In 2021, the UK unveiled the Challenger 3, a radical upgrade to its Challenger 2 tanks, most notably replacing the iconic 120mm rifled gun with a smoothbore cannon. This change reflects decades of ...

Modern tanks rely on a small set of powerful shells to destroy armor, breach cover, and stop enemy vehicles. This video breaks down APFSDS, HEAT, ATGMs, HE, and HESH, showing how each one works and ...

As the Ministry of Defence (MoD) pushes for complete indigenisation of ammunition to ensure self-sufficiency for long-drawn wars, explosive manufacturing licenses are being issued to companies, ...

The $228 million contract is a follow-on to the Active Protection System, which protects armored fighting vehicles from a variety of battlefield threats. Israeli defense company Elbit Systems ...

Selling to BAE Systems Hagglunds will facilitate integration into CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) operated by several NATO member states. Elbit Systems made another breakthrough, receiving new ...

The Indian Army has indigenised 159 of the 175 ammunition variants in its inventory, achieving 91 per cent self-sufficiency and significantly reducing dependence on imports at a time when global ...

From a range of Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles (RPAVs), loitering munitions, drones and counter-drone systems to Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADs) and radars, the Ministry of Defence ...

Now a single company, KNDS aims at becoming a one-stop-shop for its MBT customers, hence the recent tests carried out by KNDS France to check the compatibility of its latest 120 mm ammunition on ...

A barely recognizable Ukrainian Leopard 1A5V main battle tank being demonstrated by the AFU’s 5th Separate Tank Brigade. Photo: Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukraine’s 5th Separate Armored Brigade ...

Rostec’s subsidiary, Rosoboronexport, has initiated the production of 125mm 3VBM17 Mango armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) rounds in India. The Mango rounds, designed ...

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KNDS's Nexter announced in a press release on 29 February that it had qualified its Shard 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) tank ammunition in late 2023 and that it is ...