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U.S. Marines with the Special Reaction Team, Provost Marshall’s Office, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, executed training on fire, movement and breaching techniques at the base Dec. 11, 2020. Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, reports.
Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-service Support, or BAAINBw, has placed an order with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) for a further 1,401 military trucks with a gross total value of €543 million.
According to news published by the newspaper website "The Hindu" on December 26, 2020, India has launched the process for the procurement of 118 local-made Arjun Mk-1A main battle tanks.
As published by Army Recognition of December 7, in accordance with the Strategic Vision for Defense issued by the Belgian army on June 29, 2016, a tender had been issued for the replacement of the Mercedes Unimog 1300L 4x4 1.9T and the Volvo N10 6x4 trucks. DAF Trucks has been declared winner of the tender but the order is "still uncertain": the matter has been stuck with the Council of State after a complaint from an unlucky competitor.
Although created in the Second World War, the ZiS-3 anti-tank gun is still actively used by the Cambodian Army, Asian Defence News reports. As visible on a picture, some of these guns are used namely for training by firing a carbine attached to the barrel as a sub-caliber solution.
According to news published by the "Defensa.com" website on January 5, 2021, the Brazilian army has announced an ambitious military program to acquire new wheeled armored vehicles as well as the modernization of EE-9 Cascavel.
One of China's most advanced weapons, the DF-17 hypersonic missile, was seen in media reports to have received an upgrade that experts said on January 4 can improve the weapon's capability to disguise itself from hostile reconnaissance and protect itself from complicated battlefield environments. Liu Xuanzun reports on Global Times.
According to a statement published by the Indian MoD (Ministry of Defense) on December 30, 2020, the Indian Army has inducted three sets of 10-meter short span bridges, which were formally handed over on 29 December 2020 at the Talegaon facility of Larsen & Toubro Limited.
Acording to the Russian Defense Ministry, at the end of January 2021, the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) will take up combat duty in the Samara region. This was announced by the commander of the air defense division of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, Major General Oleg Nikanorov, when summing up the results of 2020.
The Spanish company Escribano Mechanical & Engineering was recently awarded a contract from the DGAM's (Directorate General of Armament and Material) of the Spanish Ministry of Defence for the development of an autonomous, and multiplatform swarm system for ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance) missions and it is part of Phase II of the Spanish RAPAZprogram.
Just before the end of 2020, Ukrainian gun maker Xado Chemical Group announced on its Facebook account that it’s Snipex T-Rex 14.5mm and Snipex Alligator sniper rifles had successfully passed all state trials and evaluation. Based on these state examinations results, the 14.5×114 mm caliber Snipex T- Rex rifle has been adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the National Defense Military Channel of China Central Radio and Television, as forwarded by China Arms website on January 4, Li Wentao, commander of a remote fire battalion under a brigade of the 79th Group Army in the Northern Theater of the Chinese Army, recently led the long-range rocket launcher battalion to successfully complete the 79th Group Army’s quarterly live-fire exercise strikes against moving targets at sea.
Many are trained to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. They engage adversaries in any clime and place. Marine Corps Systems Command is tasked not only with enhancing the lethality of warfighters. The command also strives to protect them. Matt Gonzales, Marine Corps Systems Command, reports.
According to a statement published by the Israeli Ministry of Defense on January 3, 2021, Israel has delivered the second Iron Dome battery to the U.S. Army according to a contract signed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the United States Department of Defense.
Russia’s newest experimental unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) Marker has run 30 km over rugged terrain in autonomous mode, according to the press department of the Foundation of Advanced Studies (FPI).
According to information published by the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Facebook account on December 29, 2020, the South Korean company Hanwha Defense is set to secure a $458 million contract to provide 110 M3 wheeled amphibious bridge and ferry systems to the South Korean Army by 2027.
According to a document released by the Thai army procurement agency, Thailand will acquire 12 LG1 Mk III 105mm light towed guns fitted with automatic firing control. The winner of the bid is the local company United Defense Technology for an amount of 22,677,763 Euros.
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