This 27 January 2006, the Belgian government approved the programme of acquisition of new wheeled armoured vehicles 8x8. This acquisition is the last shot of the modernization of the vehicles for the Belgian ground force. The contract was allotted to the Swiss firm Mowag. The Mowag vehicle, Piranha IIIC, fulfills best the requirements of the specification. The complete range is made up of seven versions which will replace all the existing tracked vehicles (Leopard, AIFV and M113): 99 vehicule use as armoured personnel carrier, 32 vehicles AIFV with gun of 30 mm, 40 vehicle as antitank vehicle with 90 mm gun, 24 command post vehicle, 12 ambulance vehicle, 17 armoured recovery and repair vehicle, and 18 engineer vehicle. Belgian defense also made the acquisition of armoured trucks and jeeps of the Italian IVECO company.
27 January 2006

Iraqi soldiers drive away in armoured vehicles from the main entrance of Iraq's interior ministry complex which leads to the scene of a twin suicide attack in central Baghdad. Twenty-eight police were killed and 25 injured when twin suicide bombers attacked the ministry where ministers and the US ambassador were attending a parade to mark Police Day
09 January 2006

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers with an armoured personal carrier guard a street in Miranshah, the main town in northern Waziristan tribal area January 7, 2006. Sixteen people, including eight paramilitary soldiers, were killed in Pakistan on Saturday in separate incidents in its restive tribal belt on the afghan border, officials and witnesses said.
07 January 2006

Sri Lankan soldiers guard the street as an armed carrier drives past in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, January 5, 2006.
06 January 2006

Hungarian soldiers members of the EUFOR peacekeeping troops head toward the scene after EUFOR peacekeepers exchanged fire with a suspected Bosnian Serb war crime suspect identified as Dragomir Abazovic, close to Rogatica, about 70 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of the capital, Sarajevo, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006. According to the Bosnian Serb police, Abazovic, was wounded and the suspect's wife, Rada, 42, and son Dragoljub, 12, also were injured in the attempt to arrest the war crimes suspected.
05 January 2006

Russian soldiers wait for the end of air strikes and artillery bombardment near the village of Gimry in Dagestan, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006. Russian forces pounded suspected rebels in the restive southern region of Dagestan with air and artillery strikes Thursday as they tried for a third day to eliminate a small band entrenched in the mountains near the village of Gimry.
05 January 2006

Israeli armoured personnel carriers drive along the Israeli Egyptian border during a troop deployment near the Kerem Shalom crossing January 2, 2006. Israeli aircraft struck at Gaza Strip militants and Palestinian police stormed government offices in the territory on Monday as internal unrest brought new calls for a Palestinian election delay.
02 January 2006

Iraqi soldiers ride on a tank while taking position during a raid in Al Gawiya village, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad January 2, 2006. At least 15 insurgents were arrested in the raid.
02 January 2006