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Mongolia received eight T-72A MBT and ten BTR-70M 8x8 APC from Russia as military aid in 2015 TASS 11103162.

| 2016
Defence & Security News - Mongolia
 
Mongolia received eight T-72A MBT and ten BTR-70M 8x8 APC from Russia as military aid in 2015.
Mongolia received Russian second-hand T-72A main battle tanks and BTR-70M 8x8 armoured personnel carrier as military aid in 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database. This transfer of combat equipment to Mongolia is provided in the framework of military and technical assistance of the Russian Federation.
     
Mongolia received Russian second-hand T-72A main battle tanks and BTR-70M 8x8 armoured personnel carrier as military aid in 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database. This transfer of combat equipment to Mongolia is provided in the framework of military and technical assistance of the Russian Federation.The Russian-made T-72A main battle tank delivered to Mongolia armed force.
     
The vehicles are supposed to have been requested in 2014. In 2015, Mongolia received eight T-72A main battle tanks (MBT) and ten BTR-70M armoured personnel carriers (APC). The equipment had been upgraded before the delivery.

The T-72 is a russian made main battle tank that entered production in 1970. The T-72A was accepted for service in June 1979 and is a further development of the T-72. The main armament of the T-72A consists of one 125 mm (2A46) smoothbore gun. The T-72A is fitted with an automatic carousel loader is mounted on the turret floor and also on the rear wall of the turret.

The T-72A also had a significant increase in armour protection, especially over the frontal arc of the turret.

The BTR-70 is a Russian-made 8x8 armoured vehicle personnel carrier which was shown for the first time to the public in November 1980 during a military parade in Moscow. The BTR-70M is a modernized version of BTR-70 with turret, diesel engine and rear hull section of the BTR-80

According to the Stockholm Institute, the combined Russian arms supplies to Mongolia in 1991-2015 were valued at USD107 million. Mongolia received two Mi-171E (NATO reporting name: Hip) medium military-transport helicopters, 75 V-600 (SA-3B Goa) surface-to-air missiles, 50 BTR-70M and 20 BTR-80 APCs, 58 T-72A MBTs and two units of S-125M 'Pechora-2M' (SA-3B Goa) air defense systems within the prescribed period.
     
Mongolia received Russian second-hand T-72A main battle tanks and BTR-70M 8x8 armoured personnel carrier as military aid in 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database. This transfer of combat equipment to Mongolia is provided in the framework of military and technical assistance of the Russian Federation.The Russian-made BTR-70M received by Mongolia during an official ceremony.
     
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