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May- 2021 -

20 May

Hungary to Equip 209 Lynx Infantry Vehicles with StrikeShield APS

Hungary is equipping 209 of its new Lynx infantry fighting vehicles with the StrikeShield hard-kill active protection system.

18 May

A 2018 file photo shows fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) manning a roadblock in the Qandil Mountains, the groups's main rear-base in northern Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Kills Top Kurdish Commander: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkish forces had killed a top Syrian Kurdish commander during an offensive in neighboring Iraq.

12 May

Joe Saballa

Indonesia Developing Amphibious ‘Tank Boats’ for Coastal Patrol

Indonesia has begun constructing floating tanks capable of patrolling the country’s maritime territories.

11 May

The British Challenger 2 MBT of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment glides effortlessly across soft sand with the low evening light of the Omani landscape glinting off the desert camouflage

Inder Singh Bisht

British Army to Upgrade Challenger Tank Fleet by 2027

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land has been awarded an $1.13 billion contract to upgrade the British Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tank fleet.

7 May

Tong Ong

Turkey Reports Successful Test of ‘Homegrown’ Tank Engine

Turkey said it successfully completed the test of its first-ever nationally developed 1,500-horsepower engine that will power various armored vehicles and tanks.

3 May

missile launched from an unmanned vehicle

Tong Ong

US Navy’s NMESIS Successfully Destroys Target at Sea During Test

The US Marine Corps successfully scored a direct hit against a surface target at sea during the inaugural test of the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System from Point Mugu Sea Range in California.

Apr- 2021 -

27 April

Stryker fires BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile

Tong Ong

US Army Fields First M-SHORAD System In Decades

The US Army has begun redeploying the Mobile Short Range Air Defense system after a hiatus of 13 years.

15 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Rheinmetall Joins US Firms in Bid to Replace Bradley

German arms maker Rheinmetall is teaming up with US firms Raytheon and L3Harris to bid on the replacement of the four-decade-old M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle.

14 April

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army to Develop ‘Top Attack’ Anti-Tank Mine

The US Army is seeking to develop a new anti-tank mine capable of automatically detecting enemy vehicles and firing submunitions at the top of the vehicle.

9 April