Land Military Vehicles and Equipment

SIPRI Released its Trends in International Arms Transfer Report

SIPRI experts prepared a report about trends in international arms report. For a five-year period between 2018-2022 imports of major arms increased by 47% in Europe. At the same time global arms transfers reduced by 5.1%. The decreases in arms transfers occurred in Africa (-40%), in America (-21%), in Asia and Oceania (-7.5%) and in…
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SPLAV: Fire Control

Joint-stock company SPLAV Scientific Production Association named after A. Ganichev is a leading enterprise in the development of multiple rocket launch systems (MRLS) both for the Army and the Navy. Our company is part of the management network of the Technodinamika Holding company of the Rostec State Corporation – the managing organization being the JSC…
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Light Amphibious Tank SPRUT-SDM1. On the land, in the water, and in the air

For the first time in the world, it is in Russia where a modern light tank has been developed, and what makes it absolutely unique, it is an amphibious tank. This is a novelty that many military experts have already seen at international military exhibitions. It was presented by PJSC Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision…
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Finland to Aquire Pre-series Patria 6×6

The Finnish Defence Forces has signed the agreement with Patria to acquire  Patria 6x6 vehicles as a pre-series related to the joint 6x6 vehicle programme between Latvia, Finland, Estonia and Patria. The agreement was announced today by Patria's press service. [newslist] According to the statement, the pre-series vehicles will be in test use of the…
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Motovilikha and Splav Modernise MLRS production

The military department of the Motovilikhinsky Plants of JSC Special Design Bureaue, and Splav Scientific Production Association named after A.N. Ganichev, which are part of the management circuit of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation, are modernizing the production of the Grad MLRS. [newslist] Along with that, they are actively implementing a project for…
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Artificial Intelligence Prosepcts in Engineering Troops

“The development of new means of engineering weapons is carried out continuously and in all directions. The latest technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, are focused on creating intelligent minefields with a "friend  or foe" identification system” says the Chief of Russian Engineering Troops lieutenant general Yuri Stavitsky. [newslist] Engineer troops are one of the most…
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Modern Weapons to Reach 72% in Russian Army in 2022

Moscow hosted another Acceptance Day chaired by the General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at the National Centre for State Defence Control, it was dedicated to summing up the implementation of the state defenсe order in the third quarter in terms of arms supplies, military hardware, and the construction of military infrastructure facilities. [newslist] In…
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A New Hornet 4×4 Pickup Design APC Unveiled

INKAS Vehicles LLC unveiled today its new "Hornet" Pickup design 4x4 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) vehicle. The Hornet is a 4x4 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle designed and manufactured by the company Inkas Vehicles LLC. The vehicle was unveiled in May 2020 by an Army Recognition webinar. The vehicle is based on the Toyota Land…
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Koalitsiya-SV Howitzer Trials Begin

The Uralvagonzavod press office has announced that trials of the latest wheeled version of the Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery system based on the Kamaz-6550 truck chassis, have begun at the Burevestnik Central Research Institute (part of Uralvagonzavod defence manufacturer within the state hi-tech corporation Rostec). "First of all, wheeled vehicles can be used on general-purpose roads. They…
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Russia’s Latest AMPV Passes Tests

Russia’s Ministry of Defence has reported that the latest UBIM Armoured Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) for the Russian engineering troops has passed all trials. This new vehicle is designated to provide for the troops’ advance and carry out engineering works under enemy fire, including on the contaminated terrain. The vehicle has a crew of two men,…
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