Ground Forces

Coverage of land-based military systems, armored vehicles, and ground operations.

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What Armored Vehicles Does Turkey Have? Kirpi, Pars and Tulpar

What Armored Vehicles Does Turkey Have? Kirpi, Pars and Tulpar

Apart from its tanks, the Turkish army has more than 9,000 armoured vehicles. About 5,000 are tracked carriers designed in the 1960s and 1980s. Another...

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US Artillery: M777, Paladin, HIMARS and MLRS

US Artillery: M777, Paladin, HIMARS and MLRS

American artillery comes in five main systems: the towed M119 and M777 howitzers, the self-propelled M109 Paladin, and the HIMARS and M270 rocket launchers. The...

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Czechoslovak Group Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Czechoslovak Group Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Czechoslovak Group, known as CSG, is the Prague-based defense holding that was assembled in 2014 and listed on Euronext Amsterdam in January 2026 at a...

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Ajax AFV Specs, Variants and the Noise and Vibration Crisis

Ajax AFV Specs, Variants and the Noise and Vibration Crisis

The Ajax armored fighting vehicle is the British Army's 589-vehicle family of tracked reconnaissance and support vehicles, a program that began in 2014 and ran...

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What Artillery Does Turkey Have? Fırtına, Boran and TRG-300

What Artillery Does Turkey Have? Fırtına, Boran and TRG-300

Turkey has one of the largest artillery forces in NATO: about 1,045 self-propelled guns, 635 towed guns and 200 rocket launchers. As with its tanks,...

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China, Pakistan Hold First-Ever Joint Army Drill in Xinjiang

China, Pakistan Hold First-Ever Joint Army Drill in Xinjiang

Lead China and Pakistan opened their first-ever joint army exercise on October 14, 2026, at a training base near Korla in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous...

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Iveco Defence Vehicles, the Italian Maker of the LMV and Freccia

Iveco Defence Vehicles, the Italian Maker of the LMV and Freccia

Iveco Defence Vehicles is the Italian maker of the LMV light multirole vehicle, the Freccia 8x8 and a wide range of military trucks, and in...

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BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Specs, Armament and Operators

BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Specs, Armament and Operators

The BMP-3 is a Russian infantry fighting vehicle of about 18.7 tonnes that packs a 100 mm gun, a 30 mm cannon and a coaxial...