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These vehicles were configured with a roof-mounted TOW launcher and carried six rounds in the cargo compartment with an additional round in the tube. [36] The British Army also deployed TOW-armed, Westland Lynx helicopters to the conflict, where they were used to attack Iraqi armored vehicles. This was the first recorded use of the TOW missile ...
BREM-2 (BREM stands for bronirovannaya remonto-evakuatsionnaya mashina – armored maintenance-recovery vehicle) – The turret has been removed and replaced by an armored plate. The vehicle is fitted with a load platform with a capacity of 1.5 tonnes, a crane with a 1.5-tonne capacity (7 tonnes with additional outfit), which is placed on top ...
Space Shuttle crew training in a M113 Armoured Rescue Vehicle. From the early 1960s through to 2013 NASA operated a number of ex-United States Army M113s as armoured rescue vehicles. The vehicles, numbered 1 to 4, were originally painted white with large red numbers but were later repainted luminous yellow-green with a reflective silver stripe ...
In July 2020, Rheinmetall Defence showed a testbed vehicle on the Challenger 2 chassis, with a brand new turret, autoloading system and a powerful 130 mm smoothbore gun, the Rheinmetall Rh-130 L/51. [43] The 130 mm L/51 is 500 kilograms heavier than existing 120 mm L/44 or L/55 cannons and would require a larger turret to work on the Challenger ...
In January 2022, Australia committed to purchase 120 tanks and armored vehicles, including 75 M1A2s, at a total cost of $3.5 billion and to be delivered in 2024; the M1A2s will replace their 59 M1A1s. [291] [292] On 17 October 2024, the Australian government announced that it will be gifting 49 of its retired M1A1 tanks to Ukraine.
104 tanks, 575 armoured combat vehicles, 1,104 vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 12 multiple-launch rocket systems, 12 air defence systems and 859 UAVs destroyed 1 Mi-28 helicopter [35] 1 Su-34 aircraft [36] 1 T-90M tank captured [37] 4 T-80 BVM tanks captured 2 T-72 tanks captured [38] Per Ukraine: 5,500 to 6,000 killed or wounded, 2 captured ...
Armoured engineering vehicle: N/A [27] [better source needed] Armoured recovery vehicle: TV-62 Soviet Union Bulgaria: Armoured recovery vehicle N/A Recovery vehicle based on a T-62 tank chassis. BAT-M Soviet Union: Route-clearing vehicle N/A Based on the heavy AT-T tractor (itself based on a T-54 chassis). Used to clear minefields, create paths ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.