Interview with Peter Mead from Stoof International on the armoured vehicle market trends: For most people the words “armoured vehicle” conjures up, in the first instant an image of a military vehicle; immediately followed by a black limousine and reporters in front of a prestigious building for a G20 meeting. Then of course a rich Arabic sheikh, high risk businessman, Royal family, movie star…
Friday , June 8, 2012, 09:51 AM

GOC Ground Forces Maj. Gen. Shlomo (Sami) Turgeman of IDF (Israel Defense Forces) spoke at the Conference on Air and Land Jointness in a Complex Environment yesterday (Wednesday, May 23), presenting the IDF Ground Force's plans for improving its firepower.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 09:01 AM

A concept study of the highly mobile wheeled Boxer wheeled armoured vehicle equipped with a prototype of the medium caliber turret system LANCE had already been presented to a wide audience at the Eurosatory 2010. Development of this concept study has now been successfully advanced and built up to full functionality.

Friday, May 18, 2012, 12:49 AM

Czech Army Paratroopers of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade practiced life fires with new CZ-75 SP-01 Phantom pistols at the Vrsovice Range on 25 April 2012. “Every soldier must know shooting,“ Warrant Officer 2nd Class Vratislav Louda, shooting instructor, opened life fires training by this clear statement.

Monday, April 30, 2012, 11:28 AM

This week the United States Army debuted its latest concept vehicle FED Bravo that not only significantly improves upon fuel economy, it also has the capability to generate and export electric power to Soldiers in austere locations like Afghanistan.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012, 01:49 PM

Not even the tiniest of particles will be able to escape the new super-sensitive explosive detecting device created by Russian scientists. Its laser sensor can pick up on a single molecule in a million from up to 50 meters away. The device was developed over a period of five years by the Siberian branch of the country’s Academy of Sciences.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 05:59 PM

Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of military forces. Military logistics has become an essential part to support military personnel deployed on the battlefield. The main missions of logistics units are storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, disposition of equipment, transport of personnel, maintenance, medical and health service support.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 07:17 PM

Combat units on the battlefield must have vehicles capable of transporting personnel in charge of the command and the management of forces on the battlefield. Commanding officers are assisted in executing these tasks by specialized staff officers and enlisted personnel. These military staffs are a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provide a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units. Sunday, April 15, 2 09:48 PM

Today, Special Forces are engaged in a war against the terrorism and they need multi-purpose combat vehicle able to provide them with tactical mobility in harsh terrain. Tactical vehicles for Special Forces Operations are used for a wide range of missions as counter-proliferation, foreign and homeland security, special reconnaissance, direct action, and unconventional warfare missions.
Sunday, April 15, 2 09:19 PM

In order to save soldier lives on the battlefield, medical units need to provide advanced care on the field and evacuate wounded personnel to a hospital as quickly as possible. Those are the two critical elements. Military ambulances include both ambulances based on civilian designs and armored, but unarmed ambulances based on wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs) such as the Dingo 2, VRLA TPK Acmat or the M113 tracked armored vehicle. Saturday, April 14, 2012, 07:00 PM

The troop’s carrier is a light wheeled vehicle design to carry the soldiers on the battlefield with high mobility and all-terrain capacities. In Europe, the troops carrier is protected by armour but in Africa and some Middle East countries, the vehicle use an open top crew compartment. This type of vehicle can also be used as short range reconnaissance patrol vehicle.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 06:10 PM