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21 Januari 2019 Anniversary the 70th of the Lao People's Army  (all photos : Houmphet Manisouk,  Lao National Radio) On January 20, in the Phonhong district of Vientiane province, the Lao People's Army held a review ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary with the participation of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of modern military equipment. Formerly known as Latxavong which was declared by President Kaysone Phomvihane on January 20, 1949 with only 25 soldiers and rudimentary armament, spent 70 years of building, fighting and maturity, Nowadays, Lao People's Army is gradually developing to be formal, sophisticated and modern. In the photo, the Lao Army representative block with a rifle assaulting a Vietnamese-made Galil ACE, can be seen at first glance as an ACE 32 rifle variant. In particular, the General Secretary and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith attended and presided over the military ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Army at P...

15 Januari 2019 VT-4 tank of the Royal Thai Army (photo : RTA) The army requires the approval of the cabinet for the purchase of 14 VT-4 battle tanks from China worth more than 2.3 billion baht, an army source said. This will be the third batch of VT-4 tanks purchased from China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited. According to the source, each tank costs about 167 million baht.  The first batch of 28 such tanks was acquired in 2016 at a price of 4.9 billion Baht, and the second batch of 11 tanks, which arrived in 2017, was estimated at 2 billion Baht.  A source in the army purchasing committee said that the army wants to buy more VT-4 because of their satisfactory performance. According to the source, before the transition to the VT-4, the army tried unsuccessfully to purchase T-84 Oplot-M tanks from the Ukrainian Ukroboronprom because of the unrest caused by the conflict with Russia. ( Andrei BT )

10 Januari 2019 Laos T-34 tanks (photo : dambiev) TSAMTO - As part of military-technical cooperation, the Lao Ministry of Defense transferred 30 T-34 tanks to the military department of the Russian Federation in fully operational condition. Until recently, armored vehicles were in service with the army of Laos. During the visit of Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu to Laos, held in January last year, agreements were reached on the return of T-34 tanks to Russia. The equipment by sea transport has already overcome more than 4,500 thousand km and arrived in Vladivostok. Further, it will be delivered by rail to the Moscow region (Naro-Fominsk). The T-34 tank was a technological breakthrough for its time, it has a dozen records, which, apparently, will never be able to surpass, including as the most massively produced tank in the world. In the period from 1940 to 1946, more than 58 thousand units were produced. T-34.  However, after more than 70 years there are ...

02 Januari 2019 The first T-90S tank of Vietnam to return to the country (photo : BaoDatViet) The first images believed to be Vietnam's main battle tanks T-90 when arriving at the port appeared with dense frequency. As we know, the current T-90S/SK main battle tanks of Vietnam have been perfectly assembled by UralVagonZavod Factory, and it even shows impressive performance on the field and just waiting for the delivered. According to previous information, it is expected that the first batch of T-90 tanks will dock in Vietnam at the end of 2018 - early 2019 and complete the entire contract before the end of 2019. Vietnamese T90 tank (photo : Comrade Commissar) Last week there was a cargo ship to Vietnam and some people felt "happy", when it was not our T-90S/SK but T-72B1 the White Eagle of the Laos Army. But without waiting too long, the first photo was identified as recording the time when the T-90S main battle tank landed on the S-shaped strip of land appeared. The unif...

27 Desember 2018 VT-4 of the Royal Thai Army (photos : RTA) It was reported on 26 December 2018 that the Royal Thai Army received the main battle tank VT4 (MBT-3000) produced by NORINCO, defence industry company of the People's Republic of China,  is the second set of 10 units already. The latest VT4 main tank has been transported by boat at Thung Prong Pier, Sattahip, Chonburi since November 2018, and has been transported by car to the low-land trailer. The Cavalry Center, Adisorn Camp, Saraburi, to conduct a performance test before the examination was delivered in December 2018. According to the VT4 main battle tank supply project, PHASE 1, 26 cars, a budget of 4,4 million baht ($ 147 million) in the year of 2016, received in October 2017. The supply of VT4 main battle tanks, PHASE 2, 11 vehicles of 2,000 million baht ($ 60 million) in the year 2017 that has already been delivered above, the Thai Army now has 39 VT4 main battle tanks (including repair vehicles). The project value...

23 Desember 2018 BAE Armored Gun System.(photo : BAE) The Army picked its two traditional armored vehicle manufacturers, General Dynamics and BAE Systems, to build contending prototypes for its Mobile Protected Firepower light tank, the service announced today. Each company will get up to $376 million to build 12 prototypes, with delivery starting in 14 months and testing in 16. In 2022, the Army will pick a final winner to build a planned 504 vehicles. Cut from the competition today was upstart SAIC and its Singaporean partner STK. It’s the second swing and a miss for SAIC, which lost the Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle to BAE earlier this year. SAIC has a strong record on roadside-bomb resistant trucks — the famous MRAPs — but its efforts to break into the market for full-scale armored fighting vehicles have been rebuffed so far. Instead, the Army’s turned to its traditional vendors, with a $375.9 million award to BAE and $335 million to General Dynamics Land Systems. A Mo...

21 Desember 2018 T-72B1 'Belyy Orel' (White Eagle) MBT was shipping from Russia to Vietnam's Port and transpot to Laos on road by Lowboy trailer trucks (photo : AAG) Russia has begun deliveries of upgraded T-72B1 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the Lao People’s Armed Forces (LPAF), an LPAF source told Jane’s on 19 December. “A large batch of T-72B1 ‘White Eagle’ [Belyi Oryol] MBTs was shipped to a Vietnamese port several days ago. The tanks will soon be brought to Laos via tank transporters,” said the source on condition of anonymity, adding that the LPAF is set to receive “several dozen” tanks. T-72B1 LPAF (photo : Phet) The move comes after Laotian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Sengnuan Xayalat told Russian broadcaster Zvezda that the LPAF would receive Russian-made weaponry and platforms, including “new T-72 tanks”. ( Jane's )

21 Desember 2018 FV-101 Scorpions light tanks of the Malaysian Army (photo : Gempurwira) SHAH ALAM: Scorpions to be retired. The Army has recommended that it’s fleet of Scorpion light tanks be retired due to the high cost of maintenance and obsolescence issues. Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong told Parliament on Dec. 18, 2018 that none of the Scorpions were no longer operational.  The recommendation to retire the Scorpions was made after the Army conducted a study on its armoured vehicles requirements for the long term. The Scorpions it seemed are not compatible with the Army’s plans, directions and further more being costly to maintain. He said the Scorpion fleet entered service in 1981 and were placed in service with the Armoured Squadron of the 10th Para Brigade. The fleet had undergone a Service Life Extension Programme (SLEP) and upgrades from 2007 to 2011 and the Army decided to continue the service of the vehicle until 2018. Liew said none of the Scorpions are currentl...