On 28th August, a tweet from Anna Ahronheim, a reporter at the Jerusalem Post showed footage taken by a family on a hiking trip in the Golan coming across a… Continue reading "Israeli Tanks Left Unsupervised In The Golan"
Images posted on social media have revealed that the first BMPT-72 “Terminator” fire support vehicles ordered by the Algerian People’s National Army have now arrived in Algeria. The delivery of… Continue reading "First Algerian Terminators Arrive"
On 23 June, the Spanish government announced that it had approved the production of 348 VCR 8×8 armored fighting vehicles, with the value of the order estimated to be around… Continue reading "Spain Approves Initial Production of VCR Armored Fighting Vehicles"
On 29 January, the governments of Finland and Latvia signed a Technical Arrangement to launch a joint development program for sustained army mobility enhancement. The document was signed by the… Continue reading "Finland and Latvia To Jointly Develop Patria Derivative"
The Russian Ministry of Defense have announced a wide range of new and upgraded armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) entering front-line service in 2020. Although exact numbers have yet to be… Continue reading "Armour Upgrades for Russia"
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced, on September 10th, the down-selection of three contenders for the Next Armored Wheeled Vehicle project. This project aims to replace the Komatsu Type 96… Continue reading "Japanese MoD Downselects GDLS, Patria and Mitsubishi offerings for Type 96 APC Replacement"
Lithuania received its first shipment of two Boxer armored fighting vehicles on 25 June, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense confirmed in a statement. Designated as Vilkas (“Wolf”) in Lithuania,… Continue reading "Lithuania Receives First Two Boxer Armored Fighting Vehicles"
The Finnish Defense Forces received the first of four 6×6 Protected Multi-Purpose Vehicles (PMPV) developed by local firm Protolab. Protolab was contracted to build and deliver four PMPVs in a… Continue reading "Finland Receives Protolab PMPV 6×6 Vehicle for Testing"
In recent weeks both Australia and the UK have confirmed that they will be procuring the ARTEC Boxer Armoured Fighting Vehicle. ARTEC is a joint venture between Rheinmetall & Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. In… Continue reading "UK & Australia To Procure Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle"