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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
 

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

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.
 

Analysis: Chinese-made armoured infantry fighting vehicles are based on Russian technologies
 
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The newest armoured vehicles developed by the Chinese heavy machine-building industry still rely on the Soviet/Russian technologies and technological assets, a source in the Russian defense industry said. The comparison between the Russian and the Chinese armoured vehicles has become an urgent issue in light of the Army Games 2016 competitions organized by Russia`s Ministry of Defense (MoD).
 

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