The first Puma infantry fighting vehicle has been handed over to the German Bundeswehr by Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) on Jun. 24.

By Sonaz (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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M1A2 main battle tanks from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment are being flown off from Ramstein Air Base in C-17s to Bulgaria where they will live rounds at the Novo Selo Training Area for the first time.

U.S. Army courtesy photo

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U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command officially re-designated its subordinate commands as Marine Raiders during a ceremony at Camp Lejeune on Jun. 19.

Photo by Sgt. Donovan Lee
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21 Indian soldiers and two British soldiers were injured when their military carriers collided on Salisbury Plain, a few miles from Stonehenge.
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After fifty-years in the Korean peninsular, the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division is preparing to inactivate this Summer.
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The United Arab Emirates will soon purchase the Khrizantema-S self-propelled anti-tank system from Russia, Kolomna Instrument Manufacturing Design Bureau’s chief designer said.

By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (vitalykuzmin.net) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s press service reported that the new Polonaise multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) had passed tests in China. This further cement the fact that the Polonaise is based on the Chinese Weishi-family of rockets.

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A joint team of Japanese and Mongolian researchers have uncovered evidence that the Soviet Union had made preparations to attack Japanese units in Manchuria back in 1942.
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Argentina has place an order for 110 Chinese VN-1 8×8 armored vehicles. The first shipment will equip the Southern Cross Force, a peacekeeping force that Argentina formed with Chile.
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The Lebanese Army marked the delivery of over 200 TOW-II anti-missiles and launchers by holding a live-fire demonstration with the U.S. Ambassador in attendance on Jun. 10.

Photo: U.S. Embassy Beirut
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