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Belarus-based Minotor Service has developed an upgrade package for the PT-76 light amphibious tank, which was originally manufactured at the Volgograd Tractor Plant. The upgraded PT-76 is designated the PT-76M by Minotor Service, and the enhancements are focused on mobility and firepower. The...

At AirShow China 2016, the Chinese Company Yanjing Auto has presented a full range of new local-made Russian Tigr 4x4 light tactical vehicles produced in China under license. One members of this new family of tactical vehicles is the Protective Assault Vehicle, called by the manufacturer YJ2081C...

http://www.janes.com/article/66265/kuwait-abrams-tank-upgrade-package-announced Kuwait intends to upgrade its fleet of 218 M1A2 Abrams tanks to significantly improve their crews' ability to respond to infantry threats while remaining protected inside the vehicle by adding a remote weapon...

The Palestinian Authority's (PA's) Ministry of Interior has received its first armoured vehicles in the form of six Al-Jawad security vehicles, PA security sources told IHS Jane's on 12 December. Based on the Ford F-550 chassis, the Al-Jawad is made by Jordan's King Abdullah II Design and...

WASHINGTON — Due to sloppy management of an Afghan National Army vehicle-maintenance program, the cost to maintain vehicles has risen significantly and made it difficult for the ANA to carry out military operations, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko finds...

The navalised variant of the the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Hokum-B) attack/reconnaissance helicopter - the Ka-52K Katran - will be equipped with a compact active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar from Russian defense contractor Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a company spokesperson...

The United States delivered another installment of 155 mm M198 towed howitzers to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as part of a shipment that arrived in Beirut on 9 August. "What we have here is about $50 million of equipment," US ambassador Elizabeth Richard told journalists during a ceremony...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi denied an organized deployment of the Army Ground Force Special Forces to Syria, but at the same time noted that just a number of army forces are in the Arab country on a voluntary basis. Some volunteers from the Army have...

Iranian defense industry presents its latest technology of NRBC (nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical) vehicle with its new home-made "Shahram" mobile nuclear detection lab Wednesday, April 13, 2016, during a ceremony on the occasion of the Army Day, attended by the Ground Force...

Ok everyone I noticed there was no major thread for the Syrian Arab armed forces, so I decided to make one myself. Let's lay a couple of basic ground rules before I kick off the first post. :) 1st no political arguments (example: Assad is a brutal murderer, syrian Arabs are shia puppets that do...