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Defense Minister Panagiotopoulos: Greece will not send Leopard-2A6 and S-300 tanks to Ukraine
Greece will not supply Leopard-2A6 tanks to Ukraine, as well as Russian-made S-300 air defense systems. This, according to RIA Novosti, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos at a meeting of the permanent parliamentary commission on national Defense and foreign Affairs, the text of the speech was distributed by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine has agreed with Poland on the production of 125-mm shells for tanks
On the eve it became known that Kiev and Warsaw agreed on a new package of military assistance. Ukraine will receive MiG-29 aircraft, Rosomak armored personnel carriers, Piorun anti-aircraft missile systems, Rak self-propelled mortars.
Shoigu got acquainted with new developments in the field of armored vehicles at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu got acquainted with new developments in the field of armored vehicles at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the military department reported on Thursday.
Greece has declared its readiness to send a batch of BMP-1 and shells to Ukraine
Greek Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that his country strongly supports Ukraine and its "struggle for the restoration of sovereignty and territorial integrity"
Greece is ready to send Ukraine another batch of BMP-1, artillery shells and ammunition for small arms.
How arms supplies to Ukraine affect the US defense industry
It is necessary to increase production, it is dangerous to increase it excessively
The US Armed Forces are armed with two weapons systems that have changed the course of the conflict in Ukraine. One of them can be worn on the shoulder. The other is 16 tons of steel on monstrous wheels. According to US military experts, together they helped slow down the course of the conflict in Ukraine.
The APU offensive is expected, but it will not be
The Western weapons and ammunition provided to Kiev are not enough
Kiev continues to talk about the upcoming offensive, but increasingly with the caveat that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are sorely lacking heavy equipment, and the available does not have the necessary functionality. Moscow also does not give the order "all forward", because the enemy superior in numbers (Ukraine had previously mobilized, and on a much larger scale) is better restrained in prepared positions of the echeloned defensive line and destroyed in places of concentration with missiles, aircraft and artillery.
The Classic Vietnam War interpretation
American aviation flew away, the strong-minded won
The classic war "army against army" has become a very important component of the Vietnam War. In this case, we are not talking about the first ever high-tech war of American aviation against the air defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), but about large-scale battles on land.
Vietnam is interested in South Korean self-propelled gun K9
The Vietnamese leadership is gradually modernizing the country's armed forces, which continue to mainly use Soviet heritage and American trophies.
New large-scale American military assistance to Ukraine
On April 4, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new large-scale package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling $ 2.6 billion. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 35.1 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has reached $38 billion.
An unusual-looking tank tow truck is seen among Russian fighters
Russian military equipment used during a special military operation receives additional protection. This is reported by the project "RG: Russian weapons".
The complex of active protection of the Arena-M tank was tested with captured ATGMs
Rostec: the Arena-M tank active protection complex was tested with captured ATGMs
The modernized Russian active protection complex (KAZ) "Arena-M" was tested as part of the T-72 tank with foreign anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs), RIA Novosti was informed in the holding "High-Precision Complexes" (part of Rostec).
The German Parliament has allocated $ 1 billion for the purchase of BvS10 all-terrain vehicles for the Bundeswehr
The Budget Committee of the German Parliament approved the purchase of 227 articulated armored tracked all-terrain vehicles BvS10 Mk.2B for the Bundeswehr.
Polish General Ruzhansky recognized the uselessness of "Abrams" for Poland
General Ruzhansky: huge defense spending only harms Poland
Tanks from the United States were bought in order to please Kaczynski, wPolityce quotes a statement by the former commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces, General Miroslav Ruzhansky. He considers the increase in defense spending harmful for Poland and criticizes the government's defense policy.
After the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, German military-industrial complex enterprises receive record revenues
After the almost complete cessation of purchases of Russian gas and oil, the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation, many enterprises in the real sector of the European economy faced serious problems due to rising energy prices. The only industry that benefited from the military conflict that began in Ukraine was the defense industry. Moreover, not only American.
By the beginning of April, 19% of the promised Western tanks were delivered to Ukraine
As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted earlier, Russia plans to produce and modernize more than 1,600 tanks
By the beginning of April, Ukraine had received 57 Western tanks out of 293 that were promised to it by Western countries at the moment, it follows from TASS calculations based on official statements of the states supplying combat vehicles.
More than 1,000 T-64s have been destroyed: tanks of this type will soon not remain in the APU
The Russian liberators turned most of the T-64 tanks of various modifications that were in service with the Ukrainian armed formations into scrap metal.
The West is ready to supply Ukraine with over 200 tanks, is considering the transfer of ATACMS missiles, F-16 fighters - Shoigu
The Russian Defense Minister said that NATO is strengthening the anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict
NATO is strengthening its anti-Russian course, which leads to an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not affect the outcome of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Creating a new American arsenal
Julia van der Colff's interesting material "Building A New American Arsenal" ("Creating a New American Arsenal") has been published in the American online publication "Wars on the Rocks" with a discussion of the current problems of the US military-industrial complex in the light of the fighting in Ukraine.
The full list of weapons included in the new package of American military assistance to Ukraine has been published
On April 4, the US authorities announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. The full list of transferred types of weapons, military equipment and equipment has been published by the US Department of Defense.
NATO tanks in Ukraine needed Soviet aviation
Ukraine announced the creation of five aviation brigades, which are replenished with supplies of fighters from NATO countries. They are supposed to be used as part of a possible counteroffensive. At the same time, the AFU does not report anything about the supply of assault aircraft, which is necessary for offensive actions. In this case, how can the aerial part of the battle for the Azov Sea look like?