Information collection No.157

THE CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION No. 157

(November 2021)

1. Armored vehicles. Protection.
   1. StrikeShield – modular active protection that changes the rules of the game
   2. Eurotrofi will provide active protection of tanks
   3. Raphael is teaming up with GD and KMW to promote KAZ "Trophy" to the European market
   4. Active protection of German Leopard tanks
   5. Bundeswehr tested Leopard 2 with Trophy Active Protection System
   6. The new generation of active defense of the US Army
   7. Abrams with an unmanned tower and hybrid drive
   8. Analysis of the reservation of the M1A2 SEP "Abrams" tank
   9. Italy wants to buy new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, the fleet of armored vehicles will grow by half
   10. Taiwan will begin updating the M60A3 main battle tank fleet in 2022
   11. Prospects for the development of Pakistani armored vehicles
   12. Serial deliveries of Armata tanks to the Russian Army are included in the new state armament program
   13. Poland does not intend to abandon the purchase of American M1A2 Abrams tanks
   14. The offer of the K2NO tank from the South Korean Hyundai Rotem for the Norwegian army
   15. Israeli heavy armored personnel carriers
   16. Kazakhstan has successfully conducted field tests of the Otokar ARMA 8x8 armored personnel carrier
   17. The failure of the tests of the armored personnel carrier "Barys 8x8" in Kazakhstan
   18. Assembly of the BTR "Barys" begins in Kazakhstan
   19. Pandur II as a promising platform for the armies of Slovakia and the Czech Republic
   20. Iveco and Leonardo presented the concept of a tracked BMP of the next generation for the Italian army
   21. In the USA, the LAV 700 armored personnel carrier was tested
   22. Germany is leading a program to modernize the Marder BMP
   23. Nexter ASCALON concept. Artillery armament for the tank of the future
   24. Czech Republic risks being left with a licensed copy of the Soviet BMP-2
   25. The UAE Army has chosen Rabdan armored personnel carriers
   26. BMP "Lynx" with rubber tracks
2. Means of destruction. Ammunition.
   1. Anti-tank complexes from KB "Luch" have once again proved their combat characteristics
   2. Sweden tested ATGM MMR from France
   3. The Israeli company uVision for the first time presented its barrage ammunition in the UAE
   4. 40-mm grenades of the new generation from Roketsan
   5. 50 mm cannon for the US Army
   6. Russian anti-helicopter mines and foreign reaction
   7. Combat laser for the protection of armored vehicles
3. Personal armor protection equipment
   1. Ulbrichts presents the world's first VPAM-6 level combat helmet that really protects against bullets 7.62x39 with a steel core of Kalashnikov assault rifles
   2. Armor: balance between protection and weight
4. Robotics, UAVs and the fight against them.
   1. Robots will revolutionize military intelligence
   2. Turkey begins production of ground-based unmanned military equipment, including mini-tanks
   3. Manual anti-UAV complex "Harpoon-3"
5. New materials and technologies.
   1. Additive technologies for the BTR "Boomerang"
   2. The US military is testing new technologies