Saturday 22 July 2017

Russia has confirmed contracts for the supply of T-90 tanks to Iraq & Vietnam


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.

Translated by Google - Source: lenta.ru


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


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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