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French army unveils real size scale model of new Jaguar EBRC future reconnaissance armoured

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During a live demonstration of the French army, Thursday, October 20, 2016, a scale model 1/1 of the new generation of 6x6 reconnaissance armoured vehicle Jaguar EBRC (Engin Blindé Multi-Rôles - Armoured Multi-roles Vehicles) was unveiled, it should enter in service with the French armed forces in 2020 to replace old ERC-90 Sagaie, AMX-10Rc and VAB HOT.

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Engineers of Russian army Western Military District to receive Korshun mine detectors

Combat engineer units of the Russian Army Western Military District’s 20th All-Arms Army, which are based in the Voronezh Region in central Russia, have received 10 advanced NR-900EK3M Korshun mine detectors, district spokesman Colonel Igor Muginov said.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine to test new 3D surveillance radar 79K6 Pelican

The latest development of Ukrainian-made 3D surveillance radar 79K6 “Pelican” was successfully tested by the Ukrainian armed forces during military exercises “Rubizh-2016”.

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Russian Company ZSA will test anti-mine capabilities of new K4386 Typhoon 4x4 MRAP

JSC Special Automobiles Plant (Russian acronym: ZSA, Zavod Spetsialnyh Avtomobiley) will test the anti-mine capabilities of its newest K4386 Typhoon (Taifun) mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles intended for Russia`s Airborne Forces (VDV, Vozdushno-Desantnie Voyska), according to the Business Online newspaper.

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Russia has already started development of Ratnik-3 new-generation of individual soldier equipment

Ratnik-3 new-generation individual equipment being developed by TsNIITochMash design bureau will receive a blue fire prevention system, according to a source in Russian defense industry.

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Future Russian armored vehicles will be equipped with Andromeda-D command and control system

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Future Russian armored vehicles, including derivatives of the Armata commonized heavy tracked platform, will be compatible with the Andromeda-D automated command and control (C2) system, according to the Izvestia daily.

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Analysis : Russia continues to grow arms export in the Middle East.

The Soviet Union ranked second after the United States in terms of arms export for many years. Russia picked up the baton from it a quarter of the century ago. Its annual income from arms trade in 2012-2015 is estimated on average at $14.5 billion.

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Russian Defense Ministry to finalize the tests of Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled anti-tank gun

The Russian Defense Ministry is finalizing the testing of the Sprut-SDM1 upgraded self-propelled (SP) antitank (AT) gun, according to the Izvestia newspaper. The military has told the Izvestia that the weapon features, among other things, a guided system with a cutting-edge missile capable of wiping out a tank clad in explosive reactive armor (ERA) blocks set on top its own armor at a range of 6,000 m.

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Russian Army will receive new ADS amphibious assault rifles

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Russia’s Armed Forces and military police will start receiving ADS amphibious assault rifles next year, Director of Russia’s Central Design Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Weapons Alexei Sorokin said. This is the first assault rifle in the world to fire equally well both in and out of the water. Notably, it is as good as the latest models of Kalashnikov-type assault rifles, while being smaller in size.

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Russian BTR-82 armoured personnel carrier could be upgraded with AU-220M Mturret 57mm cannon

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Russian upgraded armored personnel carrier (APC) BTR-82 may be afforded the AU-220M fighting module with a 57-mm gun instead of the current 30-mm one, according to the Izvestia daily. A tentative decision has been made for fitting the AU-220M Baikal artillery combat mode to the BTR-82’s chassis, with the project awaiting approval now, a Russian Defense Ministry official close to the matter said.

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Russian-made T-14 Armata main battle tank fitted with new detection and acquisition system

The latest Russian T-14 army tank on Armata platform will be equipped with an advanced complex of target detection and acquisition with video imaging, Director of the specialized design bureau of the Popov Gorkosvky Communications Equipment enterprise which produces the device Igor Ryabov.

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British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory looks the future for new combat vehicles

The UKs Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) looks the future for new combat vehicles based on new technologies and to the new face of modern warfare. Modern technologies mean that future armoured vehicles could be very different from the heavy tracked vehicles in service today.

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New Armata combat vehicle platforms to have number of advantages over their foreign counterpart

The newest Russian armoured vehicles designed by the Uralvagonzavod (Russian acronym: UVZ) research-production corporation, the Tractor Plants Concern, and the Military Industrial Company (Russian acronym: VPK, Voyenno-Promishlennaya Kompaniya) have a number of radical advantages over their foreign analogues and over the vehicles, previously developed by the indigenous defense industry, Russian analysts suppose.

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Russia will develop new generation of flamethrower designated as Tosochka in 2017

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A new-generation heavy flamethrower system developed on the basis of the Buratino flamethrower will start undergoing state trials in 2017, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said.

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New generation of Russian combat vehicles to be equipped with soft-kill optoelectronic systems

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The newest Russian armoured vehicles, namely, T-14 Armata main battle tanks (MBT), T-15 BMP Armata and Kurganets-25 tracked infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), and Bumerang (Boomerang) wheeled IFVs will get advanced SPZ 'soft-kill' optoelectronic systems, according to the Izvestia newspaper.

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Picatinny Arsenal developing first lethal hand grenade since Vietnam War for the US Army

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Engineers at US Army's Picatinny Arsenal are working on the first new lethal hand grenade in more than 40 years, which is designed to give greater flexibility to the warfighter. The multi-purpose hand grenade design will provide both fragmentation and blast overpressure more effectively and safely than its legacy counterparts. Once fielded, Soldiers will be able to select and use a hand grenade with different effects simply by flipping a switch.

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Russian army will be equipped with new 40mm grenade launcher 6G27 before the end of this year

The TekhMash Concern (a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation) will finish the state trials of the newest 40mm 6G27 Balkan automatic grenade launcher (AGL) intended for the Russian Armed Forces before the year-end, according to a source in the indigenous defense industry.

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Russian MoD has begun testing new armoured recovery vehicle based on Kurganets-25 chassis

Russia's Ministry of Defense and the "Special Design Bureau for Machine Building" (SKBM) have begun testing a next-generation Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) based on the Kurganets-25, which is used to repair or recover damaged combat machinery during warfare.

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Company Kalashnikov to develop new semi-automatic sniper rifle for Russian army

The Kalashnikov Group (the Kalashnikov Concern, a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation) is developing new semi-automatic and manually-operated sniper rifles for Russia`s military, according to a source in the Russian defense industry.

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ARDEC helps develop safer, extended range rocket-assisted artillery round

The Army is developing a 155 mm artillery round that will extend cannon range to more than 24 miles, with a greater safety for service members and the ability to deliver near-precision strike capability. The XM1113 Insensitive Munition High Explosive Rocket Assisted Projectile will replace the aging M549A1 rounds produced in the 70s and help U.S. Soldiers and Marines maintain battlefield overmatch.

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Russia`s Ministry of Defense to overhaul BMP-2 Infanty Fighting Vehicles

Russia`s Ministry of Defense (MoD) is partially overhauling its fleet of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), according to a source in the indigenous defense industry.

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Analysis : S-400 missile systems to boost Russian air defense in Crimea

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The fielding of air defense units stationed in Crimea with S-400 Triumph (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems shall heavily strengthen the Russian air defenses in the region, according to the Gazeta.ru online news agency.

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BTR-82A Armored Personnal Carrier to receive anti-tank gun

Russia`s BTR-82A armoured personnel carrier developed by the Military Industrial Company (Russian acronym: VPK, Voyenno-Promishlennaya Kompaniya) will receive a remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) armed with the 57 mm naval gun, according to a source in the Russian defense industry.

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Russian Company Tractors Plants Concern to unveil new BT-3F tracked amphibious armoured APC

Russia`s Tractor Plants Concern (Russian acronym: TZ, Traktornie Zavody) will unveil the newest BT-3F tracked amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC) at the Army 2016 military-technical forum, according to the press department of the company.

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Testing of Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled antitank gun to begin in 2016

The Russian Defense Ministry will launch the official tests of the upgraded Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled antitank gun (SPATG), according to the press office of the Tractor Plants Corporation. The Sprut-SDM1 is a new modernized version of the 2S25 Sprut-SD self-propelled tank destroyer.

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T-15 Armata HIFV to increase combat capabilities of Russian Land Forces

Russia`s newest T-15 heavy infantry fighting vehicles (HIFV) based on the Armata unified tracked platform will significantly beef up the combat capabilities of the Russian Land Forces, local sources suppose.

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Russian BTR-MDM airborne tracked vehicle will be fitted with advanced communication equipment

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The advanced BTR-MDM Rakushka air-droppable armored personnel carrier will be fitted with state-of-the-art communications equipment, spokesman for Russia’s United Instrument-Manufacturing Corporation Leonid Khozin said.

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Kalashnikov Corporation developing new sniper rifles

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Russia’s Kalashnikov Corporation, the producer of the famous Kalashnikov automatic rifle and a subsidiary of Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec, is developing new types of sniper rifles, Rostec said in an annual report.

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ARDEC engineers have redesigned the recoil system on the M119A3 105mm towed howitzer

After a year of re-designing the recoil system on the M119A3 105mm Howitzer, Picatinny engineers have made the howitzer safer, simpler and more reliable while also reducing the cost of the recoil system. The M119A3 Howitzer is a lightweight, direct and indirect fire support asset used by the U.S. Army and National Guard’s infantry brigade combat teams.

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Russian land and naval forces will receive armoured vehicles derived from the Bumerang platform

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The Russian Army and Marine Corps may receive armored vehicles derived from the Bumerang commonized armored wheeled chassis, according to the Izvestia daily. The Military Industrial Company (VPK), which is the major manufacturer of armored personnel carriers (APC), infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and armored cars for the Russian Armed Forces, has started the preliminary tests of an amphibious APC derived from the Bumerang.

French army unveils real size scale model of new Jaguar EBRC future reconnaissance armoured 10811166

Engineers of Russian army Western Military District to receive Korshun mine detectors TASS 10711162

Armed Forces of Ukraine to test new 3D surveillance radar 79K6 Pelican 12610161

Russian Company ZSA will test anti-mine capabilities of new K4386 Typhoon 4x4 MRAP 12510161

Russia has already started development of Ratnik-3 new-generation of individual soldier equipment TASS 11410161

Future Russian armored vehicles will be equipped with Andromeda-D command and control system TASS 11310162

Analysis : Russia continues to grow arms export in the Middle East TASS 11210161

Russian Defense Ministry to finalize the tests of Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled anti-tank gun TASS 11110163

Russian Army will receive new ADS amphibious assault rifles 71110163

Russian BTR-82 armoured personnel carrier could be upgraded with AU-220M turret 57mm cannon TASS 10810161

Russian-made T-14 Armata main battle tank fitted with new detection and acquisition system 10210162

British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory looks the future for new combat vehicles 12909161

New Armata combat vehicle platforms to have number of advantages over their foreign counterpart TASS 2309164

Russia will develop new generation of flamethrower designated as Tosochka in 2017 TASS 12209163

New generation of Russian combat vehicles to be equipped with soft-kill optoelectronic systems TASS 12209163

Picatinny Arsenal developing first lethal hand grenade since Vietnam War for the US Army 21909162

Russian army will be equipped with new 40mm grenade launcher 6G27 before the end of this year TASS 11309161

Russian MoD has begun testing new armoured recovery vehicle based on Kurganets-25 chassis 10509161

Company Kalashnikov to develop new semi-automatic sniper rifle for Russian army 10109161

ARDEC helps develop safer, extended range rocket-assisted artillery round 52608161

Russia`s Ministry of Defense to overhaul BMP-2 Infanty Fighting Vehicles 52508162

Analysis S-400 missile systems to boost Russian air defense in Crimea TASS 11908161

BTR-82A Armored Personnal Carrier to receive anti-tank gun 51908163

Russian Company Tractors Plants Concern to unveil new BT-3F tracked amphibious armoured APC TASS 11408161

Testing of Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled antitank gun to begin in 2016 51208164

T-15 Armata HIFV to increase combat capabilities of Russian Land Forces 51008166

Russian BTR-MDM airborne tracked vehicle will be fitted with advanced communication equipment 11008161

Kalashnikov Corporation developing new sniper rifles 50508163

ARDEC engineers have redesigned the recoil system on the M119A3 105mm towed howitzer 13007161

Russian land and naval forces will receive armoured vehicles derived from the Bumerang platform 12807162