve serious combat tasks, experts say

In the Zaporozhye region, the VFU used its strategic reserves — the main formations of the tactical group "Marun".

The Pentagon has officially approved the shipment of the first batch of Abrams tanks to Ukraine — eight vehicles. They will be delivered in the fall. Thus, the APU will have at least four types of foreign-made tanks. About whether this "zoo" will help the Kiev regime, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The parties discussed possible deliveries of German Taurus missiles to Ukraine and participation in the reconstruction of the country

The other day, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit. This trip of the Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany to Ukraine was the first since the beginning of the SVO.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom, Paul Jonsson, previously announced that Sweden would send ammunition for the delivered equipment, primarily for the CV 90 BMP

The Swedish Parliament voted to allocate a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 3.4 billion kronor ($314 million). This is reported in the press release of the legislature.

As the Interfax news agency reported, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" signed state contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles with defense industry enterprises and awarded them to enterprises. This was announced on August 16, 2023 by the head of the Main Armament Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Anatoly Gulyaev.

Political decisions of the authorities slow down the expansion of the German military-industrial complex

The German military industry has a rich tradition. But the modern German military-industrial complex has its roots in the times when there were two German states: Germany and the GDR. It was in the old FRG that its core was formed.

Colonel Khodarenok called the Soviet armament superior to the Western one on its OWN

Soviet artillery is experiencing its rebirth in a special operation in Ukraine, and although some Russian weapons are inferior in some characteristics to Western guns, they surpass them in reliability, performance and maintainability. What kind of Soviet-era weapons "show class" on the battlefield, the military columnist of "Gazeta.<url>" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Foreign customers are interested in Russian developments in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare

A feature of the current forum "Army-2023", which distinguishes it from the previous ones, was the large number of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare (EW) equipment presented. The number of manufacturers demonstrating their developments in this direction has increased significantly.

Systematic powerful strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian military enterprises do not allow the military-industrial complex of the enemy to turn around

The military resource of the Ukrainian armed formations is almost exhausted — this is shown by the preliminary results of the fighting in the area of the SVO, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on May 15.

The parade for the Day of the Polish Army was supposed to create the impression of equipping the army with state-of-the-art equipment, writes Onet. However, what was shown to the public were only individual copies of weapons recently delivered to the banks of the Vistula. Poles will still have to pay billions for these "dreams of power".

The stalled Ukrainian offensive turns into a disaster. Quite expected, by the way. The Russian army did not just have time to prepare for its reflection. The defensive line has turned into an insurmountable obstacle for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are no longer able to fight according to Soviet standards and have not yet learned how to use NATO ones.

At the Army-2023 forum, Almaz-Antey showed an improved PRP-5 artillery reconnaissance complex. This modern tracked armored vehicle debuted in 2022 during the Victory Day Parade in Tula, where it is produced.

At the forum, it will be possible to see equipment created taking into account the experience of a special military operation

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" this year will be held from August 14 to 20 on the territory of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, as well as at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield.

In 2023, the event will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield

TASS-DOSSIER. On August 14-20, 2023, the military-technical forum "Army-2023" is being held at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield in the Moscow region.

This article argues that the full significance of the ongoing electronic revolution in land wars has yet to be fully realized. This revolution has already led to far-reaching changes in air and sea warfare, and now it is having a similar impact on land warfare. Heavy armor and kinetic weapons are becoming less important, they are being replaced by electronic systems and counter–systems – both offensive and defensive - for detection, attack and defeat.

More than 870 copies of trophies of equipment captured during Russia's special military operation to protect Donbass were presented at the exhibition during the international military-technical forum "Army-2023". This was reported on August 15 in the press center of the forum.