A recent report by The Times looking at the UK-led Operation Interflex, an international effort training Ukrainian personnel in the UK, featured a plethora of new photos that suggest the UK has now procured IWI Galil Ace Rifles to aid in the training of Ukrainian troops.

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It's rare we see modern Western service rifles transferred direct from donor countries' stocks but in recent months a small not noteworthy number of Dutch C7NLDs have appeared in Ukraine.

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At the end of April, Ukraine announced the setting up of a marketplace for military technology and equipment - the Brave1 Market. Unsurprisingly the new initiative has quickly garnered comparisons with commercial sites like Amazon and eBay. Let's take a look at what's available on the new site.

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Since our last video on gun-armed drone both sides have continued to develop the technology. Numerous Ukrainian teams have developed recoilless 'shotgun' drones designed to hunt other drones as well as developing and fielding an AK-armed FPV and a fixed wing gun drone. The Russians too have retur...

Development of gun-armed drones is moving rapidly in Ukraine. In this video we're going to take a look at the latest development: a gun-armed fixed wing UAV, the ZigZag from Ukrainian manufacturer Sky Defenders.

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The S8 is an 80mm family of unguided solid-fuel rockets which are typically fired from aircraft such as Mi-8 and Su-25s. This week, however, a video of an improvised launcher developed to be fired from the shoulder emerged, seemingly developed by Russian personnel.

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On the 27 December, a Ukrainian fundraising charity posted a series of short videos featuring a drone with a pair of gun barrels. The video showed the drone successfully shooting down several Russian drones.

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On 13 December it was confirmed that Czech CZ BREN 2 rifles are being assembled in Ukraine with future plans to expand to manufacturing the rifles.

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A quick look at an interesting and very simple 3D printed anti-personnel mine currently in use in Ukraine.

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Today we are taking a look at three different pieces of kit developed to carry Degtyarev DP pan magazines. These mags are really inconveniently shaped, and traditional magazine pouches just don't work for them. Instead, the Soviets initially fielded a stamped steel can that held three pans. This ...

Earlier this summer, Polish PGN-60 rifle grenades began to appear in the hands of various Ukrainian units. These 68mm fin-stabilised, High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) grenades have been used by some units to assemble first person view (FPV) kamikaze drones.

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In this week's video we explore the emerging branch of drone evolution in Ukraine that has seen the development of what I'm calling RPG-FPVs - AKA: Rocket Launcher Drones.

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On land, sea and in the air drones and unmanned systems have shaped the war in Ukraine for over 2 years. The latest unmanned system to be pressed into service are robot dogs!

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RBS-17 anti-ship missiles have been used in Ukraine since autumn 2022 and we've looked at them in the past [https://youtu.be/ilfZlXR0wb0] but some excellent footage of them in use has surfaced necessitating a fresh look.

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Seen just a handful of times since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the magazine-fed 30×29mm RG-1 is Ukraine's rarest grenade launcher. In this video we look at the available information on the weapon and the few intriguing sightings of it in theatre.

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Joe MacDonald of @BigMakBattleBlog has kindly shared some insights into how his Ukrainian drone unit is using 3D printed drone-delivered munitions.
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In recent weeks there have been a spate videos showing Russian troops using TM-62 anti-tank mines as improvised satchel charges. We've already seen TM-62s used as drone dropped munitions and as demolition charges. The videos shared most recently show the dramatic effect that the TM-62s can have o...

Ukraine's unmanned surface vessels (drone boats) continue to evolve with a newly confirmed variant equipped with six 122mm Grad rocket tubes. In this video we take a look at how they might be employed

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Russia's 'Turtle Tanks' are continuing to evolve and proliferate to other sectors of the frontline. In this comprehensive video we examine sightings of the 'Tsar Mangal' tanks, their variations and how they have continued to evolve.

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Two weeks ago, we looked at a curious in-field adaptation carried out by a Russian unit operating near Krasnohorivka. A T-72 had been near totally enclosed by sheet metal to protect it from FPV drones. Various imagery showed the tank encased in a trapezoidal steel structure, giving the vehicle t...

The U.S. government announced, on 9 April, the transfer of enough small arms to equip a brigade to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The weapons originate from the arms shipments that the US Navy and allies have seized in recent years thousands of weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition which have...

During a recent Russian operation near Krasnohorivka the so-called 'Turtle Tank' made its first appearance. Widely ridiculed online, Russian engineers built shell which essentially encased a tank in a trapezoidal steel structure, giving the vehicle the look of a shed on tracks.

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Back in April 2023, we looked at the use of the SMAW Mk153 in Ukraine, since then this relatively rare rocket launcher has surfaced again semi-regularly in imagery from the war in Ukraine.

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With the war in Ukraine's current trench-bound stalemate often resembling the First World War it isn't too surprising to see an early 20th century innovation making a comeback. Several variations on the concept of a periscope rifle have been seen in Ukraine since the summer of 2023.

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