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Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant will be decommissioned tank repair

March 13, 2009

Танк КВ-1А. Фото с сайта nortfort.ru Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant Uraltrak intends to build on its base repair decommissioned Russian army tanks, so that they can be sold to foreign buyers. According to ITAR-TASS, on March 13, said at a meeting of the regional crisis of Staff General Director Valery Platonov. Read more

Belarusian military confirmed the deaths of soldiers due to fire tank

5 Mar, 2009

Пожар в воинской части. Фото с сайта www.gs.by As a result of the armor, which occurred on February 19, 2009 in one of the military part of the Belarusian army, killed soldiers. A statement circulated a March 5 press-service of Ministry of Defense. Read more

Georgia handed over to Russia the remains of the pilot, shot down over Tshinvalom

2 Mar., 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

Georgia through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has handed over to Russia the human remains that may be relevant to the downed pilot in the South Ossetia bomber Tu-22, told RIA Novosti on Thursday in Moscow, Deputy Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Colonel General Anatoly Nogovitsyn.

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Americans suffer a new generation of armored vehicles

February 27, 2009

Бронемашины типа M-ATV. Фото с сайта www.defenseindustrydaily.com The company BAE Systems delivered to U.S. customers to test two prototypes of new vehicles with high cross-protection against mines and improvised explosive devices, M-ATV (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles). As the DefPro, tactical armored vehicles designed for use by Marines and U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Their test will last two months. Read more

Jubilee of the Kazan Tank School

February 24, 2009

Юбилей Казанского танкового училища

Tank school at Kazan reconstruction of events of World War II, noted the ninetieth anniversary. On the battlefield, came the German Tigers and Soviet war machines. On the bright spectacle of alumni gathered to see college students themselves and their parents. On this day, all the military equipment can be touched by hands, and the strength test

In the last century, armed with a simpler technique. Before you go into battle, the cadets, tankmen carefully examined all the details and not a single day spent in special shops, where the Russian BMP turned in German «Tigers».

For exemplary action in college preparing for several months. During the festive combat operations met more than five hundred people. Thought had everything in detail - starting with a special form of soldiers to the munitions. This acquisition helped tank Mosfilm.

This strategic battle is yet to be dismantled military. In fact, to make the holiday a success for the glory tank had done a reasonable job.

For the complete reconstruction of the events directly from the battlefield launched this military field kitchen, where anyone could try the hot porridge.

News Service TV channel «Zvezda».


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Belarusian military burned two tanks and BMP

February 20, 2009

Пожар в воинской части. Фото с сайта www.gs.by In a separate tank battalion of Armed Forces of Belarus, which is located near the town of Slonim, Grodno region, burned two tanks and armored personnel carriers, the newspaper Slonim. The accident occurred on Feb. 19, 2009, but infrmatsiya about it appeared in the national media only today. Read more

American tanks and armored personnel carriers equip surveillance cameras

February 20, 2009

Камера Check-6. Фото BAE Systems. British defense corporation BAE Systems will supply for Stryker armored battle tanks and M-1 Abrams, facing armed U.S. Army, Camera Check-6. They allow the crew to better control the environment without leaving the lounge car. As reported by Business Wire, a contract worth around 45 million dollars with the British manufacturer has entered into the company General Dynamics. Deliveries of more than 12 thousand kits will begin in April. Read more

Ukraine began testing its "super" tank

February 11, 2009

Tests of the new Ukrainian tank "Oplot" began in Krivoy Rog at the tank brigade of 6 th Army Corps Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Test drives" are working against a background of strikes tankostroitelnogo Malyshev Plant, which created a new combat vehicle. With the requirement to pay full arrears of salary of about 200 people, mostly workers and engineers aggregate body, blocked the entrance of the company. Strikers allege that from August of last year, they work virtually for free. In addition, the leadership moved their factory to a three-day working week and, ostensibly for reasons of economy, completely cut off the heat in the building business.

"Oplot" developed by the Kharkov Morozov Design Bureau name and is equipped with a fire control system with the use of digital technology and its own navigation system. Until March 30, 'ultramodern machine, "as reported ITAR-TASS press secretary of the 6 th Corps, Elena Sokolova, in extreme conditions will have to" fight on the grounds and under the water to force the river. "

Tests of the new Ukrainian tank "Oplot" began in Krivoy Rog at the tank brigade of 6 th Army Corps Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Test drives" are working against a background of strikes tankostroitelnogo Malyshev Plant, which created a new combat vehicle. With the requirement to pay full arrears of salary of about 200 people, mostly workers and engineers aggregate body, blocked the entrance of the company. Strikers allege that from August of last year, they work virtually for free. In addition, the leadership moved their factory to a three-day working week and, ostensibly for reasons of economy, completely cut off the heat in the building business.

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The Pentagon conducted a test of homing tank shell

February 10, 2009

The American military has successfully tested seeker for 120-millimeter main gun heavy tank Abrams. " As reported today, the weekly Defense news, shooting took place in December at an army firing range Yuma (Arizona), but as a "victim" used by the Soviet T-72. A shell, known as the "medium-range munition", struck the goal that is at a distance of five kilometers.

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Armourers brought to mind the first Indian Tank

9 Feb, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

After a long period of development, testing and fine-tuning the Indian army expects to have this month supply the first batch tank "Arjun". This event has great significance for the Indian defense industry, since the development of main battle tank currently spent about 3.5 billion rupees ($ 71.7 million). That is, for the repayment program you want to produce at least 500 tanks.

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The tremendous competition in the tank the Institute

2 Feb, 2009

Небывалый конкурс в танковом институте

On that front tank the Institute has a new challenge, in Omsk, learned a month ago. Thirty-first of December the Ministry of Defense issued a directive on the recruiting sergeants of the best military institutions of higher education the country. Commanders of platoons will now teach in a new way.

«This should be the professionals who serve on a contract basis, of course, they are qualitatively different from those officers who currently serve on the call!», - Noted the deputy head of the institute of educational work Yuri Dmitriev.

The mountains of textbooks and teaching aids teachers institute proshtudirovali again, to write a curriculum and create a special course for sergeants. New program committee of the Defense Ministry in Moscow. Learn to sergeants will now almost three years. From Omsk university specialists will repair and storage of armored vehicles. In the process of learning to be a minimum of theory and practical classes with the maximum tanks. Sergeant diploma must meet the diploma civil College.

Future sergeants came to Siberia from around the country. As soon as it became known that Omsk Tank Engineering Institute recruits students to sergeant course, the flow of willing fled immediately. Persons of all one hundred and more than three hundred applicants.

News Service TV channel «Zvezda».


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Western experts have recognized the Russian army «paper tiger»

January 28, 2009

Учения российских десантников. Фото пресс-службы Минобороны РФ The actions of the Armed Forces of Russia in the international arena to strengthen their influence in the world that have been made in 2008, are nothing more than a symbolic gesture, and the military remains very modest. " This is the conclusion of experts from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS), reported the newspaper The Times. Read more

Swedish army to get rid of half the tanks and a third soldier

January 28, 2009

Шведский солдат. Фото Alexander Karlsson с сайта daqapo.windh.net The Swedish Government intends to reduce by about a third of the army, and the number of tanks that are on her arms, would be reduced by half, the Defense Aerospace, with reference to the local media, which, in turn, cited the words of the head of the military departments of the country. In addition, the Swedes will freeze the military budget, which prior to 2014 should not exceed $ 5 billion. Read more

Americans experienced tank shells future

January 28, 2009

Орудие XM-360. Фото с сайта www.fcs.army.mil The U.S. tested a 120-millimeter guns XM-360, which in the long term plan to install a tank on XM-1202, the press service of the U.S. Army. These samples pass defense products under the "Battle of the Future" (The Future Combat Systems). Read more

Estonia threatened to adopt a system of tanks and air defense

January 22, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

The Estonian government approved a program for the development of Defense for the years 2009-2018, which provides, inter alia, the establishment bronetransportnogo units in service that would consist of tanks or armored personnel carriers. However, chtoit recall that in the middle of last October, the Defense Ministry decided in the next three or four years not to buy armored vehicles and tanks to equip the troops of the Baltic republics. It is quite understandable: the country is experiencing is not the best in terms of economic times, and purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles, require considerable resources.

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Russian "tank killers" are still out of competition in the world

January 21, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

Commenting on the forecast of the American analytical Forecast international, Director of the State Scientific Production Enterprise Bazalt noted that in the short term Russia quantitatively provide about 60% of the world market of portable anti-tank weapons. "The share of our company in this projection accounts for more than 40% of all new production of rockets in the world in the coming years, the share of Russia as a whole - around 60%. Grades, in my opinion, correct. We will take them to a minimum," - noted Vladimir Korenkov. According to him, the experience of Iraq, as well as analysis of the participation of Russia and other countries in local armed conflicts shows that the portable anti-tank weapons now become universal functions. "The weapons that we manufacture, is designed for fighting in the city, characterized by cramped conditions, mixed positions, reduced visibility," - he outlined.

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Austria has purchased batch of Italian armored vehicles

January 21, 2009

Бронемашина LMV. Фото с сайта www.congedatifolgore.com War Office, Austria has signed a contract to supply 150 light armored vehicles LMV (Light Multirole Vehicles) production of the Italian company Iveco, tells Defense News. The agreement to purchase multiple machines had reached another 29 December 2008, but information about the transaction was released almost a month later. Read more

Australia has purchased a lot of Italian armored vehicles

January 21, 2009

Бронемашина LMV. Фото с сайта www.congedatifolgore.com Australia's military signed a contract for the supply of 150 light armored vehicles LMV (Light Multirole Vehicles) production of the Italian company Iveco, tells Defense News. The agreement to purchase multiple machines had reached another 29 December 2008, but information about the transaction was released almost a month later. Read more

U.S. decided to arm Iraq by Soviet tanks

January 15, 2009

Модернизированные Т-72 армии Ирака. Фото с сайта www.inetres.com The Government of Iraq intends to buy in Eastern Europe up to 2 thousand Soviet tanks T-72 cost about 6 billion dollars, in fact, reconstituted in a way the times of Saddam Hussein's army, the "NWO". According to the main suppliers of military equipment would become the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia, which plans to re their armies to NATO standards. Read more

Iraq plans to purchase up to two thousand T-72 Soviet-era

January 14, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

The Iraqi government plans to purchase for its army up to two thousand T-72 in Eastern Europe, followed by the modernization of combat vehicles with the help of an American company. It was reported in the latest issue of the weekly Defense News, link to Pentagon officials and President of Defense Solutions' Retired Colonel Tim Ringgolda.

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