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Russian Defense Ministry will not purchase any more Italian 4x4 armoured vehicles LMV 2501132.
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Friday, January 25, 2013, 11:18 AM | |||
Russian Defense Ministry will not purchase any more Italian 4x4 armoured vehicles LMV. | |||
The
Russian Defense Ministry will not purchase any more Italian light
multirole vehicles (LMV), Ground Forces commander Vladimir
Chirkin said on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Almost all the Iveco LMVs
that have been paid for have now been delivered and “we will not
buy any more,” he said, explaining that the domestic manufacturer
will be given priority. |
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Russian LMV Lynx multi-role 4x4 armoured vehicle at Engineer Technologies 2012 defence exhibition in Moscow. |
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“We
have the Medved,
Tigr and Volk
families,” he said referring to domestically manufactured
infantry fighting vehicles, and added that work to develop new, advanced
models is currently underway. |
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