Friday 26 April, 2024

Land Platforms

Sweden’s main battle tanks to get extensive upgrade

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed a contract with German arms company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to begin an extensive upgrade of the Swedish Army's Stridsvagn 122 main battle tank (MBT). The contract includes the renovation and...

DOLL delivers semi-trailers to German Bundeswehr

DOLL Fahrzeugbau GmbH has provided the German Bundeswehr with 31 new semi-trailers designed to carry heavy tracked vehicles. Present at the delivery of the final vehicle from the first firm order was Vice-Admiral Carsten...

Volvo Defense to deliver logistics trucks to Estonia and Latvia

Gothenburg-based Volvo Defense, a division of Volvo Trucks, has signed a framework agreement with the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia for the delivery of...

Slovakia takes delivery of Patria 8×8 AMVs

The Slovak Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported on 26 September that the first Patria 8x8 Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) XP has been delivered to Slovakia. A total of 76 AMV XP vehicles are expected...

Rheinmetall to build Panther tanks in Hungary

German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall Group will complete the development and begin production of its new KF51 Panther main battle tank (MBT) in Hungary, according to reports in the German newspaper Handelsblatt. Handelsblatt reported that Hungary...

Kongsberg to deliver additional CROWS to US Army

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has received a new order from the US Army for 409 Commonly Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) along with spares and support. The order is worth USD 94 million (NOK...

First shipment of US Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine

According to US officials, the first batch of 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks promised to Ukraine by the Biden administration has been delivered ahead of schedule. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that...

Israel unveils Merkava V tank

The Israeli Defense Ministry and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently unveiled the Barak, Israel's new main battle tank, after five years of development. The first models, called "5th generation Merkava battle tanks," were delivered...