Russian arms exports. January 2018 of the year
The most significant event in January was the contract under discussion for the purchase by Myanmar of 6 Su-30SME multi-functional fighters. It is reported that an additional impetus to this deal was given by the visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Myanmar. Also in January, India approved the purchase in Russia of a batch of 240 adjustable bombs - KAB-1500L, given aviation the bomb is one of the most powerful in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.
January itself ended in regular the news American sanctions against companies in the Russian defense industry. Department of State spokesman Heather Nauert noted that the United States so far does not see the need to impose new sanctions on the Russian defense industry. According to her, already existing restrictive measures against enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex have demonstrated their effectiveness.
According to RIA Novosti news agency with reference to a statement by Heather Nauert, since the adoption of the sanctions and their implementation under the CAATSA law (“On Countering America's Opponents through Sanctions”), foreign governments have already abandoned planned or announced purchases of Russian weapons for a few billion dollars. Also, the State Department stressed that if the United States starts applying a new package of sanctions against Russia, the restrictions will primarily concern foreign companies and enterprises doing business with the Russian military-industrial complex or Russian intelligence services. It is worth noting that at present there is no information in the media about any deals or contracts for the supply of Russian weapons and weapons affected by the US sanctions policy.
Myanmar will buy six Su-30SME fighters
Russia and Myanmar will conclude a contract for the supply of six new Su-30SME multi-role fighter jets, the relevant agreement was reached during the visit of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu to Myanmar. According to the journalists of the newspaper "Kommersant”, In the near future, Russian negotiators should discuss with the Myanmar military the financial aspects of this transaction, the cost of which, according to experts, is of the order of 400 million dollars. In case of successful signing of a contract in the near future, Myanmar will be able to get fighters already in 2019, the received planes will be able to help the country's troops in the fight against opposition forces. If the deal really takes place, Myanmar will become the first foreign recipient of the Su-30SME multi-purpose fighter aircraft - the export version of the Russian Su-30CM fighter.
On agreements between Moscow and Naypyidaw on the delivery of six modern multi-purpose fighters like Su-30CM on Monday, January 22, told Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin to journalists. According to him, the visit of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu to Myanmar gave an additional impetus to military-technical cooperation between the two countries. According to Fomin, the Su-30SME fighters purchased in Russia will become the main combat aircraft of the Myanmar Air Force and will be used to protect the territorial integrity of the state and repel terrorist threats. At the same time, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation and Rosoboronexport abstained from official comments on the deal.
Negotiations on this contract with Myanmar have been going on for several years, they are constantly faced with financial and political difficulties. According to Kommersant, precisely with the expectation of buying Su-30CM fighter aircraft in Russia in 2015, Myanmar signed a contract for the delivery of Yak-130 combat-training aircraft (6 aircraft were already received, the expected supply volume was up to 16 machines), but before signing hard contract it never came. At present, the situation is changing for the better, according to Kommersant’s military diplomatic sources. There was an intensification of contacts at almost all levels, but one should definitely not expect quick changes. According to the source, Rosoboronexport representatives will need to agree on the financial parameters of the future deal (experts estimate the cost of the 6 Su-30CM fighter jets together with aviation destruction equipment at approximately 400 million dollars), and also decide on the need for issuing a loan for Myanmar to buy aircraft.
At the same time, according to the source of the newspaper, in the framework of the preliminary agreement, the Myanmar military did not mention the need to allocate borrowed funds. In the case of signing a firm contract for the supply of aircraft in 2018, the first Su-30CM fighters can be transferred to Myanmar already in 2019, a top manager at the aircraft industry is convinced: “The capacities of the Irkutsk aircraft-building plant allow it.” The Kommersant interlocutor stressed that this transaction is important in many ways. First, the Russian Federation will be able to strengthen its position in the South-Asian market, which has dipped somewhat in the last few years in terms of aviation equipment supplies. Secondly, even a relatively small order will allow the production capacity of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant to be loaded until the serial production of medium-haul MS-21 passenger aircraft is launched.
According to Andrei Frolov, who is the editor-in-chief of Arms Export magazine, the acquisition of X-NUMX Su-6CM fighters will put Myanmar in terms of equipment of the Air Force a level higher than that of neighboring Bangladesh and Thailand, even though they will acquire only half of the squadron.
India acquired 240 adjustable air bombs KAB-1500L in Russia
According to the Ministry of Defense of India, the Minister of Defense of the country Nirmala Sithamaran 2 January 2018 of the year approved the acquisition for the Indian Air Force 240 of corrected aerial bombs from the Russian JSC Rosoboronexport. The cost of the purchase will be 197,4 million dollars. According to the source in the Indian Air Force, we are talking about adjustable aircraft bombs KAB-1500L caliber 1500 kg with a laser guidance system. India buys these bombs to equip their Su-30MKI fighters.
KAB-1500L is the most powerful corrected aerial bomb of Russian origin. KAB-1500 can be equipped with a laser or television homing system, with penetrating warhead it is capable of piercing 3 meters of reinforced concrete floors or 20 meters of earth. These bombs are usually used for the destruction of particularly fortified targets - objects in the mountains, buried command posts, underground bunkers, weapons depots, reinforced concrete shelters. Bombs of this family were occasionally used by Soviet and then Russian troops in Afghanistan and Chechnya to defeat targets of special importance and security.
It is known that the bombs KAB-1500L were used by the Russian HQs during a military operation in Syria. Since October 31 2015, the front bombers Su-34 of the Russian Aerospace Forces used two bombs KAB-1500 with a laser guidance system against recessed targets. These bombs were used by them in the future. 11 April X-NUMX bomber Su-2017 destroyed a bomb KAB-34L bunker militants in the city of Sarmin near Idlib. It is not excluded that India decided to purchase these aircraft munitions, taking into account the experience of their use by the Russian Air Force in Syria.
Corrected bombs KAB-1500 have front and rear cruciform feathers. For placement in the internal compartments of the bombers, this plumage was made folding. Behind the rear empennage of the bomb are biplane rudders, with the help of which the flight of the bomb is controlled. There are three main options for a bomb with a laser homing head:
KAB-1500L-PR - with penetrating warhead. This bomb is designed to destroy underground and fortification purposes. The sub-caliber high-penetrating warhead capsule can penetrate 20 meters of soil or pierce 3 meters of reinforced concrete floors.
KAB-1500L-F - with a high-explosive warhead. This bomb can be used to destroy ground targets of special importance: strongholds, bridges, military-industrial facilities and enemy ships. When a bomb explodes, a funnel with a diameter of up to 20 meters is formed.
KAB-1500L-OD - with a volume-detonating warhead. This bomb is designed to hit the same targets as KAB-1500L-F, but the volume-detonating ammunition provides the bomb with a greater impact on the shock wave and a lower high-explosive effect.
Azerbaijan received another batch of BTR-XNUMHA from Russia
According to the Azerbaijani media, which refer to the message of the Ministry of Defense, 19 January 2018, another batch of Russian-made military equipment and ammunition for the Azerbaijani armed forces arrived in Baku from Russia. Widespread in the network of photographic and video materials demonstrated the process of unloading from the transport vessel the next large batch of armored personnel carriers BTR-82А.
As blog notes bmpd, we are talking about the continuation of deliveries of military equipment, weapons and ammunition to Azerbaijan as part of a large package of contracts, which was signed by Rosoboronexport as early as 2010-11. According to the available information, the Azerbaijani armed forces should receive 230 armored personnel carriers BTR-82А (the production is handled by Arzamas Machine-Building Plant JSC) as part of this package. Deliveries of these armored personnel carriers began in the 2013 year, most of which have already been delivered to the customer. At the beginning of 2016, due to problems with payment from the Azerbaijani side, deliveries under the package of contracts were suspended by Russia and resumed only in 2017, when the issue was resolved. The previous batch of armored personnel carriers BTR-82А was delivered to Azerbaijan in April 2017 of the year.
In this regard, it is curious to note that in January 28 2018 in Gyumri (Armenia), in honor of Army Day, among other things, was the first Russian anti-tank missile system (ATGM) 9K129 "Cornet-E" of Russian production. Apparently, these complexes were delivered to Armenia from Russia, among other weapons, supplied by the Russian side as part of a state export loan of up to 200 million dollars for the purchase of Russian weapons and military equipment, which was concluded on 26 June 2015 of the year.
Production of Russian large-caliber sniper rifle OSV-96 began in Vietnam
According to the Vietnamese Internet resource Soha.vn At the local arms factory Z111 in Thanh Hoa, owned by the country's Ministry of Defense, the licensed production of the Russian OBS-96 “Vzlashchik” large-caliber sniper rifle began. Earlier in 2014, this enterprise launched a modern production line for the production of Israeli automatic rifles Galil ACE 31 (a shortened model), as well as Galil ACE 32. Both models are manufactured in Vietnam under the license of a private Israeli company Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). Both samples are produced under the Soviet cartridge caliber 7,62х39 mm. These models of automatic weapons are designed to change the Kalashnikov assault rifles of the same caliber in the Vietnamese People’s Army.
OSV-96 “Burglar” is an 12,7-mm large-caliber self-loading sniper rifle developed by KBP (Instrument Engineering Design Bureau) in Tula. The rifle is powered from box magazines for 5 cartridges. The prototype of this B-94 sniper rifle “Volga” was developed in Tula at the beginning of the 1990-s, this rifle was first openly presented to the public in the 1994 year. From 1996 to 2000, the rifle was upgraded, which led to the appearance of the OCB-96 model, which was adopted by the Russian Interior Ministry units in 2000.
Large-caliber sniper rifle OSV-96 "Burglar" is designed to defeat unarmored and lightly armored targets at a distance of 1800 meters, as well as enemy personnel in personal protective equipment and behind cover at a distance of 1000 meters. When firing sniper cartridges at a distance of 100 meters with a series of 4-5 shots, the dispersion width is 150 mm. In addition to the sniper cartridge SPZ-12,7, other standard ammunition 12,7x108 mm - armor-piercing incendiary B-32, as well as BST and BS can be used with a rifle.
At present, this self-loading large-caliber sniper rifle is actively being exported. It is already in service with the army and special units: Azerbaijan, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria.
January itself ended in regular the news American sanctions against companies in the Russian defense industry. Department of State spokesman Heather Nauert noted that the United States so far does not see the need to impose new sanctions on the Russian defense industry. According to her, already existing restrictive measures against enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex have demonstrated their effectiveness.
According to RIA Novosti news agency with reference to a statement by Heather Nauert, since the adoption of the sanctions and their implementation under the CAATSA law (“On Countering America's Opponents through Sanctions”), foreign governments have already abandoned planned or announced purchases of Russian weapons for a few billion dollars. Also, the State Department stressed that if the United States starts applying a new package of sanctions against Russia, the restrictions will primarily concern foreign companies and enterprises doing business with the Russian military-industrial complex or Russian intelligence services. It is worth noting that at present there is no information in the media about any deals or contracts for the supply of Russian weapons and weapons affected by the US sanctions policy.
Myanmar will buy six Su-30SME fighters
Russia and Myanmar will conclude a contract for the supply of six new Su-30SME multi-role fighter jets, the relevant agreement was reached during the visit of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu to Myanmar. According to the journalists of the newspaper "Kommersant”, In the near future, Russian negotiators should discuss with the Myanmar military the financial aspects of this transaction, the cost of which, according to experts, is of the order of 400 million dollars. In case of successful signing of a contract in the near future, Myanmar will be able to get fighters already in 2019, the received planes will be able to help the country's troops in the fight against opposition forces. If the deal really takes place, Myanmar will become the first foreign recipient of the Su-30SME multi-purpose fighter aircraft - the export version of the Russian Su-30CM fighter.
On agreements between Moscow and Naypyidaw on the delivery of six modern multi-purpose fighters like Su-30CM on Monday, January 22, told Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin to journalists. According to him, the visit of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu to Myanmar gave an additional impetus to military-technical cooperation between the two countries. According to Fomin, the Su-30SME fighters purchased in Russia will become the main combat aircraft of the Myanmar Air Force and will be used to protect the territorial integrity of the state and repel terrorist threats. At the same time, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation and Rosoboronexport abstained from official comments on the deal.
Negotiations on this contract with Myanmar have been going on for several years, they are constantly faced with financial and political difficulties. According to Kommersant, precisely with the expectation of buying Su-30CM fighter aircraft in Russia in 2015, Myanmar signed a contract for the delivery of Yak-130 combat-training aircraft (6 aircraft were already received, the expected supply volume was up to 16 machines), but before signing hard contract it never came. At present, the situation is changing for the better, according to Kommersant’s military diplomatic sources. There was an intensification of contacts at almost all levels, but one should definitely not expect quick changes. According to the source, Rosoboronexport representatives will need to agree on the financial parameters of the future deal (experts estimate the cost of the 6 Su-30CM fighter jets together with aviation destruction equipment at approximately 400 million dollars), and also decide on the need for issuing a loan for Myanmar to buy aircraft.
At the same time, according to the source of the newspaper, in the framework of the preliminary agreement, the Myanmar military did not mention the need to allocate borrowed funds. In the case of signing a firm contract for the supply of aircraft in 2018, the first Su-30CM fighters can be transferred to Myanmar already in 2019, a top manager at the aircraft industry is convinced: “The capacities of the Irkutsk aircraft-building plant allow it.” The Kommersant interlocutor stressed that this transaction is important in many ways. First, the Russian Federation will be able to strengthen its position in the South-Asian market, which has dipped somewhat in the last few years in terms of aviation equipment supplies. Secondly, even a relatively small order will allow the production capacity of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant to be loaded until the serial production of medium-haul MS-21 passenger aircraft is launched.
According to Andrei Frolov, who is the editor-in-chief of Arms Export magazine, the acquisition of X-NUMX Su-6CM fighters will put Myanmar in terms of equipment of the Air Force a level higher than that of neighboring Bangladesh and Thailand, even though they will acquire only half of the squadron.
India acquired 240 adjustable air bombs KAB-1500L in Russia
According to the Ministry of Defense of India, the Minister of Defense of the country Nirmala Sithamaran 2 January 2018 of the year approved the acquisition for the Indian Air Force 240 of corrected aerial bombs from the Russian JSC Rosoboronexport. The cost of the purchase will be 197,4 million dollars. According to the source in the Indian Air Force, we are talking about adjustable aircraft bombs KAB-1500L caliber 1500 kg with a laser guidance system. India buys these bombs to equip their Su-30MKI fighters.
KAB-1500L is the most powerful corrected aerial bomb of Russian origin. KAB-1500 can be equipped with a laser or television homing system, with penetrating warhead it is capable of piercing 3 meters of reinforced concrete floors or 20 meters of earth. These bombs are usually used for the destruction of particularly fortified targets - objects in the mountains, buried command posts, underground bunkers, weapons depots, reinforced concrete shelters. Bombs of this family were occasionally used by Soviet and then Russian troops in Afghanistan and Chechnya to defeat targets of special importance and security.
It is known that the bombs KAB-1500L were used by the Russian HQs during a military operation in Syria. Since October 31 2015, the front bombers Su-34 of the Russian Aerospace Forces used two bombs KAB-1500 with a laser guidance system against recessed targets. These bombs were used by them in the future. 11 April X-NUMX bomber Su-2017 destroyed a bomb KAB-34L bunker militants in the city of Sarmin near Idlib. It is not excluded that India decided to purchase these aircraft munitions, taking into account the experience of their use by the Russian Air Force in Syria.
Corrected bombs KAB-1500 have front and rear cruciform feathers. For placement in the internal compartments of the bombers, this plumage was made folding. Behind the rear empennage of the bomb are biplane rudders, with the help of which the flight of the bomb is controlled. There are three main options for a bomb with a laser homing head:
KAB-1500L-PR - with penetrating warhead. This bomb is designed to destroy underground and fortification purposes. The sub-caliber high-penetrating warhead capsule can penetrate 20 meters of soil or pierce 3 meters of reinforced concrete floors.
KAB-1500L-F - with a high-explosive warhead. This bomb can be used to destroy ground targets of special importance: strongholds, bridges, military-industrial facilities and enemy ships. When a bomb explodes, a funnel with a diameter of up to 20 meters is formed.
KAB-1500L-OD - with a volume-detonating warhead. This bomb is designed to hit the same targets as KAB-1500L-F, but the volume-detonating ammunition provides the bomb with a greater impact on the shock wave and a lower high-explosive effect.
Azerbaijan received another batch of BTR-XNUMHA from Russia
According to the Azerbaijani media, which refer to the message of the Ministry of Defense, 19 January 2018, another batch of Russian-made military equipment and ammunition for the Azerbaijani armed forces arrived in Baku from Russia. Widespread in the network of photographic and video materials demonstrated the process of unloading from the transport vessel the next large batch of armored personnel carriers BTR-82А.
As blog notes bmpd, we are talking about the continuation of deliveries of military equipment, weapons and ammunition to Azerbaijan as part of a large package of contracts, which was signed by Rosoboronexport as early as 2010-11. According to the available information, the Azerbaijani armed forces should receive 230 armored personnel carriers BTR-82А (the production is handled by Arzamas Machine-Building Plant JSC) as part of this package. Deliveries of these armored personnel carriers began in the 2013 year, most of which have already been delivered to the customer. At the beginning of 2016, due to problems with payment from the Azerbaijani side, deliveries under the package of contracts were suspended by Russia and resumed only in 2017, when the issue was resolved. The previous batch of armored personnel carriers BTR-82А was delivered to Azerbaijan in April 2017 of the year.
In this regard, it is curious to note that in January 28 2018 in Gyumri (Armenia), in honor of Army Day, among other things, was the first Russian anti-tank missile system (ATGM) 9K129 "Cornet-E" of Russian production. Apparently, these complexes were delivered to Armenia from Russia, among other weapons, supplied by the Russian side as part of a state export loan of up to 200 million dollars for the purchase of Russian weapons and military equipment, which was concluded on 26 June 2015 of the year.
Production of Russian large-caliber sniper rifle OSV-96 began in Vietnam
According to the Vietnamese Internet resource Soha.vn At the local arms factory Z111 in Thanh Hoa, owned by the country's Ministry of Defense, the licensed production of the Russian OBS-96 “Vzlashchik” large-caliber sniper rifle began. Earlier in 2014, this enterprise launched a modern production line for the production of Israeli automatic rifles Galil ACE 31 (a shortened model), as well as Galil ACE 32. Both models are manufactured in Vietnam under the license of a private Israeli company Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). Both samples are produced under the Soviet cartridge caliber 7,62х39 mm. These models of automatic weapons are designed to change the Kalashnikov assault rifles of the same caliber in the Vietnamese People’s Army.
OSV-96 “Burglar” is an 12,7-mm large-caliber self-loading sniper rifle developed by KBP (Instrument Engineering Design Bureau) in Tula. The rifle is powered from box magazines for 5 cartridges. The prototype of this B-94 sniper rifle “Volga” was developed in Tula at the beginning of the 1990-s, this rifle was first openly presented to the public in the 1994 year. From 1996 to 2000, the rifle was upgraded, which led to the appearance of the OCB-96 model, which was adopted by the Russian Interior Ministry units in 2000.
Large-caliber sniper rifle OSV-96 "Burglar" is designed to defeat unarmored and lightly armored targets at a distance of 1800 meters, as well as enemy personnel in personal protective equipment and behind cover at a distance of 1000 meters. When firing sniper cartridges at a distance of 100 meters with a series of 4-5 shots, the dispersion width is 150 mm. In addition to the sniper cartridge SPZ-12,7, other standard ammunition 12,7x108 mm - armor-piercing incendiary B-32, as well as BST and BS can be used with a rifle.
At present, this self-loading large-caliber sniper rifle is actively being exported. It is already in service with the army and special units: Azerbaijan, Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria.
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