The Iraqi armed forces displayed South Korean-made Promoter DAPC-2 4×4 armoured vehicles for the first time during the military parade on 6 January. The parade in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone was held to mark the 100th anniversary of Army Day. Formations of ground, air, and naval forces, as well as tanks and other military vehicles, […]

General Dynamics European Land Systems, a Europe based business unit of General Dynamics Corporation, was awarded a contract from the Danish Ministry of Defense for EAGLE 4×4 vehicles.  General Dynamics’ European Land Systems division was awarded a $52,1 million contract to deliver 56 PATROL vehicles and a first prototype of the RECONNAISSANCE Open variant to the […]

On December 18, 2020, Nexter, Thales and Arquus, as part of the temporary grouping of companies (GME) EBMR (Engins Blindés Multi-Rôles), proudly celebrates the presentation of the 128th GRIFFON planned for 2020 to the French Delegation for Armaments (DGA).  Arquus released a statement on Wednesday saying that “Under the terms of the SCORPION program, and […]

The Hungarian Army announced on 21 December that it has taken delivery of an initial batch of Gidran 4×4 armoured vehicles from Turkey. The recently received vehicles are part of 40 Gidrans ordered by the Hungarian Defence Force this year. The Gidran is an advanced version of Ejder Yalcın (Dragon) armoured vehicle produced by Turkish […]

Russian largest armoured personnel carrier maker, Military-Industrial Company (VPK), is slowly close up to the mass production of its next-generation armored vehicle. On Friday, multiple news outlets reported that testing of Russia’s latest armored vehicle, Atlet, will begin in the spring of 2021 and continue until late summer. “By now, Altet has fully completed preliminary […]

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On Friday, General Director at Ukroboronprom State Concern Yuriy V Gusev said that the Ukrainian Army is purchasing a new tranche of 75 BTR-4E infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) for its soldiers. The contract award from the Ukrainian military enables the Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), part of UkrOboronProm, to produce a new batch of BTR-4 family of combat […]

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Ukrainian state-owned defense industrial group UkrOboronProm on 27 November announced that its owned subsidiary SE “Mykolayiv Armoured Plant” handed over the next batch of repaired and upgraded BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The Mykolayiv Armoured Plant’s specialists overhauled the Soviet-era armored personnel carriers, restored all components and units, as well as […]

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France’s armoured vehicle manufacturer Arquus has announced that the French Army officially received the command post vehicle (EPC) variant of the Griffon vehicle. According to a company news release, on 13 November 2020, the French Delegation for Armaments (DGA) qualified the Griffon-based command post vehicle. At the same time, the first examples are being submitted […]

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WFEL, the UK subsidiary of German defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), has announced that the first British manufacture of Ministry of Defense’s Boxer mechanized infantry vehicles moves further forward with significant contracts signed. According to a company news release, ARTEC consortium member, KMW, has concluded a further contractual agreement with WFEL for the production over […]

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Ukrainian-made armored utility vehicles were spotted on the film set of the new Netflix movie. The two Varta armored personnel carriers were spotted with a film crew in Kyiv this Autumn at the film set of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s action-comedy “The Last Mercenary” from director David Charhon. In the French-language film, written by Charhon and Ismael Sy Savane […]

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