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CAIC Z-10 attack helicopter in flight deploying defensive flares during evasive maneuvers.

CAIC Z-10 Attack Helicopter: China’s Modern Answer to the Apache

The CAIC Z-10, also known as WZ-10, is China’s first modern, purpose-built attack helicopter. Developed by the China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), this helicopter

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Leopard 2: One of the world’s most powerful main battle tanks ever made

The Leopard 2 is the successor of the Leopard 1, the last main battle tank of the West German Army. Today, there are two main development batches of the tank: the original

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Main Battle Tanks

Challenger 1 with a longest tank kill in history — British Challenger 1: Owner of the longest tank kill in history (Photo: XY)

Challenger 1 MBT: A tank with the longest range confirmed kill

The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is the predecessor to the current British main battle tank (MBT) Challenger 2. The British Army used it from 1983 to 2001. After heavy modifications, it is also

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Main Battle Tanks

Row of Challenger 2 on a firing range at BATUS, Canada (Photo: XY)

Challenger 2 MBT: One of the toughest tanks in the world

Challenger 2 is a third-generation British main battle tank, and it is considered one of the toughest tanks in the world. It was never destroyed in combat, except incident “blue on blue”

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Main Battle Tanks

M113A2 version with mounted 12.7mm machine gun (Photo: XY)

M113: An iconic armored personnel carrier from the last century

The M113 is an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) intended to transport infantry soldiers to the front line. Up to the 1950s, infantry went to battle riding a truck or a tank, a

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APC

Flakpanzer Gepard Self-proppeled anti-aircraft gun (Photo: Bundeswehr)

Flakpanzer Gepard: A cornerstorne of Bundeswehr’s air defence for decades

Flakpanzer Gepard is a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) with two 35mm cannons with a radar. Among the capability to shoot out planes from the sky, Flakpanzer Gepard is also capable of

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Anti-Aircraft

Leopard 1A5 main battle tank — Leopard 1A5 version of German main battle tank (Photo: XY)

Leopard 1: A revolutionary tank that traded armor for greater mobility

The German Leopard 1 tank was designed based on the concept that HEAT warheads had rendered heavy armor obsolete, leaving speed the only defense. It was very lightly armored for a tank

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Main Battle Tanks

Vihor Light Tactical Vehicle side view — Vihor Light Tactical Vehicle developed by TRB (Photo: TRB)

TRB VIHOR: A New Standard in Light Tactical Vehicles from Bosnia and Herzegovina

The VIHOR is a cutting-edge light tactical vehicle that boasts a modular chassis developed by TRB, a prominent arms manufacturer based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 2022, it was officially unveiled

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Tactical Vehicles

R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missile launching (Photo: XY)

R-360 Neptune: A Ukrainian coastal anti-ship cruise missile

R-360 Neptune is a coastal anti-ship cruise missile developed by Ukrainian Luch Design Bureau. Its design is tied to the old Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, designed to defeat surface warships and other

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Missiles

M1A1 Abrams fires its main gun — An M1A1 Abrams Tank fires off a round as a demonstration during 1st Tank Battalion’s Jane Wayne Spouse Appreciation Day aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 3, 2018. The purpose of the event is to build resiliency in spiritual well being, the will to fight and a strong home life for the 1st Tanks Marines and their families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Porter)

M1 Abrams: One of the best tanks in the world

The M1 Abrams is the American main battle tank (MBT). It is a third-generation tank named for General Creighton Abrams. It was designed and manufactured by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land

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Main Battle Tanks

BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) (Photo: XY)

BMP-1: The first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle of the SSSR

The BMP-1 is the first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of the SSSR. It is tracked vehicle which has full amphibious capability. One of its most important features is a front-engined chassis

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Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs)

T-72 at the Chebarkul Training Ground in Russia in 2017 (Photo: Wiki)

T-72: The world’s most popular tank

The T-72 is the world’s most popular Main Battle Tank (MBT). In its current most upgraded forms, no other tank has seen the amount of military and war-time service like this one.

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Main Battle Tanks

Tigr-M, a Russian-made Multi-purpose Armored Vehicle (Photo: XY)

Tigr-M: An multipurpose all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle

The Tigr-M is a multipurpose all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle designed and produced in Russia. It is intended to transport personnel and cargo, tow trailer systems, and mounting weapons and military equipment while

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Tactical Vehicles

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