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Egypt, Uganda
Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

The Ukrainian military manufacturer Techimpex and its sister company Nova Technology have entered into talks with Egypt and Uganda over the possibility of supplying their armies with modernised Soviet armoured vehicles. [...]

Published on 23/10/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Wassel Corporation founder, Telal Wassel.

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OTT, TAG, IAG: Kenyan APC tender lures the big guns

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China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Chinese defence giant Poly Technologies has secretly taken a stake in the capital of IMUT, a company set up to deliver locally-built armoured vehicles to the Egyptian army and which is run from Pretoria by American-Egyptian busnessman Michel F.

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The armoured vehicles IMUT ST-500 (centre) and ST-100 (left and right).

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Yoweri Museveni plans to boost spending on the SOC, his praetorian guard

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Turkey, Uganda
Kampala gets Katmerciler APCs as part of Erdogan's military-diplomatic drive

By providing 20 light armoured vehicles to the Ugandan army in January, Ankara anticipated the entry into force of the bilateral military agreement between Turkey and Uganda, which was ratified on February 5 by the Turkish Parliament.

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The UPDF received in January 20 light armored vehicles of the Hizir type, from the Turkish Katmercil

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Egypt, Uganda
Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

Egypt
Egyptian Air Force in the market for new training aircraft

Spotlight | Egypt
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Telal Wassel, SAIC's ex-Mr. Egypt, jockeys for Sinai border security contract

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OTT, TAG, IAG: Kenyan APC tender lures the big guns

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China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Uganda
Yoweri Museveni plans to boost spending on the SOC, his praetorian guard

Turkey, Uganda
Kampala gets Katmerciler APCs as part of Erdogan's military-diplomatic drive

Uganda
Wilson Mbadi negotiates tanks with Russia