Small arms news
Ukraine has not been able to replace the Soviet BMP
The Ukrainian army currently operates infantry fighting vehicles inherited from the Soviet military districts located on its territory.
In total, the ground forces have about nine hundred BMP-2 and more than two hundred BMP-1. The newest of them is more than thirty years old, and there are copies that have changed even the fifth decade.
The European Union has imposed sanctions against military-industrial complex enterprises and a number of Russian banks
Due to Russia's special operation to protect the DPR and the LPR, the European Union has imposed new sanctions against the military-industrial, energy, and aircraft sectors of the Russian Federation. The document notes that the list includes Sukhoi, Tupolev, Progress Rocket and Space Center, Kalashnikov, Almaz-Antey, Russian Railways, Kamaz, Sevmash, etc. In total - more than 60 leading companies and military-industrial enterprises of the Russian Federation.
What is Ukraine armed with
In recent weeks, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has almost daily published pictures of arms supplies from abroad. The most high-profile of them were the transfer of additional Javelin ATGMS from the USA and the Baltic States, as well as the supply of NLAW anti-tank guided missiles from the UK.
Motorized infantry and artillery of the Central Military District destroyed the "nomadic" mortars of the conditional enemy
About 1 thousand servicemen took part in the exercises
Motorized infantry of the Central Military District (CVO), with the support of artillery units, destroyed the so-called nomadic mortars of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Samara region, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.
Soviet-made RPGs staged a massacre of the Chinese Type 62 in 1979
On February 17, 1979, the war between China and Vietnam began. As part of the two hundred thousandth PLA group that invaded the SRV, there were approximately five hundred tanks. Basically - light Type 62, optimized for action in mountainous terrain.
The British armored car was armed with a Soviet twin machine gun
Developed during the Great Patriotic War, the 14.5-mm ZPU-2 machine gun was installed at various times on various models of equipment. For example, back in the 50s, modifications of wheeled BTR-40, BTR-152 and tracked BTR-50 were equipped with such weapons.
Russian Marines destroyed conditional "militants" at the exercises "Allied Determination"
As told in the Ministry of Defense, the exercises of the Marines took place at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in cooperation with combined arms units
Russian marine units destroyed a conditional band with the help of Flame grenade launchers at the exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" in Belarus. This was reported to journalists by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday.
Kalashnikov launched a new Makarov-PRO pistol by February 23
The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has started selling a new traumatic pistol based on the Makarov pistol by the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kalashnikov told reporters.
Special forces with "Pechenegs" destroyed the "enemy base" near Novosibirsk
Special forces soldiers of the Central Military District at night exercises near Novosibirsk destroyed the base of a conditional enemy. As told to "RG" in the press service of the Central Military District, the army training took place at the Shilovo training ground. Three hundred servicemen and twenty units of special equipment took part in the exercises.
More than 2 thousand grenade throwers take part in exercises in the Far East
The training of grenade launchers of the Eastern Military District (VVO) is being completed in six regions of the Far East. More than 2 thousand servicemen take part in them, the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.
Iraq received the T-72 in an outdated configuration
The Iraqi army adopted the T-72 and BMP-1 delivered by sea at the end of last week. On this occasion, a solemn ceremony was held at one of the military bases, which was attended by the Minister of Defense of the country, Juma Inad Saadun, who arrived by helicopter.
Engineers of the Southern Military District have begun to master the latest sets of mine clearance OVR-3SH
In the Krasnodar Territory, an exercise with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District (SE) with the use of the latest IAD-3SH mine clearance kits has started.
Canadian Defense Ministry: military assistance to Ukraine includes rifles, machine guns, pistols and cartridges
Canada will provide Ukraine with rifles, machine guns, pistols and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Canadian Ministry of Defense.
In the South of Russia, exercises of engineering assault units are taking place
Exercises with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District with the use of the latest demining kits have begun in the Krasnodar Territory.
Artillery crews of the Southern Military District destroyed a conditional enemy during an exercise in the mountains of Abkhazia
Fifteen hundred military personnel are involved in the bilateral tactical exercise
Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia conducted firing from modernized ACS "Acacia" as part of a planned bilateral tactical exercise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
The gunners of the Northern Fleet destroyed conventional tanks with direct fire
The servicemen of a separate motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet destroyed the tanks of the conditional enemy with direct fire. They fired MT-12 Rapier anti-tank guns of 100 mm caliber and 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers of 152 mm caliber.
A batch of T-72 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles has arrived in Iraq
At the end of last week, a cargo ship arrived at the port of Umm Qasr, delivering military equipment for the Iraqi army. According to the Ministry of Defense of this country, we are talking about the former Bulgarian T-72 and BMP-1.
Combat helicopters and S-300 air defense are involved in the exercise of the Russian military in Tajikistan
The Russian military base has begun exercises in Tajikistan, which involve combat helicopters and the S-300PS long-range air defense system, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Monday.
The Russian military at the exercise in Tajikistan worked out the reflection of the attack of a conditional enemy on a field camp
The Russian military base in Tajikistan held a night tactical exercise at the Lyaur mountain range, which involved motorized infantry, armored vehicles and mortars, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Friday.
The new version of the amphibious complex "Octopus" has a unique fire control system
Sergey Kotelevsky, Head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department, said that the new version of the Octopus amphibious vehicle is radically different from its first generation
The updated version of the airborne self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus" based on the latest BMD-4 has a unique fire control system. This was announced on Sunday on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel by Sergey Kotelevsky, head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D Department.
