Brazilian lieutenant completes US Army Cavalry Course with honors
Fort Moore (United States) – A Brazilian Army officer has completed the US Army’s Armor Basic Officer Leader Course, with the best performance in the areas of leadership and physical…
Land Operations Commander visits Armored Cavalry Brigade
Ponta Grossa (PR) – On September 10, 2024, the 5th Armored Cavalry Brigade received a visit from the Commander of Land Operations, Army General André Luis Novaes Miranda, with the…
Brazil receives second Centauro armored vehicle
Strategic Defense Program Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – On September 2, the second unit of the Centauro II Armored Fighting Vehicle arrived in Brazil, part of a batch of two…
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Brazilian Army completes transportation of vehicles and weapons to the border with Venezuela
Brazilian Army completes transportation of vehicles and weapons to the border with Venezuela Boa Vista (RR) – The Brazilian Army has completed the transport of vehicles and weapons to reinforce…
Brazilian army acquires fleet of armored rescue vehicles
Curitiba (PR) – The Brazilian Army has acquired 20 more specialized armored vehicles unprecedented in the country. Received at the Paranaguá Container Terminal (TCP), the MaxxPro Recovery Vehicles have 6×6…
Brazilian Combat Car Regiment conducts field exercise at Readiness Force sub-unit level
Santa Maria (RS) – Between July 25 and 27, the 1st Combat Car Regiment (1st RCC) conducted Exercise COURAÇA/2023, which consisted of a field training in which the Readiness Force…
The Brazilian Army’s Strategic Program Armored Forces participates in the International Armored Vehicles Conference in the USA
Austin (Texas) – On June 21 and 22, the Army Strategic Program Armored Forces (PEEx-FB) had a prominent presence at the renowned International Armored Vehicles Conference, held in Austin, Texas.…
“Niederauer Brigade” performs logistical inspection of the 1st Combat Car Regiment
Santa Maria (RS) – On June 14, the Commander of the 6th Armored Infantry Brigade, Brigadier General Marcelo Carvalho Ribeiro, carried out a logistics inspection of the 1st Combat Car…
Brazilian Army tests national components of the armored Leopard
Caxias do Sul (RS) – The Manufacturing Directorate (DF), in partnership with the 4th Logistical Battalion (4th Log Battalion) and the 1st Combat Car Regiment (1st RCC), both part of…
Tenente de Lacerda shooting range inaugurates modern target system
2nd Lt Adriana/3rd DE – EB On May 25, 2023, six new pop-up targets were inaugurated and one mobile target line was revitalized at the Tenente de Lacerda Shooting Range…
Nexter and IGG sign a teaming agreement for the modernisation of the Leclerc MBT
Nexter, the leading French land defense company, signed a teaming agreement with InternationalGolden Group, the leading supplier of the UAE Armed forces, to prepare the modernisation of the UAEArmy’s Leclerc…
Norway buys 54 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany to reinforce its army
MSN) The Norwegian government will buy 54 German-made Leopard 2 tanks to gradually replace its existing equipment and strengthen its defense capabilities amid rising tensions in Eastern Europe, Prime Minister…
Centauro II – Brazilian Army Receives the First Two Units
Oto Melara (CIO) Consortium delivered the two prototypes of the Armored Cavalry Vehicle Centauro II to the Brazilian Army, at Leonardo's facilities in La Spezia / Italy. The vehicles were…
Sending British tanks to Ukraine ‘will only intensify’ the war, Moscow reacts
The UK will provide Challenger 2 tanks and will be the first country to send Western-made heavy tanks to help Ukraine against the Russian invasion, a statement from London said…
Nexter has been awarded a new order for renovated Leclerc tanks
A first prototype tank was delivered to the DGA at the end of 2022, and the first 18 operational tanks will be delivered to the Army in 2023, according to…
MBDA and BAE Systems Hägglunds demonstrate AKERON and CV90 firepower
MBDA’s AKERON MP missile has been fired from the BAE Systems Hägglunds CV90 infantry combat vehicle at a test range in Northern Sweden, in the presence of representatives of the…
STJ authorizes the continuation of the purchase process of Centauro II armored vehicles by the Brazilian Army
The president of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), minister Maria Thereza de Assis Moura, suspended, on Wednesday (14DEEC2022), the decision of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region…
Regiment participates in additional maintenance effort of Leopard 1A5 BR
Santa Maria (RS) – Between November 28 and December 7, at the facilities of the 4th Logistic Battalion (4th B Log), and under the coordination of the 6th Armored Infantry…
Cavalry Squadron receives 3 more GUARANI armored personnel carriers
On December 6th, the 10th Mechanized Cavalry Squadron (10° Esqd C Mec) received the last three GUARANI armored personnel carriers (APC). Then, on December 7th, a graduation ceremony was held…
Centauro II – Brazilian Army issues an informative note
The Commander of the Army entrusted me to inform the Force that the Brazilian Army has invested resources from its budget in the development and modernization of its military employment…