The Canadian Department of National Defense has announced the agreement of a CA$3 billion deal to procure up to 360 General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada LAV (Light Armoured Vehicle)… Continue reading "Canadian Army to receive General Dynamics LAV Armoured Combat Support Vehicles"
The Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the replacement for the HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) or Humvee series, has been given the green light by US Marine Corps… Continue reading "US Marine JLTV Ready to Deploy"
After failing to get Dozor-B production off the ground since 2014, the Ukrainian MoD has announced it will instead buy a licensed copy produced in Poland, known as Oncilla. Dozor-B,… Continue reading "Ukraine Will Buy a Polish Built Version of Its Own Vehicle"
BAE has been funded by the US Army to build prototypes mounting the new cannon designed for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery program (ERCA) on their M109A7 chassis. The M109A7… Continue reading "Extended Range Cannon Artillery Program Gains Momentum"
Several technology demonstrators for the Carmel advanced ground combat vehicle program were shown off for the first time yesterday. Each of Israel’s major defense contractors (Elbit, Rafael, and IAI) put… Continue reading "Carmel Next-generation AFV Prototypes Shown Off by Israel"
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have embarked on an ambitious upgrade/replacement program for both its fleet of Pinzgauer and Unimog trucks and its Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV). Phase 1… Continue reading "New Zealand Protected Mobility Capability Project Begins"
The future of the Australian Thales Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) (PMV-L) has been secured by the purchase of Austrian engine manufacturer, Steyr Motors. Steyr Motors went into insolvency in… Continue reading "Thales Purchases Troubled Steyr Motors"
Formerly known as the M1A2 SEPv3, the latest iteration of the US Abrams main battle tank has now been officially re-designated the M1A2C. The C model boasts a range of… Continue reading "The Upgraded Abrams – Now Officially the M1A2C"
The French Army are purchasing some 54 Thales 120mm 2R2M (Rifled Recoiled Mounted Mortar) mortars to mount on their newly acquired VBMR Griffon 6×6 light armoured vehicles to replace the… Continue reading "France Purchases Thales 120mm 2R2M Mortars"
Although reports on the combat utility of the Uran-9 armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in Syria were less than enthusiastic as we reported last month, the Russian Army says that… Continue reading "Russian Combat Engineers receive Kapitan UGV"