Latvian army will get four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters

August 4 2018 51

The Latvian army may soon be replenished with four US-made helicopters. The US Department of State has approved the possible sale of four UH-60M Black Hawk (Black Hawk) multi-purpose military helicopters to Riga, the United States Defense and Security Cooperation Agency reports.

Latvian army will get four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters

According to the report, the amount of the transaction, the component of 200 million, besides the four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, also includes related equipment, which is not specified. There is also no information what kind of helicopters will be delivered to Latvia - new or from the presence of the US Army.

As stated in the agency, the approved possible sale of helicopters is aimed at supporting US foreign policy and internal security, as well as the security of a NATO ally. These four helicopters will significantly increase Latvia’s ability to deploy troops, anti-terrorist activities, supplies and combat support in any weather.

The Latvian defense ministry said they intend to use these helicopters to modernize their armed forces and ensure NATO’s multinational mission in the Baltic region.

UH-60 Black Hawk (Black Hawk) is a multipurpose helicopter created by the American company Sikorsky. Available with 1977 year and during this time repeatedly upgraded. Designed to transport 11 troops in full gear.

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Vard

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4 August 2018 08: 17

Yeah .. the very thing is to drive away beer ... Or women with reduced social responsibility to ride ...
1. ded-zaxar
  
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  4 August 2018 08: 18
  
  Quote: Vard
  Yeah .. the very thing is to drive away beer ... Or women with reduced social responsibility to ride ...
  
  Most likely for an urgent evacuation, just right ..
  1. DEDPIHTO
    
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    4 August 2018 09: 26
    
    Quote: ded-zaxar
    Quote: Vard
    Yeah .. the very thing is to drive away beer ... Or women with reduced social responsibility to ride ...
    
    Most likely for an urgent evacuation, just right ..
    
    The Baltic states are more accustomed to deploying their weather vane, according to the situation ..
    ps not tired of changing nicknames every day? Mossad overlaid on all sides?
    1. ded-zaxar
      
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      4 August 2018 11: 02
      
      Who is easy now Alex ..? I do not envy the Baltic states at all .. This time they will run into it seriously.
2. MPN
  
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  4 August 2018 10: 10
  
  These four helicopters will significantly increase Latvia's troop transfer capabilities
  Already 44 people can transfer very quickly ... but do they have 44 people in the army with full equipment or is it a challenge for the future?
  1. Pete mitchell
    
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    4 August 2018 13: 51
    
    Quote: MPN
    Already 44 people can transfer very quickly ... but do they have 44 people in the army with full equipment or is it a challenge for the future?
    
    No, the question is incorrectly posed: who will fly these helicopters? For four helicopters they have no personnel, from the word at all. Even just hiring from the side of the budget money is also dumb. Hai have fun, just not cried ... out loud
3. Misha Honest
  
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  4 August 2018 17: 16
  
  Quote: Vard
  Latvian army will get four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters
  
  In the Latvian version, these turntables will probably receive the designation: UH-60M Black Hawk Down
solzh

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4 August 2018 08: 19

there is no information which helicopters will be delivered to Latvia - new or from the presence of the US Army.

There’s nothing to think about, the Americans will deliver used, worn out helicopters to Latvia ...
1. Masya masya
  
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  4 August 2018 08: 26
  
  Do not dispose of it? when you can have a denyuzhku!
KVU-NSVD

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4 August 2018 08: 24

200 lyam for 4 turntables (still probably not new) !!! The Americans are able to milk soyuznichkas without discounts on their income level ... Even taking into account all the necessary spare parts, training and services ..
1. bouncyhunter
  
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  4 August 2018 09: 31
  
  Victor, salute!
  Quote: KVU-NSVD
  Americans can soyuznichki milk without discounts on their income level ...
  
  Yes, but this is alarming:
  Latvian army perhaps In the near future will be replenished with four US-made helicopters. US Department of State approved possible sale of four UH-60M Black Hawk multipurpose military helicopters to Riga
  
  Here, either the inhalation of elephants and the materialization of spirits, or the stuffing for the "intimidation" of Russia.
  1. KVU-NSVD
    
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    4 August 2018 09: 36
    
    Hi Pash. all these “maybe” most likely relate to the fact that the required 200 lyam still needs to be found (even in the long-term installment plan for a certain number of years. That agree for any of the Baltic “tigers” is problematic from the word very ...
    1. bouncyhunter
      
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      4 August 2018 09: 38
      
      Quote: KVU-NSVD
      problematic from the word is very ...
      
      This is a fact, they have all the hope for a proven begging reflecting the "Russian aggression".
  2. Pete mitchell
    
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    4 August 2018 14: 02
    
    Pasha, company “Naked 'hawk pulls at 13-15 lyam. If you dress it up a little, then up to 20 is easy. 200 for the uh-60m it really is a draw in.
    I think they throw a test ball - but will they pull it? Even to get a freebie, you need to refuel it, to service it. Yes, and there is no one to fly in Latvia, those who can, the Latvian budget just will not pull.
    1. Conductor
      
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      5 August 2018 15: 34
      
      and the pinwheel there for how much the whole country will fly?
    2. constant213
      
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      5 August 2018 16: 36
      
      There are 10 engines and related equipment included, so there will be no problems with maintenance.
2. Kurare
  
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  4 August 2018 10: 58
  
  Quote: KVU-NSVD
  That is how Americans can soyuznichki milk without discounts on their income level ...
  
  I was not too lazy and looked, what is the military budget of Latvia. So, for 2017, it amounted to 450 million Euros. Te purchase of Hawks will make up almost 40% of the annual budget for the army!
  Lunch and dinner in the Latvian army is now only for blood soldiers ...
  1. KVU-NSVD
    
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    4 August 2018 11: 03
    
    Quote: Kurare
    Lunch and dinner in the Latvian army is now only for blood soldiers ...
    
    With such layouts, they’ll definitely switch to rutabaga It occurred to me - and if just a typo on a toe? Maybe not in the article, but in the original source.
    1. Kurare
      
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      4 August 2018 11: 18
      
      Quote: KVU-NSVD
      It occurred to me - and if just a typo on a toe?
      
      Yes, it seems no, Hawk still stands with all the "baggage", i.e. somewhere around 50 million dollars apiece.
Opera

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4 August 2018 08: 37

You can laugh as much as you like and not without reason at the NATO armies from the Baltic, however ... The key words are troop transfer and anti-terrorist activity! If the Russophobic domestic policy of Latvia will continue in a given vector, it’s not hard to imagine how these helicopters are supposed to be used! I know the situation in this country well. I can say that in fact there live only groups of the population - Latvians and non-Latvians. And if these groups are not yet in complete antagonism, it is hard to suspect them of love and friendship for each other! The Baltic countries sell only one product to the west - cave Russophobia and animal fear of "barbaric and aggressive Russia!" All this directly affects the significant population of the country who speaks Russian ...
1. Nyrobsky
  
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  4 August 2018 08: 53
  
  Quote: Oper
  The key words here are troop transfer and anti-terrorism activities!
  
  The pinwheel takes on board 11 fighters, which, in the presence of 4 helicopters, makes it possible to take 44 people in gear for transport. What kind of troop transfer can we talk about? They are better off buying giant slingshots and firing rubber fighters in a tensioned way. on one fuel for helicopters they will go bankrupt if their troops are to be transferred.
  1. wicked pinnochio
    
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    4 August 2018 09: 04
    
    you have not seen the army of latvia just 44 fighters and there are
    1. major147
      
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      4 August 2018 10: 41
      
      Quote: wicked pinnochio
      you have not seen the army of latvia just 44 fighters and there are
      
      Yeah! There is no one to extinguish forest fires there. They themselves can’t cope, the EU and NATO sent them! Waiting for the autumn rains.
  2. Romario_Argo
    
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    6 August 2018 00: 04
    
    UH-60M Black Hawk does not have any REP against our EW Krasuha-2, and especially -4, at a distance of 300 km. and Moscow-1 electronic warfare generally operates at a range of 400 km, amplifying the radiation of the helicopter itself and substitutes it under our air defense systems. the same C-400 or C-300В4 have a range of ZUR 400 and 385 km that is from Pskov to Kaliningrad.
Tusv

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4 August 2018 08: 42
Oops It happened before
parusnik

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4 August 2018 08: 52

The chicken is pecking ... 200 lyamas for helicopters, plus technical support .. And the USA has a lot of such Latvia
APASUS

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4 August 2018 08: 54

You can see right away whose interests the authorities are watching. Such purchases pay for the "American roof." Now you don’t have to worry, Latvia will be democratic and even if they hang it on the streetlights, the USA will not notice
I don’t know what else they ordered for $ 200 million, but one UH-60 Black Hawk costs:
The unit cost of the H-60 models varies due to differences in specifications, equipment and quantities. For example, the unit cost of the Army's UH-60L Black Hawk is $ 5.9 million while the unit cost of the Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk is $ 10.2 million.
1. nPuBaTuP
  
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  4 August 2018 09: 25
  
  Quote: APASUS
  UH-60L Black Hawk is $ 5.9 million
  
  that is, roughly speaking, 160 lyamov accompanying equipment? .... Well then they hang on them?
Thunderbolt

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4 August 2018 08: 57

The joke about the "Latvian tank" is no longer relevant. The Baltic armies are steadily increasing their combat potential and level of interaction with old NATO members. Compact and fully equipped armies.
vitinka

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4 August 2018 08: 58

Povisit mobilnost armiji ..... 44 celoveka perevesti mogut ... pipec.
Ratmir_Ryazan

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4 August 2018 09: 43

For 200 million, you can buy 10 Mi-8 ... The United States survives the economy as a lemon of all its allies from Japan to Latvia ...
1. Pete mitchell
  
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  5 August 2018 03: 47
  
  Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan
  For 200 million, you can buy 10 Mi-8 ...
  
  Naked -8ka costs less than 5 lyam, for the money it can be packaged in very high quality. But they won’t do it, uncle doesn’t tell them
rotmistr60

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4 August 2018 09: 57

possibly in the near future will be replenished with four US-made helicopters
If this “possible” happens, then the Latvian Ministry of Defense can proudly report that now, in the event of aggression, Russia will definitely fail. Regarding 200 million above, they commented excellently.
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2329 Carpenter

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4 August 2018 10: 19

Quote: bouncyhunter
Victor, salute!
Quote: KVU-NSVD
Americans can soyuznichki milk without discounts on their income level ...

Yes, but this is alarming:
Latvian army perhaps In the near future will be replenished with four US-made helicopters. US Department of State approved possible sale of four UH-60M Black Hawk multipurpose military helicopters to Riga

Here, either the inhalation of elephants and the materialization of spirits, or the stuffing for the "intimidation" of Russia.

What? Bullying? Russia? Four used lawn mowers? Or there with the media, the diarrhea of desires, or uv. the author of the post cheated on the asphalt ...
Kerensky

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4 August 2018 10: 34

Designed to transport 11 troops in full gear.

I like it In the case of a sheer, almost everyone will leave for the cordon. The rest is swimming ....
aszzz888

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4 August 2018 11: 20

Latvian army will get four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters

... and their whole army will sit in these rotors , and there’s still room for a bunch of reporters ...
Приговор

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4 August 2018 11: 20

Well, of course, for the poor of Latvia this is the most necessary acquisition. All of their value militarily consists only in the fact that in case of conflict, they can try to evacuate corrupt Latvian puppets, calling themselves the government of this "country".
1. aleks700
  
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  4 August 2018 13: 35
  
  All their military value lies only in the fact that in case of conflict, they can try to evacuate corrupt Latvian puppets, calling themselves the government of this "country".
  So for this they took!
  1. Pete mitchell
    
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    5 August 2018 03: 48
    
    Quote: aleks700
    So for this they took
    
    For this, the -8 they have are best suited.
    1. aleks700
      
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      5 August 2018 15: 45
      
      For this, the -8 they have are best suited.
      This is an occupation technique!
      1. Pete mitchell
        
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        5 August 2018 19: 44
        
        From the scarcity of the budget, and they were not new
Spike Javelin Touvich

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4 August 2018 11: 22

Beautiful helicopter quiet and comfortable
1. ded-zaxar
  
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  4 August 2018 11: 55
  
  Quote: Spikes Javelin Touvich
  Beautiful helicopter quiet and comfortable
  
  Do you have one already ..?
  Quiet and comfortable.
  1. Spike Javelin Touvich
    
    0
    
    4 August 2018 13: 01
    
    Mihan unhook
    I would be ashamed of my age
san4es

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4 August 2018 12: 14

UH-60 Black Hawk (Black Hawk) is a multi-purpose helicopter, created by the American company Sikorsky. Available since 1977
aleks700

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4 August 2018 13: 34

Well, that’s it. With such an increase, the Balts may not be afraid of Russian aggression. Rather, Russia urgently needs to strengthen the line for fear of the power of the Latvian Armed Forces. A pair of motorized rifle divisions will be able to stop the unsupported onslaught of the Latvians? Or do you need more?
1. faiver
  
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  4 August 2018 17: 22
  
  How many MANPADS are in the motorized rifle division?
  1. aleks700
    
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    5 August 2018 15: 46
    
    How many MANPADS are in the motorized rifle division?
    What? Two is not enough!
pafegosoff

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4 August 2018 21: 40

All! The end of the Russian army! Against such power - do not resist!
zenion

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5 August 2018 16: 42

Now, with transfers and refueling in Russia, they will be able to get to the Urals.
vit357

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5 August 2018 21: 01

This is good news, we need the characteristics of these wunderwafers)))