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US Army Responds to Losses of M1 Abrams Tanks in Ukraine
With all but 4 of the 31 armored vehicles gifted to Ukraine and first deployed in February 2024 having been destroyed, the Pentagon will spend $100 million in countermeasures for its tanks.
June 30, 2025
Belarus
Belarus Buys ‘Modern Ammunition’ from Sanctioned Russian Arms Maker
The order for unspecified “modern ammunition” from Russia’s sanctioned Imperial Tula Arms Plant comes during a defense expo in Minsk.
May 21, 2025
War in Ukraine
Cement, Sand, Plexiglass: Latest Russian Solutions for Tank Protection
In response to a growing shortage of supplementary explosive armor a Russian research institute has been working on alternative materials to protect its armored vehicles.
April 9, 2025
Tanks
Up-Armored Ukrainian Leopard Tank Survives Multiple Russian FPV Drone Strikes
Russian UAV operators released a video that shows the armored vehicle being hit by as many as a dozen kamikaze drones before being eventually immobilized
Jan. 27, 2025
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Derided 60-Year-Old US APC Comes up Trumps in Ukraine
Since being sent to Ukraine as part of the US April 2022 $800 million aid package, the venerable M113 APC has become the invaluable workhorse for Kyiv’s armed forces.
Jan. 12, 2025
Tanks
Cost-Cutting or Corruption – Russia Proves House Bricks Can’t Protect Tanks
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the T-90M “Proryv” tank “the best in the world,” but the Ukrainian military has destroyed more than a hundred and a recent discovery may explain why.
Nov. 10, 2024
Germany
One Down, Three to Go – Rheinmetall Begins Production of Lynx IFV in Ukraine
The arms manufacturing company’s CEO told TSN that its first factory in Ukraine, its second is nearing completion, and two more are on the way in the coming months.
Oct. 28, 2024
Russian Armed Forces
Russian Armored Vehicle Destroyed in Kursk Days After Deployment
A week after Russian milbloggers were trumpeting the arrival of the LSTS-1944 Sarmat-3 lightly armored vehicle on the battlefield the first one was reported destroyed on Saturday.
Oct. 28, 2024
Tanks
Abrams Tank Is Vulnerable, US General Admits
For the first time a senior US military representative admitted what Kyiv had found out the hard way, on the battlefield: the M1A1 Abrams Tank is vulnerable to top attack.
Sept. 12, 2024
US
Ukraine to Get 4,000 Javelins as Share of US Army $1.3 Billion Contract
The Lockheed Martin and Raytheon “Javelin Joint Venture (JJV)” announced the contract on Aug. 28 to produce the man-portable, anti-armor weapons (ATGW), including 4,000 missiles for Ukraine.
Aug. 31, 2024