Pakistan shows interest in Ukrainian Oplot tank and Skif missile system
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Just this week, Pakistani General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited a Military Test Site in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and witnessed field tests of various combat vehicles and systems. Chief of Army Staff had indicated strong interest in the test performance of the Ukrainian modern weapon system, among which he […]
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The U.S. Army has released a 30-seconds video that showed some unusual tactics of using Abrams tanks and Bradley combat vehicles. The tweet with video, which includes footage of “sniper tanks”, shows Abrams tank and Bradley fighting vehicle, which are hiding in the folds of the terrain and dense overgrowth. Thanks to camouflage, combat vehicles […]
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A tractor trailer carrying Merkava Mk4 main battle tank caught fire in Israel, near the Gaza border. The short video was posted to Twitter by ZOKA and appears to show a moment when a truck tractor with a semi-trailer carrying an Israeli tank caught fire in an area near the border with Gaza. Another Twitter user […]
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The UK Secretary of State for Defense Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP has confirmed a £800 million ($1,1 billion) contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) to build the next-generation Challenger 3 battle tank. “A multi-million-pound investment will deliver the most lethal tank in Europe and allow us to modernize our land forces,” the Defense […]
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The U.S. State Department recently approved the potential sale to Australia of the latest version of the Abrams tank, according to Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). On April 29, 2021, the DSCA, the Pentagon’s top arms broker, announced that the U.S. State Department has cleared a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia […]
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Large military convoys of Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan have been spotted moving to the Kyrgyz border on Thursday. Videos have emerged on social media showing a number of infantry fighting vehicles, military trucks, and also main battle tanks of Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan appear to be streaming toward the […]
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Russia is developing an advanced version of its secret main battle tank with a new turret and gun under the Burlak program, according to military expert Alexey Khlopotov. There was little in the way of updates on this project until last Wednesday when alleged photos of the Burlak tank with a modified turret surfaced on […]
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The United States Army Armor School has received a batch of Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) main battle tanks. The 52nd Armor Commandant of Army Armor School announced on its Twitter account that new M1A2 SEPv3 tanks arrived at Fort Benning. “Our new M1A2 SEPv3s arrived and we excited,” the command said in a Twitter […]
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Pro-Russian separatists have deployed more troops near the demarcation line defined in the Minsk agreement in eastern Ukraine. Local sources reported rebel troop movements to the eastern Ukrainian city of Gorlivka while ignoring ceasefire violations. A video of Russian-backed rebels’ military convoy, which includes main battle tanks, began circulating on social media earlier this morning. […]
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The deaths of dozen of people and сontinues incidents at the Armata’s state-owned manufacturer and Russia’s largest producer of tanks have thrown the spotlight on working conditions in Uralvagonzavod. Russian E1.RU media agency on Marc 12, reported that in 2020, there were 26 cases of injuries to workers at the Uralvagonzavod and at least five […]
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