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Russia is completing huge arms supply to Azerbaijan including T-90S and BMP-3 32402162.
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Defence & Security News - Russia, Azerbaijan
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Russia has almost completed huge arms supply to Azerbaijan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) database.
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 Russian-made T-90S main battle tank (MBT) |
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Previously Russian and foreign media reported, that Russia signed the contract with Azerbaijan to deliver a huge batch of weapons valued at USD1 billion. The batch supposedly included about 100 T-90S main battle tanks (MBT), about 100 upgraded BMP-3 (BMP-3M) infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), 18 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns (SPG), 18 300mm 9A52 Smerch multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS), 18 2S31 Vena SPGs and from six to 18 TOS-1A self-propelled heavy flamethrowers (SPHF).
According to the SIPRI`s database, the supplies of T-90S MBTs, BMP-3M IFVs and TOS-1A SPHFs were finished in 2015. By late 2015 Russia had also delivered about 1,000 of 100mm 9M117 Bastion (AT-10) anti-tank guided missiles for BMP-3M armoured vehicles. Earlier several Russian media reported, that the supplies of Russian land military equipment to Azerbaijan would be completed in 2015-2016.- |
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