News, reviews, articles on the topic Armoured vehicles
In autumn 2022, during an offensive in the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian special unit KRAKEN captured a Tornado U armoured vehicle. It was restored and put into service.
The Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received a batch of tracked armoured vehicles. The military equipment was bought by the World Congress of Ukrainians.
Israel's Elbit Systems and Sweden's BAE Systems Hägglunds have signed a contract for the supply of Iron Fist active defence systems. The new system will equip CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.
Since February 2022, the Russian army has lost several hundred T-80 tanks in various modifications in Ukraine. This was the reason for the future resumption of production of combat vehicles from scratch.
Rheinmetall is going to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an additional batch of Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
It has recently become known that Ukraine will produce Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. Now information about the number of vehicles Ukraine plans to produce has appeared on the Internet.
A Leopard 2A6 crew encountered two Russian T-80BV tanks in combat. Despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, the German tank was victorious.
The number of Gepard anti-aircraft tanks in service with the Ukrainian Defence Forces will increase. This was announced today by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
FPV drones are usually used as disposable kamikaze drones. However, the Ukrainian Defence Forces managed to destroy a Russian tank while retaining the drone.
In mid-summer, Denmark and Germany announced the impending delivery of Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. The first batch of combat vehicles has already been delivered.
A new Russian tank may appear in service with the Ukrainian Defence Forces. And we are talking about the most modern combat vehicle, the T-90M "Breakthrough".
KNDS, a European holding company comprising Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and France's NEXTER Defence Systems, has selected an active protection system for Leopard 2A8 tanks.
On 7 September, the USA announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. As it turned out, in addition to it, the US partners are also preparing to hand over armoured vehicles.
A video of a German anti-aircraft tank Gepard in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has appeared on the Internet.
The US Army will have M1E3 Abrams tanks in service in a few years. The service has decided to abandon the System Enhancement Package (SEP) programme.
