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Two Pantsir-S air defense missile systems to be supplied to the Moscow region's military 30803163.
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Defence & Security News - Russia
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Two anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems Pantsir-S (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) were supplied to the Moscow region’s military, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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"Before the yearend, another complex will be supplied additionally to the military located in the Moscow region," the ministry said.
Anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems Pantsir-S are used, among others, against promising, means of air attack and reconnaissance. It is above all foreign analogues of the class. Pantsir-S is a short-to-medium range gun-missile system combining a wheeled vehicle mounting a fire-control radar and electro-optical sensor, two 30-mm cannons and up to 12 57E6 radio-command guided short-range missiles. The system is designed to acquire a variety of targets flying at altitudes from five metres to 10 kilometres and at the range from 200 metres to 20 kilometres. |
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