LWI - Land Warfare
Russia increases tank mix for Syria
A bizarre mixture of obsolete and modern armoured vehicles is being sent by Russia to its Syrian allies.
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and different militias loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad are taking deliveries of significantly more equipment, particularly since the beginning of 2017, but it is from a ...
Want to read more?
Premium news content is only available to Shephard Plus subscribers or Online News subscribers
More from Land Warfare
-
Rheinmetall’s ROSY system finds new customers
Rheinmetall’s Rapid Obscuring System (ROSY) has been selected to protect armoured vehicles of the Portuguese and Belgian armed forces, the company announced on 17 April. ...
-
US Army places order for small-calibre ammo
Northrop Grumman’s Alliant Techsystems has received orders totalling $194 million from the US Army for small-calibre ammunition, the company announced on 16 April. The orders ...
-
SRI to support US Army’s IVAS programme
SRI International has received a contract from SOSSEC to deliver digital night vision camera prototypes to support the US Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) ...
-
Milrem to sustain Latvian Bv206 vehicles
Patria’s subsidiary Milrem LCM has signed a framework agreement with the Logistics Command of the Latvian National Armed Forces for the maintenance and repair of ...
-
PT Pindad signs medium tank and Pandur II agreements
State-owned PT Pindad has concluded two agreements for armoured vehicles for the Indonesian Army, one for the Kaplan MT medium tank and another for Pandur ...
-
Poland receives first serial production Krab howitzers
The Polish Army has taken delivery of the first batch of serial production 155mm Krab self-propelled howitzers (SPH) from Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW). The handover ...