| |
| |
Belgium
Back
Menu
The most
big military exercise of the year for the Belgian Army, code name "
Active Lion ", photographs report Army Recognition.
| The
most big exercise army exercise for the Belgian Army, from
the 23 September 2005 to the 05 October 2005. This operation,
particularly important, implied nearly 6000 men, several
hundred armoured and light vehicles and several planes of
all types. This exercise consisted of a deployment of the
type Nato Response Force, followed of another type High
Readiness Task force, the will was to test the capacity
of deployment and action of the various units of the various
components implied in the scenario. The magazine Army Recognition
has make a photographs report of this army exercise, by
the photogrpah Thierry Lachapelle. Visit this link, Active
Lion 2005 pictures gallery.
22 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
Yemen
Back
Menu
Yemeni soldiers
patrol in the street of the city of Sanaa with BMP-1.
Yemeni
soldiers patrol in the street with infantry fighting vehicle
BMP-1to the city of Sanaa. Two Swiss tourists seized by
kidnappers in Yemen were expected to be release soon, information
from Switzerland's foreign ministry.
21 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
Turkey
Back
Menu
Turkish police
armoured vehicle burns, hit by pro-Kurdish protesters in Istanbul.
A police
armoured vehicle burns after being hit by a petrol bomb
thrown by a group of pro-Kurdish protesters in an Istanbul
suburb November 20, 2005. Around a hundred protesters demonstrated
against the Turkish government's demands to close a Danish-based
Kurdish channel, Roj TV.
20 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
India
Back
Menu
Big exhibition
for the Indian Army.
Indian
soldiers perform with a tank at the 'Know your Army' exhibition
in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 19, 2005.
19 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
United
States Back
Menu
M30 GMLRS
makes its operational debut as US Army ramps up full-rate production
The contract
for the next tranche of 1,026 M30 GMLRS (Guided Multiple
Launch Rocket System) GPS-guided rockets is expected to
be placed with prime contractor Lockheed Martin in December
2005, following receipt of full-rate production approval
from the US Army in June. The Guided Unitary Rocket M30
is fired from both the M270A1 and the HIMARS Launcher. The
M30 GLMRS rocket uses a guidance system with an IMU (Inertial
Measurement Unit) and a GPS receiver, and has four small
additional control fins in the nose. Range 60 km.
09 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
Sweden
Back
Menu
RG-32 wheeled
armoured vehicle order by the Swedish Army
The RG-32
armoured patrol vehicle from the company Alvis Vickers has
been ordered by the Swedish Army.
07 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
Australia
Back
Menu
Skylark mini-UAV
is to be deployed with Australian forces in Iraq.
Skylark
mini-UAV (9 November 2005)
Already in service with Israeli infantry units and some
European forces, the Skylark mini-UAV is to be deployed
with Australian forces in Iraq.
07 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
United
Kingdom Back
Menu
FV 432 fitted
with reactive armour package showed by Rafael Company.
At the
recent Defence Systems & Equipment International exhibition
in London, Rafael showed an upgraded version of the British
Army FV432 armoured personnel carrier. This was fitted with
a new insensitive reactive armour package intended to protect
the front and sides against a variety of anti-armour weapons
fitted with high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads, and
carried a Remote Controlled Weapon Station 30 (RCWS 30)
armed with a 30 mm cannon and a two-round Spike LR missile
launcher.
07 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
Ivory
Coast Back
Menu
Military
exercise to Abidjan, BTR-80 wheeled armoured vehicle on the street.
Crowd
cheer as an Ivory Coast military armored vehicle passes
by during a military exercise in Abidjan October 29, 2005.
The United Nations on Friday urged Ivory Coast President
Laurent Gbagbo and his opponents to agree as soon as possible
on a new prime minister to break a deadlock over the political
future of the war-divided country.
01 November 2005 |
|
|
|
| |
| |
