DefenceTalkRussia’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) is partially overhauling its fleet of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), according to a source in the indigenous defense industry. “In April 2016, the 163rd Armour Repairing Plant (163rd BTRZ, a subsidiary of the Uralvagonzavod scientific-production corporation, UVZ) signed the contract with the Russian MoD to overhaul a number of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-mod-to-overhaul-bmp-2-ifvs-68057/

DefenceTalkThe US will deploy heavy weapons in central and eastern Europe for the first time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst of the worst stand-off between Russia and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the crisis in Ukraine. “We will temporarily stage one armoured brigade combat team’s vehicles and associated equipment in countries […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-deploy-heavy-weapons-on-natos-eastern-flank-64647/

DefenceTalkFollowing painstaking development work, intensive testing by the country’s WTD technical centers, month after month of gruelling operation in conditions of extreme heat and cold abroad, and multiple field trials conducted by soldiers of the German Bundeswehr, the Puma infantry fighting vehicle project has passed another important milestone. The Koblenz-based Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-infantry-fighting-vehicle-enters-service-with-bundeswehr-64122/