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The ATS-59G is a Soviet artillery tractor that was adopted into service in 1970. A video from February of this year has appeared online, suggesting that russian occupying forces are either using or planning to use ATS-59G tractors as improvised transport vehicles on the battlefield. In the footage, which was noted by Andrei Tarasenko (btvt.info), at least two ATS-59G vehicles can be seen. One of these vehicles is equipped with improvised drone protection, while the other has essentially been converted into an infantry transport vehicle using the “turtle” principle—featuring a metal frame, armor plates, and mesh screens. The video also…

Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest US military post, officially announced the amount of anti-tank weapons and air defense systems that the United States and other allied countries have transferred to Ukraine as part of assistance against the Russian invasion. According to him, we are talking about 25,000 units of anti-aircraft systems and 60,000 units of anti-tank weapons, the agency reports Reuters. To understand the scale of the transferred weapons, the total number of tanks in the ranks of the entire army of the Russian Federation, in all units and branches of the military,…

Ukraine is making significant strides in laser weaponry, with a major announcement expected in the coming months, according to Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “This is an absolutely promising project. I believe that in the coming months, we will make a very serious announcement about it,” he stated, emphasizing the potential impact of laser technology in modern warfare. Despite concerns over potential reductions in support from international partners, particularly the United States, Vadym Sukharevskyi expressed confidence in Ukraine’s ability to sustain and advance its technological progress. “We have many intelligent…

German military acquisition agency has awarded a contract to create a “two-stage, horizontally take-off and fully reusable hypersonic research aircraft.” The commission was issued by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to the startup company POLARIS Raumflugzeuge headquartered in Bremen. The future hypersonic aerial vehicle for the Bundeswehr will be utilized as a hypersonic testbed and experiment platform for “defense-related and scientific research.” Additionally, it could even launch small satellites into space with an additional expendable upper stage, Hartpunkt explains. Artistic rendering of the future hypersonic vehicle from POLARIS Raumflugzeuge The contract terms and…

On Sunday, March 2, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced that the United Kingdom will finance the delivery of 5,000 interceptor missiles and launchers through a loan from the UK Export Finance (UKEF) agency. This initiative is part of a broader air defense enhancement project running through 2030, implemented in cooperation with Ukrainian defense contractors, the UK government, and Thales. According to the ministry, the missiles in question are LMM (Lightweight Multirole Missiles), which will be supplied alongside RapidRanger launch systems. Notably, the project extends beyond direct deliveries—it also aims to localize production, transfer technology, and support Ukraine’s defense industry. However,…

For decades, the USSR, and then the Russian Federation, did their best to create a myth about thousands of tanks standing “beyond the Urals” and just waiting for their time to march through Europe. The imaginary mechanized monster was a powerful foundation of great imperial ambitions for the average Russian, who could expect to get to a civilized country by only one mode of transport – a tank. From time to time, the myth was fueled by stories on propaganda channels, demonstrating these “astronomical” stocks, albeit not the latest, but combat vehicles “created by the USSR to destroy the United…

All this rocket trash is carefully calculated by a specially appointed “accountant”: the Imeus missile attack early warning satellite, which hangs above the Earth at a distance of 28,000 km. By the way, he also saw the Ukrainian missile that flew into Brovary in 1999. Therefore, the Pentagon’s figures are “accurate”, this system has been counting since the late 70s of the last century and has never made a mistake. Launch of the Kalibr missile We counted the “Calibers” earlier (there were about 200, approximately 170 were spent). As for Iskanders, it should be something like this: there is one…

Today, orcs launched a missile attack on Odesa International Airport. Fortunately, there were no casualties as a result of this strike, but the airport runway was completely disabled and unsuitable for further use. The main feature of this event was noted in his address by the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Maksym Marchenko, – the Russians used the Bastion anti-ship coastal missile system, located in the occupied Crimea, to strike at the Odesa airport. The Bastion complex is equipped with the P-800 Onyx supersonic anti-ship missile, which the ruscists themselves nicknamed the “aircraft carrier killer”. Because this missile…

After the parliamentary elections in Germany, the likely successor of the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, has already negotiated the approval of defense spending in the amount of as much as 200 billion euros (about $210 billion), in particular as part of strengthening the country’s armed forces in view of such a threat as the Russian Federation. This is especially important in the context of the issue that Europe as a whole has faced – namely, building up the capabilities of its defense potential without aiming at the United States, given the latest statements and actions of the newly…

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has been paying special attention to such modern weapons as unmanned systems, in particular, at the beginning of 2023, the UAE-based defense giant EDGE Group bought out a controlling stake in the Estonian manufacturer of robotic systems Milrem Robotics, and later Abu Dhabi issued orders for dozens of robotic systems from this company. The same is happening in the direction of unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, the UAE military is currently focused on the development of maritime robotic systems, primarily in order to “fill the shortage of personnel and gaps in capabilities,” as…