A senior U.S. Defense Department official has said that the United States is exploring the possibility of supplying Western-made main battle tanks to the Ukrainian military at some point in… Continue reading "U.S. Official: “Tanks Are Absolutely On The Table” For Ukraine"
Ukrainian troops on the counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast have captured a Russian T-90M main battle tank, the newest member of the Russian Army’s tank fleet. Photographs by a Ukrainian tanker… Continue reading "Ukrainian Forces Capture Russia’s Most Advanced Tank"
Following a meeting with German Defense Ministry State Secretary Benedikt Zimmer in Bratislava, Slovakia’s Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad announced that Slovakia will donate 30 Soviet-era BMP-1 amphibious tracked infantry… Continue reading "Slovakia To Deliver 30 BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine in Exchange For 15 Tanks From Germany"
Spanish defense minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday that Madrid had abandoned its plans to donate surplus Spanish Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine, as inspections had found the… Continue reading "Mothballed Spanish Leopard 2A4s “Unusable” For Donation To Ukraine"
The Polish Minister of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, has confirmed that Poland will procure more M1 Abrams tanks. The statement comes as Poland embarks on a huge arms deal, which includes… Continue reading "Poland To Field Older M1A1 Abrams Tanks"
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Błaszczak formally signed a framework agreement with the South Korean government on Wednesday for the procurement of K2 main battle tanks, K9 self-propelled howitzers and… Continue reading "Poland Officially Signs South Korean Arms Deal – Deliveries To Start This Year"
The Polish government has confirmed that it is in talks with South Korea for a wide-ranging series of arms procurements, saying that it expects contracts formalizing the procurements to be… Continue reading "Poland: Korean Arms Buy Contract Signings Expected"
General Dynamics Land Systems announced on 13 July, that it had been contracted to procure Trophy Ready Kits for the United States Army’s fleet of M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.… Continue reading "General Dynamics Contracted To Procure M1A2 Trophy Ready Kits"
18 Challenger 2 tanks of ‘A’ Squadron (Prince Philip’s Squadron) of the Queen’s Royal Hussars Regiment will support the operations of the Polish 21st Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 18th… Continue reading "British Challenger 2 Squadron Attached To Polish 18th Mechanized Division"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including General Dynamics winning US… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 July)"