https://www.defencetalk.com Army news related to army weapons such as tanks, artillery and army vehicles as well as land combat and army technology. Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:28:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-send-more-mobile-artillery-to-ukraine-79817/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:28:23 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79817 France will ship 12 more Caesar truck-mounted howitzers and fresh air defence equipment to Ukraine to bolster the fight against Russian invaders, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday. The artillery pieces, adding to 18 already delivered, would be financed from a 200-million-euro ($217-million) pot France set up to fund arms for Kyiv, Lecornu told a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-send-more-mobile-artillery-to-ukraine-79817/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/leopard-tanks-to-arrive-in-ukraine-around-late-march-germany-79777/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:38:17 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79777 Leopard tanks pledged by Germany to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion will arrive in “late March, early April”, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday. Training of Ukrainian troops on German Marder infantry fighting vehicles will start in the next few days, he added, “and for the Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/leopard-tanks-to-arrive-in-ukraine-around-late-march-germany-79777/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/white-house-says-us-germany-to-send-ukraine-armored-vehicles-79703/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:19:44 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79703 President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to send powerfully armed infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, marking a new phrase of Western military support to repel Russia’s invasion. Germany will also follow the United States in sending a state-of-the-art Patriot missile system to Ukraine to help ward off Russian air attacks. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/white-house-says-us-germany-to-send-ukraine-armored-vehicles-79703/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-signs-deal-for-abrams-tanks-from-us-79694/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 13:15:43 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79694 The Polish government on Wednesday signed a deal to buy 116 Abrams tanks from the United States as it builds up its army amid the war raging in neighboring Ukraine. The sale had been approved by the US State Department in December. “We are strengthening the iron fist of the Polish Army… to efficiently deter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-signs-deal-for-abrams-tanks-from-us-79694/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/french-tanks-join-nato-defensive-line-in-romania-79658/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:10:09 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79658 Freshly arrived at Cincu army training camp, 120mm cannons loaded on French tanks are already booming out across the muddy firing range as NATO bolsters its forces in Romania, a member country bordering Ukraine. “The Ukrainian crisis shows that what’s going on in the east can threaten all of Europe. We’re showing that NATO is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-tanks-join-nato-defensive-line-in-romania-79658/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-conduct-biggest-ever-war-games-in-2023-79603/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:02:20 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79603 France is planning its biggest ever military exercise involving 12,000 troops, including NATO allies, in the first half of next year, a commander at the chiefs of staff said Tuesday. The scenario calls for a major conflict with an unspecified foreign state to be played out, said Yves Metayer, commander of the troop deployment division […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-to-conduct-biggest-ever-war-games-in-2023-79603/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-names-herzi-halevi-as-next-army-chief-79539/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:19:44 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79539 The Israeli government on Sunday confirmed Major General Herzi Halevi, a former military intelligence head who led forces along the Gaza border, as the country’s next military chief. Halevi, 54, who serves as deputy to outgoing Chief of General Staff Aviv Kohavi, will take charge of Israel’s armed forces on January 17, Prime Minister Yair […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-names-herzi-halevi-as-next-army-chief-79539/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/mexican-lawmakers-approve-contentious-security-reform-79382/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 10:33:10 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79382 Mexican lawmakers on Friday approved a plan to put the National Guard under military control — a move that critics say hands too much power to the armed forces. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador created the new security force in 2019 with a civilian command to replace federal police accused of corruption and human rights […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mexican-lawmakers-approve-contentious-security-reform-79382/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-attends-military-exercises-with-chinese-forces-kremlin-79329/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:47:00 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79329 President Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises on Tuesday involving China and several other Russia-friendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local news agencies. Putin was meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov at the Sergeevski military range and could observe the final phase of the military exercises later, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-attends-military-exercises-with-chinese-forces-kremlin-79329/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-tests-integrated-augmented-reality-tech-with-stryker-vehicles-79295/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:32:49 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=79295 The Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems hosted a two-day demonstration event at JBLM August 24 and 25, highlighting state-of-the-art communications and visual augmentation technology integrated into U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles as well as Soldiers’ individual combat gear. The event was part of the ongoing development of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System — […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-tests-integrated-augmented-reality-tech-with-stryker-vehicles-79295/]]>