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According to information published by the Iranian press agency FARS on December 22, 2021, the Iranian army has officially used its new Karrar home-made Main Battle Tank during military exercises in the Southern parts of Iran.
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According to information published by the Iranian press agency FARS on December 22, 2021, the Iranian army has officially used its new Karrar home-made Main Battle Tank during military exercises in the Southern parts of Iran.
According to Indian media, the Indian Army is planning to buy 10 sets of Medium-Range Precision Kill System (MRPKS), comprising 120 loitering munitions to destroy enemy targets with precision and minimum collateral damage. The 120 loitering munitions will help artillery units to detect, engage, strike and destroy static and moving targets with precision.
According to information published by the INQUIRER.NET website on December 20, 2021, the Philippine armed forces will receive this month 20 Sabrah light tanks produced by the Israeli company Elbit Systems.
According to information published by the Colonel Ajai Shukla website, the Indian Company Bharat Forge Ltd. has launched a new 4x4 155mm self-propelled howitzer MArG (Multi-Terrain Artillery Gun called 155-BR.
According to information released on December 17, 2021, The manufacturing of the 8x8 'Dragon' Wheeled Combat Vehicle (RCV) for the Spanish Armed Forces has started in the Trubia Factory (Asturias) of GDELS (General Dynamics European Land Systems) - Santa Bárbara Sistemas with the cutting of the first steel armor plate.
According to Tasnim news agency, in the final stage of ‘Payambar-e Azam 17 (The Great Prophet)’ exercise, underway along Iran’s southern coasts, the IRGC Ground Force flew various combat and reconnaissance drones over the drill zone.
According to a press release from the Finnish Ministry of Defense, Finnish Minister of Defense Antti Kaikkonen has authorized the Armed Forces to enter into a procurement contract with Sako Ltd for the procurement of new rifles. The procurement contract covers the procurement of a sniper rifle intended for the use of snipers, and a rifle intended for the use of infantry group support snipers. In addition, the agreement covers equipment, spare parts, maintenance tools and training provided by the manufacturer.
According to the Hindustan Times, the Indian Corps of Engineers is showcasing the indigenous equipment in Pune, which were inducted into the army. The Indian Army is set to receive indigenously designed and developed anti-personnel and anti-tank mines.
A tweet posted on December 22 by Caesar shows a Singaporean Bronco 3 ATV with 120mm Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System (SRAMS) and an Israeli-made counterbattery radar, a dual configuration never seen before. The tweet does not mention any location (obviously a defense exhibition) nor date.
According to a tweet from Ajit K. Dubey, ANI News, the Indian Air Force, on Monday, December 20, deployed the first squadron of Russian-made S-400 Triumf air defense systems in the Punjab sector. Top government sources said that “The batteries of the first squadron would be capable of taking care of aerial threats from both Pakistan and China.”
As reported by Artur Marciniak in Defence 24, the consortium responsible for the ZSSW-30 unmanned turret has received an invitation to negotiate the deliveries of this system, primarily designed to be fitted onto the Rosomak APCs.
According to information published by the Bladi.net website on December 18, 2021, Morocco has taken delivery of the first batteries of Chinese-made FD-2000B surface-to-air defense missile systems at a military base near the city Sidi Yahya El Gharb.
According to information released on December 21, 2021, Nir-Or, a subsidiary of IMCO Industries Ltd. announces that it has completed the first models' supply of its advanced video system for the IDF's (Israel Defence Force) Namer tracked Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle.
According to information released on December 21, 2021, Swedish company Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for deliveries of both the new High Explosive round and Fire Control Device for the recoilless Carl Gustaf anti-tank weapon. The order values are approximately SEK 300 million and SEK 65 million respectively and deliveries will take place during 2022-2023.
According to information published by "The Korea Herald" news website on December 15, 2021, the Army of South Korea has started the deployment of new mobile short-range air defense KW2 based on an 8x8 armored vehicle chassis fitted with a two-man turret armed with two 30mm Rheinmetall Air Defense (Oerlikon) KCB automatic cannons manufactured under license by the South Korean S&T group.
According to Vugar Khalilov in AzerNews, Azeri Defence Industry Deputy Minister Mehman Bakhishov said that Azerbaijan will produce 66 types of new weapons and military equipment in 2022, Trend reported on December 17: "I hope that this armament will be launched in production in the second half of 2022".
The MoD of Lithuania on December 17 announced that, back in November, the Defence Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defence signed a contract for the acquisition of 356 second-hand military transport vehicles from The Netherlands, among which 125 Mercedes-Benz GD 290s having to be delivered before the end of 2021. Most of the shipment is assigned to National Defence Volunteer Force territorial units to patrol in the border area with Belarus starting on December 20.
According to a news published by the Deutsche Welle website on December 16, 2021, Former Chancellor Angela Merkel's German government has approved the sale of 16 IRIS-T SL medium-range air defense missile systems to Egypt. The IRIS-T SL is manufactured by the German company Diehl Defense.
As reported by Defense Studies, on 16 December 2021, the Marine Assault Amphibian Battalion of the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) demonstrated the sea-to-shore operation capabilities of its Chinese-made NORINCO VN16 Tracked Amphibious Assault Vehicles and US-made AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles upgraded by the Thai company Chaiseri.
According to various Indian media, India successfully tested the new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime ballistic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, according to an official statement issued on December 18 by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The surface ballistic missile, having a range of 1,000 to 2,000 km, was tested in Balasore.
According to information published on the Twitter account of Mariusz Błaszczak, Polish Defense Minister on December 15, 2021, The Polish army has taken delivery of 9 additional POPRAD anti-aircraft air defense missile systems.
Allison Transmission has been selected by the Israeli Ministry of Defense for in the framework of their future 8x8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle designated « Eitan ».
Serial supplies of the new KUB-BLA loitering drone developed by the ZALA Aero Company (part of the Kalashnikov Group) may begin in 2022, the company’s press office said: “The new strike drone has been recommended for acceptance into service. The serial supplies are expected to begin in 2022,” the press office said. According to the press office, the new loitering drone has successfully completed its state trials.
Elbit Systems UK on December 17 announced that it delivered the first tranche of its XACT Night Vision Goggles to the British Army as part of a contract awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to the company in June of this year.
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense on December 17, 2021, General Dynamics European Land Systems-Bridge Systems, Kaiserslautern, Germany, was awarded a $20,811,869 firm-fixed-price contract for the modernization of the Rapidly Emplaced Bridging System of the U.S. Army.