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First Hungarian-made Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle rolls of the line in Zalaegerszeg

12:40 July 25, 2024

The first Hungarian-made Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicle of the Hungarian Defence Forces has rolled off the assembly line – this was what Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky announced during an event held at the Rheinmetall factory in Zalaegerszeg on Wednesday, 24 July.

Faster, Higher, Stronger

11:39 July 26, 2024

After 100 years, in the coming weeks Paris will be hosting again the most prestigious sports event, the Olympic Games. Hungary is represented by, among others, 23 military athletes, and their goal is naturally related to the motto of the Games: faster, higher, stronger – which means that they may even improve on the results achieved at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.

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Tank Fleet of the Hungarian Defence Forces’ Armoured Brigade Expands with Another Three State-of-the-art Leopard 2A7s

13:01 July 24, 2024

Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that on Tuesday, 23 July, three of the world’s most modern main battle tanks would arrive in Hungary. With the new vehicles, the tank fleet of the Hungarian Defence Forces’ armoured brigade in Tata expands to 18.

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Serbian–Hungarian exchange of lessons learned

11:33 July 26, 2024

A delegation of the Belgrade-based Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces has recently paid its first visit to the Hungarian Defence Forces vitéz Sándor Szurmay Budapest Garrison Brigade. The members of the delegation gained an insight primarily into the brigade’s diversified system of tasks, first and foremost into the everyday life of the 32nd Bodyguard Regiment.

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Hungarian military doctor is the face of EUFOR

13:09 July 24, 2024

In the first days of July, EUFOR Operation Althea launched its latest media campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at informing the citizens of the Balkan country about the peacekeeping mission, and also at bringing its service personnel closer to the local population. The face of the campaign is Lieutenant (MD) Dr. Anna Tóth, a doctor of the EUFOR Aviation Detachment.

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French–Hungarian Cooperation

12:49 July 25, 2024

MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik (Hungarian Defence Policy Director) received Alexandre Escorcia, Head of the Department for Europe, North America and Multilateral Action at the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) at the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France (French Assistant Defence Policy Director) in Budapest on 15 July.