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The Army and defense contractor BAE Systems have now both clarified that the two AMPV 30s delivered this week to the 1st Cavalry Division are company-funded prototypes that are only set to be evaluated.

No, The Army Isn’t Fielding New AMPV Armored Vehicles With 30mm Cannons

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 2, 2026

Ukraine has begun testing a new homegrown armored personnel carrier, a tracked vehicle named Skif (Scythian, an ancient warrior tribe who also lived in parts of modern Ukraine). The development underscores the fact that, despite extensive losses of legacy tracked APCs, this is a class of vehicle that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still prioritizes at it tries to hold off the Russian invasion.

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Ukraine’s M113-Inspired Armored Personnel Carrier In Testing

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

The German military has revealed details of tests in which its Wiesel armored personnel carrier has been airdropped under parachutes from A400M transport aircraft. While the diminutive Wiesel (German for weasel) is already notably mobile, including fitting into a CH-53 helicopter, this appears to be the first time that it has been airdropped, marking a significant new capability for Germany’s airborne forces.

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Germany Is Now Airdropping Its Tiny Wiesel ‘Tankettes’

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

The Israeli Iron Fist active protection system has demonstrated its ability to down incoming drones.

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Iron Fist Active Protection System For Armor Can Shoot Down Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

The Leopard 2 Family of Vehicles (FOV) are the main battle tanks (MBT) of the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as several NATO countries. This FOV includes the Armoured Engineer Vehicles (AEV) and Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARV), and are capable of supporting a wide range of operations.

Canada Accelerates Armor Plans To Contend With Growing Threats

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 27, 2026

German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall has confirmed that a batch of KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles will arrive in Ukraine “in the coming weeks.” While a single example has already been provided for evaluation, the next five vehicles are expected to make the type’s combat debut. The KF41 variant was unveiled in 2018 and is otherwise only used by Hungary. Its future success could depend on how it fares on the battlefield with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Lynx KF41 Fighting Vehicles’ Arrival In Ukraine Imminent

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 13, 2026

Ajax making soldiers sick

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Bad Vibrations: UK’s Ajax Fighting Vehicles Put On Pause After Troops Get Sick

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

Among the highlights of the recent Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025 exhibition held in London was a new tank destroyer from Lockheed Martin and Germany’s Rheinmetall. The Fuchs JAGM, based on a well-established 6×6 armored vehicle, and armed with no fewer than 24 missiles, reflects a growing interest in anti-tank warfare, spurred in part by lessons of the war in Ukraine.

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Fuchs JAGM Tank Destroyer Packs 24 Missiles Into A Single Vehicle

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 20, 2025

An armored Polaris Ranger X Utility Task Vehicle was seen guarding U.S. President Donald Trump at his golf course in Scotland.

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Secret Service Debut Armored Polaris Ranger “Golf Force One” To Help Protect Trump

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

The U.S. Army wants its armored vehicles to begin sporting top attack armor protection by 2027.

Army Wants Cope Cage-Like Armor To Protect From Drone Attacks On Its Tanks

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 1, 2025

An intriguing photo has emerged of an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) captured by Russia and fitted with a Russian-made 30mm cannon in place of the vehicle’s original Bushmaster M242 25mm automatic cannon. Whether the installation is intended for operational use, or for trials, or for some other purpose, is unclear, but it is the latest in a long line of unorthodox modifications to armored vehicles that have appeared since the start of the war in Ukraine.

M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Appears In Russia With Locally Made 30mm Cannon

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 28, 2025

An unknown weapon seen being fired from a U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle's BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile launcher at a major test event earlier this year has now been identified.

Mysterious Weapon Fired From M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Identified

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

The U.S. Army has released a picture of a Bradley fighting vehicle using its BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile launcher to fire something else referred to simply as the "670," which appears to be previously unseen.

Mysterious Weapon Fired From Bradley Fighting Vehicle During Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 19, 2025

The Army is testing its new M10 Booker under harsh Arctic conditions at Fort Greely in Alaska.

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M10 Booker Undergoing Cold Weather Trials In Alaska

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 20, 2025

A dramatic video has appeared showing a Russian BTR-82 8x8 armored personnel carrier firing its main gun wildly, apparently due to a malfunction after the vehicle was struck by a drone. While huge numbers of this particular model of BTR have been lost in Russian hands since the start of the full-scale invasion, this is certainly one of the most bizarre sequences we’ve seen of the vehicle in combat.

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Russian BTR-82 Had A Spectacular Misfire On The Battlefield In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 20, 2025

Saxony-Anhalt, Altengrabow: A new RCH 155 wheeled howitzer from tank manufacturer KNDS is on display at the Altengrabow military training area. Here, KNDS is using the platform of the Boxer wheeled tank as a weapon carrier for an automated and remote-controlled artillery gun. With the fully automated wheeled howitzer, which fires on the move, the tank manufacturer KNDS promises the Bundeswehr and the armed forces of partner countries an advantage on the battlefield. In addition, two soldiers are said to be sufficient as a crew, whereas previously five men were needed as driver and operator in the tracked Panzerhaubitze 2000.

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Ukraine Gets First RCH 155 Wheeled Howitzer, Boxer Fighting Vehicles May Follow

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 14, 2025