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Italy will buy more than just tanks and HIMARS. The Apennine Peninsula country will spend billions of dollars to upgrade its fleet of infantry fighting vehicles.
Italy will renew its tank fleet thanks to German Leopard 2A8s. This is stated in the budget document, which was published with a delay of six months.
We are talking about two combat vehicles. Previously, Moldova received three APCs, and there will be 19 of them in total. The transfer of the vehicles takes place under a contract that Moldova signed with Germany in October 2021.
The information was shared by the VOA publication, citing the words of Colonel and speaker of the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa Martin O'Donnell. We are talking about 31 combat vehicles.
Norway has decided not to buy an additional batch of German Leopard 2 tanks. Instead, the Scandinavian country will focus on strengthening its air defence.
The Swedish Armed Forces will launch an upgrade programme for Stridsvagn 122 tanks. The decision is related to the war in Ukraine.
For 17 years, Israel has not used American M270 MLRS multiple rocket launchers in combat. However, they had to be used to counter Hamas terrorists.
BAE Systems has revealed a new version of the M109A7 self-propelled artillery system. The company announced this on its official website.
Canada intends to spend more than $1 billion to modernise Leopard 2 tanks. At the same time, the future of the tank fleet as a whole remains uncertain.
The UK Army has started receiving Swedish Archer self-propelled howitzers. The first artillery system has already arrived in the United Kingdom.
This has never happened before, and here it is again. Russian propagandists have begun to actively disseminate a video of the destruction of an allegedly Israeli Merkava IV tank. But there is a nuance.
Hamas militants destroyed an Israeli tank. This happened on the morning of 7 October during an attack on Israel.
Russians report that T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks have allegedly started using new shells. This was reported by a Russian propaganda channel.
The Russians have lost another modernised T-90M "Breakthrough" tank in the war against Ukraine. Moreover, it exploded on its own mines.
Germany could set a record for arms exports at the end of 2023. The value since the beginning of the year already exceeds the total exports for the whole of 2022.
