Land Warfare
PREMIUM: Reality still falls short of rhetoric for Russian armoured vehicles
Based on the evidence of the Army 2020 event last month — and despite bullish pronouncements — the Russian Army remains reliant on upgrade packages for aging AFVs.
There were some genuine innovations on display: notably a new family of light armoured cars from the Military Industrial Company and the ...
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