Military tank rivalry

02/12/2022

The Ukraine War Is Now A Giant Tank Deathmatch

More Tanks Headed to Ukraine: The Ukrainian military may have captured enough Russian T-62 tanks to equip a tank battalion, but those vehicles that Russian crews have abandoned on the battlefield will only aid Kyiv’s efforts to a point. To actually drive out the invader, Ukraine needs an even grea...

02/12/2022

Could Russia Run Out Of Tanks In Ukraine? That Idea Isn’t Crazy Anymore

Russia’s Tanks Are Getting Slaughtered in Ukraine: At the start of this year, Russia had a tank force of more than 10,000 tanks – including thousands that were in storage. That number is now considerably smaller and diminishing by the day as the Kremlin continues to lose tanks in its unprovoked ...

02/12/2022

Bradley

02/12/2022

The Artsakh War brought about Armenia’s first all-women military unit

Armenia and Artsakh, the previously self-determined independent country bordering Armenia with a majority Armenian population, spent the better half of fall 2020 at war with neighboring Azerbaijan and Turkey. The Artsakh War drew worldwide attention with mercenaries being brought in from Syria to fi...

01/12/2022

US Marines Futuristic Combat Robots In Action

Marines participate in the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Integrated Experiment (MIX-16) training at the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. MIX-16 tests advanced weapon concepts and capabilities in a realistic warfare environment likely to be seen in the future war. Amazing video s...

01/12/2022

Dita 155 mm: Outstanding SPH From The Czech Republic

The 155 mm DITA self-propelled gun was launched in February 2021 within the framework of the IDEX-2021 exhibition. Sweden announced its largest defense aid package to Ukraine to date, amounting to $287 million, according to Reuters. The new military aid package will include air defense systems and a...

01/12/2022

M113AS4

01/12/2022

Chinese SR5 Rocket Artillery: Similar To American Himars

At Airshow China 2022, China introduced the SR-5 Multiple launch rocket system, which is considered to be comparable to the American Himars. The SR-5 was developed by China’s Norinco, and was first introduced at the IDEX-2013 exhibition. It is designed to provide fire support to ground forces, pre...

30/11/2022

U.S. Air Force Deploys Robot Dogs to Guard Airbases as Part of Digital Battle Network

The U.S. Air Force has for the first time deployed robotic ‘dogs’ to guard its military facilities, which form a part of the new Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) – a digital battle network allowing forces to accumulate, process and share data in real time. The ‘dogs’ demonstrated t...

30/11/2022

A British Challenger towing a WW2 75mm German PaK 40, captured in Drvar, Bosnia, 1996.

29/11/2022

What is Behind U.S. Intel Reports that North Korea is Arming Russia with Millions of Artillery Shells and Rockets

Anewly declassified American intelligence report has indicated that Russia is buying several million artillery shells and ammunition for its rocket artillery systems from North Korea. This comes as North Korea has supported the Russian war effort in Ukraine, having opposed UN resolutions condemning....

29/11/2022

90 T-72B To Ukraine: Czech MBTs Prove Their Strength

The Ukrainian battlefield is becoming the most intense conflict flashpoint in Europe since the end of World War II. According to the latest announcement, Ukraine will receive 90 T-72B main battle tanks from the Czech Republic, while the US and the Netherlands will pay $90 million to refurbish these....

28/11/2022

Taiwan M1A2T: 108 Abrams Be Enough To Fight China?

In July 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense budgeted money to purchase 108 M1A2 tanks from the U.S. government. China has always insisted that Taiwan is part of its territory, which it has vowed to take back by force, if necessary. While the Chinese Air Force’s intimidation of Taiwan’s...

28/11/2022

Crotale NG to Ukraine: Russia Should Be Fear

The Crotale NG air defense complex arrived in Ukraine, not long after France announced its aid to Kyiv. The French Ministry of Defense announced that Paris has handed over to Kyiv two batteries of the Crotale NG air defense system, which is used to destroy air targets at short ranges and at low alti...

28/11/2022

T-90A

28/11/2022

Russia’s MBT Much Lower And Smaller Than The West: Why?

A question that gets a lot of attention from tank fans: Why are Russian tanks lighter and smaller than Western tanks? Since its first appearance on the battlefield in 1916, tanks have become indispensable weapons for armies of countries to gain the upper hand in any war. During World War II, when th...

27/11/2022

Mk 19 Mod 3 40mm Automatic Gr***de Launcher • Training & Testing

Training video of US Soldiers & US Marines while participating in a live-fire range using the MK19 40mm Gr***de Launcher (some footage includes the FGM-148 Javelin and BGM-71 TOW Missile). The purpose of the training is to improve accuracy, communication abilities and suppressive fire capabilities w...

27/11/2022

BAE Systems Tests APKWS Laser-guidance Kits with HEAT/APAM Warheads from GD-OTS

BAE Systems successfully tested its AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guidance kits with High-Explosive Anti-Tank Anti-Personnel Anti-Materiel (HEAT/APAM) warheads from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS). Guided by APKWS guidance kits, the rockets went t...

27/11/2022

Merkava Mk 3D - Israel Defense Forces

26/11/2022

US Marine Corps to Develop New Expeditionary Fuel Dispensing System

Although the United States has enjoyed an asymmetrical logistical advantage since the end of World War II, emerging needs associated with the sustainment of fuel requirements in future battlefields have presented challenges for military leadership and the warfighter alike. Marine Corps Systems Comma...

26/11/2022

NATO eFP Battlegroup Latvia Demonstrate Firepower During Armoured Gunnery Competition

On November 14-17, NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Latvia together with the Latvian Mechanized Infantry Brigade conducted Iron Spear 2022. Alongside the Allies based in Latvia, this regularly scheduled armoured gunnery competition saw a number of multinational crews currently deploy...

26/11/2022

M60 Tank

25/11/2022

The Kugelpanzer Ball Tank – What is it?

The Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia is famous for its collection of strange vehicles and prototypes. Perhaps the strangest of them all though is the Kugelpanzer. Well, at least that’s people call it, as its true name is unknown. In fact the Kugelpanzer literally means “ball tank”. With a long li...

25/11/2022

The £5,000 Tank That Took on the Blitzkrieg

In the 1930s Britain created the Matilda I, a little two-man tank that was around the size of a car yet one of the most heavily armored tanks on the planet. But while it could withstand hits from most anti-tank weapons available at the time, it had virtually zero offensive capabilities, with its arm...

25/11/2022

“The Atomic Tank” – This Centurion Survived a Nuclear Blast

Centurion 169041 is likely the only tank in history to have been hit by an atomic blast and not only survive, but fight in combat afterwards. This tough old tank was designed to fight the Germans in WWII, but proved itself capable of standing up to a nuclear bomb too. This particular Centurion was s...

25/11/2022

M1A2 Abrams - US Army

25/11/2022

T-34/100 – Egypt’s Super T-34 with a 100 mm Gun

With an estimated 80,000 produced, it should come as no surprise that there were numerous variants of the T-34 built over the years since the Second World War. However, one of the least known variants of the T-34 is an Egyptian modification developed in 1960 called the T-34/100, sometimes referred t...

24/11/2022

2B1 Oka: The Most Feared Soviet 420mm Nuclear Artillery

Capable of firing continuously 12 times per hour, firing 750 kg nuclear projectiles up to 45 km away, the 2B1 Oka is the most fearsome nuclear supergun ever built. In the early years of the Cold War, both American and Soviet strategic thinking assumed that the start of the next large-scale war in Eu...

24/11/2022

Rheinmetall Supplying Slovak Ground Forces with Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks

Under the German government’s “Ringtausch” equipment exchange programme, Rheinmetall will soon be supplying the Slovak Ground Forces with main battle tanks and other military hardware. The Slovak armed forces will be receiving 15 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks. The order includes ammunition as ...

24/11/2022

TOS-1A Solntsepek