Israeli-made Merkava IVM Windbreaker one of the most protected tank in the world

The latest generation of Israeli-made Merkava IV with Rafael Trophy APS (Active Protection System) is one of the most protected Main Battle Tank in the world. Following the series of tests of the Trophy system, the IDF Ground Forces Command declared the Trophy operational in August 2009 and first MBT Merkava 4 equipped with the Trophy APS enters in service with the Israeli Army in 2010 under the name of Merkava Mark IVM Windbreaker. Read full article at this link ....

Latest generation of Israeli-made Mark IVM Windbreaker Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Israeli army military exercise, January 28, 2018 (Picture source Israeli MoD)

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Kazakhstan has tested Barys 8x8 armoured fitted with Russian 2A42 30mm cannon

The Barys 8x8 armored fighting vehicle (AFV) developed by the Company Kazakhstan Paramount Enineering (KPE) has been tested with the Russian-made 2A42 30 mm automatic cannon, according to Director of Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) Yerbol Salimov. Read full article at this link ...

Barys 8x8 armoured vehicle fitted with an unmanned turret armed with Soviet-made 2A42 30mm automatic cannon (Picture source informburo.kz)

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US Army Avenger AN/TWQ-1 air defense missile comes back into service in Europe

U.S. Army Depot is putting Avenger mobile air defense missile systems back into service. The first 36 refurbished Avengers have been shipped to Europe to support a battalion there. Read full article at this link ...

An Avenger fires a Stinger missile during Artemis Strike, a live fire exercise at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) off the coast of Crete, Greece Nov. 6, 2017. (Picture source U.S. MoD)

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American MQ-9B RPA Predator drone enters into service with British Air Force

A small team of British Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel based in the United States is preparing the way for the introduction into service of the UK�s new remotely piloted air system (RPAS), the MQ-9B Protector. Read full article at this link ....

The M-9B  Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) is designed and manufactured by the American Company General Atomics (Picture source General Atomics)

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U.S. soldiers ready to use laser weapon MEHEL mounted on Stryker armored vehicle

U.S. Soldiers from the Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment are now equipped with newly developed laser weapon MEHEL mounted on 8x8 Stryker armoured vehicle. The Stryker with MEHEL 2.0 was presented for the first time on General Dynamics Land Systems booth during the AUSA exhibition in Washington D.C. in October 2016 equipped with a 5kW beam director. Read full article at this link ....

The MEHEL laser weapon is mounted on 8x8 Stryker armoured vehicle (Picture source U.S. Army website)

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Russia: Uralvagonzavod starts production of T-80BVM tank upgrade of T-80 MBT

Uralvagonzavod Corporation (UVZ) announced the production of upgraded T-80BVM main battle tanks with gas turbine engines in 2018, the Zvezda broadcaster said. Russia ceased serial production of T-80 tanks in the second half of the 1990s. However, several thousand tanks of the T-80 family are still operational or kept at armor dumps. They are mostly T-80B and T-80BV tanks. They have enough resource but combat characteristics are outdated. Read full article at this link ...

Russian army T-80BVM main battle tank (Picture source Russian MoD)

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