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Russian Army to form new rocket, missile, tube artillery units by 2021 51301174.
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Russia’s Army will form new rocket, missile and tube artillery units by 2021, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
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 The Tornado-G MLRS (Photo V. Kuzmin) |
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"The Army’s Field Artillery is planned to have three types of high-mobility brigades armed with advanced and promising military and special hardware. The talk is about missile, rocket and tube artillery brigades with combat capabilities increased by 1.5-2 times," the press office said.
Work was completed in 2016 to develop the new-generation Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system with increased range and accuracy and advanced higher-power rockets. Rocket units continue to receive the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system with the homing capability. |
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 Khrizantema-S (NATO reporting name: AT-15 Springer) anti-tank missile system (Photo Wikipedia) |
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Anti-tank units are being equipped with the state-of-the-art Khrizantema-S (NATO reporting name: AT-15 Springer) anti-tank missile system that can pierce all operational tanks at night in complex weather conditions.
As of today, the majority of missile large units has been armed with the Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system and they continue to receive it in accordance with the program. The delivery of Iskander-M missile systems has been synchronized with the construction of infrastructural facilities to accommodate them. |
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 The Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system (Photo V. Kuzmin) |
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