The Kremlin has confirmed a major contract
for the supply of T-90 tanks to Iraq
10:35, 20 July 2017
Advisor to the President of Russia on military-technical
cooperation, Vladimir Kozhin, confirmed the signing of the contract with
Baghdad for the supply of tanks T-90, according to "Izvestiya".
"A decent contract for a big party, the specific
amount can not name, number [tanks] a lot", - the newspaper said Kozhin.
Earlier, on the supply of tanks T-90 in Iraq learned from
the annual report for 2016 Uralvagonzavod. In the section devoted to the plans
of the military-technical cooperation in 2017, states that the corporation
intends to engage in the implementation of two contracts for the supply of
tanks T-90S / SK. One of them, 64 tank, concluded with foreign customers,
"704". The second - with foreign customers, "368", for it
will be shipped the first batch of 73 machines.
According to the Russian Classification of countries
(OKSM) "704" - this is Vietnam, "368" - Iraq.
As the "Izvestia" claim, this party is the
first, followed by others will follow. Head (CAST) Center for Analysis of
Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov, commenting on the deal, said that it
is possible to talk about the delivery of several hundred machines and the
amount of the contract in this case could exceed a billion dollars.
According to Pukhov, Iraqi forces drew attention to the
T-90 after the start of hostilities in Syria, where the machines of this type
have been used successfully against the militants, often surviving on a few
hits in a row.
According to the Russian Classification of countries (OKSM) "704" - this is Vietnam, "368" - Iraq.
Uralvagonzavod, the tank’s manufacturer, reported it will deliver 73 T-90S and T-90SK tanks to Iraq this year. The company’s annual 2016 report released in July mentioned a contract with “foreign customer 368” – a Russian defense industry designation for Iraq – to be fulfilled in 2017. Source
Uralvagonzavod, the tank’s manufacturer, reported it will deliver 73 T-90S and T-90SK tanks to Iraq this year. The company’s annual 2016 report released in July mentioned a contract with “foreign customer 368” – a Russian defense industry designation for Iraq – to be fulfilled in 2017. Source
Last year, Syrian rebels released a video showing what
appeared to a missile attack on a Syrian T-90, believed to be outside Aleppo.
The militants engaged the tank with a US-made BGM-71 TOW missile, but the
direct hit did not cause significant damage. Moments later, the crew managed to
drive the tank backwards to safety.
In October last year, an M1 Abrams was hit by a 9M133
Kornet anti-tank missile at the Qurayyah crossroads south of Mosul. The missile
hit the tank from behind, ramming into the turret and causing the ammunition
compartment to explode.
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