In the last weeks of 2022, a Military Recruitment Center (Wojskowe Centrum Rekrutacji – WCR) in the town of Sieradz began sending out calls for military exercises to civilians in… Continue reading "Will the Polish Army Resort To Conscription This Year?"
Within the last few days, the White House has confirmed major new equipment and armament deliveries to Ukraine. Among the many weapons systems, Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles were included in… Continue reading "Pentagon Considers Sending Strykers To Ukraine"
On the 11 January, during his visit to the city of Lviv, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, announced the decision to grant the transfer of ten Leopard 2 Main… Continue reading "Breaking: Poland Ready To Transfer Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine"
On 9 January, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, announced the official formation of a new fifth division of the Polish Armed Forces – the 1st… Continue reading "Polish Armed Forces To Form a New Division"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s first Weekend Briefing of the year. This is where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Japan’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 January)"
Since the war in Ukraine began, the Russian Armed Forces have used thousands of tons of artillery ammunition in a vast arrange of calibers. Dominant amongst these is the venerable… Continue reading "Is Russia Running Short of Ammunition?"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover Kizelma’s maiden flight, Slovakia obtaining BAE System’s… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (12-16 December)"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover some of the DefExpo 2022 premieres,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (14-18 November)"
Since 2001 the Swedish Armed Forces have utilized 18 NH90TTH helicopters in the utility/transport configuration. Eight of them were intended for the Swedish Coast Guard (Kystvakten) and six of them… Continue reading "Sweden Moving Away From NH90"
In early November the Armament Agency, the Polish state agency responsible for equipment acquisition, shared the news on the completion of deliveries of small 4-wheel drive vehicles for Polish paratroopers.… Continue reading "Meet AERO, the Light Utility Vehicle For Poland’s Paratroopers"