Training of Ukrainian crews of armored vehicles M2 Bradley USA. Footage of the training of Ukrainian soldiers in Germany by American instructors has been published, the military personnel use the M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, which will be transferred to the Ukrainian army.
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The Ukrainian army began to actively use Panthera T6 armored vehicles, a column with it was seen by eyewitnesses, it also became known that one vehicle fell into the hands of the Russian army in the north of Bakhmut. The Panthera T6 light armored personnel carrier was developed by Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles, located in the UAE. Armored vehicles came to Ukraine in December, with ready-made pixel camouflage, the customer of the vehicles is unknown. The Panthera T-6 armored personnel carrier has a modular design and is built on different chassis, including the chassis of a Toyota 79 series car. The armored covering of the car provides passengers with protection from bullets and is able to withstand the detonation of two hand grenades or mines under the floor. The interior of the vehicle is equipped with dual air conditioning, it can be modified to accommodate various combat equipment and four stretchers. In the basic version, the armored vehicle does not have weapons, but you can install a machine gun or a light combat module. The car is equipped with surveillance and monitoring systems and can accommodate 8 people. The gross vehicle weight is 3200 kg, the maximum speed is about 165 km/h.
The Ukrainian army began to use a rare Dozor-B armored car, one of the armored vehicles was seen at the front. The Dozor-B armored personnel carrier was developed by the Kharkov Design Bureau and first introduced in 2004, after which it was repeatedly upgraded. The machine is produced under license in Poland under the name "Oncilla". The armored vehicle is designed for special forces, patrol and reconnaissance operations. The development of the car was not easy, the Ukrainian armor of the brand "71" was replaced by the Polish one due to difficulties in production, after which cracks were found in the car. The vehicle's armor protects against armor-piercing small arms bullets and is reinforced from the inside with layers of Kevlar ballistic fabric. The bottom of the machine has a cylindrical shape to provide protection against mines. The armored vehicle is equipped with air conditioning and filters with protection against radioactive dust and biological weapons. Various remote-controlled combat modules can be installed on the armored vehicle. Their armament may consist of a 12.7 mm machine gun, a 30 mm grenade launcher and a 130 mm Barrier anti-tank missile system. The car can have 5 different engines and has a speed of up to 90 km/h. The crew of the car is 3 people and 8 landing people. The price of the Dozor-B car, in 2014 prices, is about 80 thousand dollars
Footage of the training of Ukrainian soldiers on French AMX-10RC heavy armored vehicles has been published, a video about these armored vehicles is available on the channel. Earlier it was reported that the AMX-10R wheeled tanks can be used not only in reconnaissance but also in frontal attacks of the army, which is quite a risky occupation due to their thin armor of these vehicles. Reportedly, the first French AMX-10 armored vehicles have already appeared in Ukraine.