“Russian
army will buy this year a new modification of flamethrowers
RPO PDM-A and modern radiological, chemical and biological
recognition vehicle RKhM-6”, announced to RIA Novosti
the lieutenant-colonel, Vlassov.
It
added, we would improve combativeness of our troops, the
new rocket flamethrower being a powerful infantry weapon
making it possible to destroy the lifeblood of the enemy
on the battle fields and inside the buildings, as well against
the light armoured vehicles. Its maximum range of shooting
reaches 1.700 meters and the precision shooting is guaranteed
to 800 meters.
“These
flamethrowers proved reliable during the operation aiming
at forcing Georgia with peace (in August 2008, note)”,
indicated the interlocutor of the agency.
According
to the spokesperson of the ministry of Defense, “the
need for equipping the Russian troops with the most powerful
radiological, chemical and biological recognition equipment
in most powerful is not only for military reason, but also
dictated by the increasing of international terrorism threat,
in particular in the nuclear and chemical domains”. |
