"2019 Army": not a contract, but a holiday! The series "Ash-M" increased
As it became known from the TASS report from 27 June 2019, a significant event took place at the Fifth International Military-Technical Forum "Army 2019". 46 contracts were signed with 27 enterprises of the military-industrial complex for the supply of military equipment for the armed forces. The exact amount is not disclosed, but it is specified that we are talking about more than a trillion rubles. About some contracts, something is known, about others - absolutely nothing, and indeed, it must be said that even drawing up a complete list of these 46 contracts is still a task. Yet something in the open sources "leaked"
Finally, a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 to the troops.
Yes, the number is small, yes, the contract is stretched to 2028, but the fact of its signing suggests that the PAK FA did take place, and Russian military pilots will still receive the long-awaited 5-generation multi-role fighters. Unfortunately, it is not known from which year the Su-57 will begin to arrive in the troops, but now, at least, we know for sure that they will go there.
The helicopter pilots didn’t stay at the same time either - according to the contract just signed with the Russian Helicopters holding company, they will be supplied 98 attack helicopters Mi-28НМ.
It seems to be not so much, but it will almost double their number in the army. It must be said that the Mi-28HM is a new modification, before that Mi-28Н was supplied, and according to the general director of the holding A. Boginsky, the shortcomings of the previous model and the wishes of the pilots were taken into account in the Mi-28HM. A second control kit is installed in the front cockpit of the new helicopter, the crew cabin has been upgraded, becoming more ergonomic. The commander and the pilot-operator will now receive information about the environment and the operation of all the systems of the machine in a larger and more accessible form. Mi-28NM received a new aiming, flight-navigation complex. Two helicopters of the installation batch have already been transferred to the troops, so their total number will be 100 units. The first 6 machines under the new contract will be transferred to the customer already in 2020.
But not by airplanes and single helicopters ... According to the bmpd blog, the forum also signed a contract with the State Machine-Building Design Bureau "Vympel. II Toropov" for the supply of "180 product", to put it simply - an air-to-air missile »Medium-range P-77 RVV-AE.
That we have such a rocket - it was known for a long time, and even in Syria, the planes with it "lit up", but creating a rocket is only half the battle, and it is important to fill the troops with it. So far, as far as the author is aware, rockets of this type have been received in the VKS in very limited quantities, and what's the use of even the most remarkable rocket, if there is none? Well, here is another contract (alas, the number of missiles under this contract will be delivered, the author is unknown): let's hope that in the foreseeable future, the P-77 will be as massive in our videoconferencing systems as the P-27 became at one time in the USAF - AMRAAM ADR.
Not much is known about the contracts in terms of air defense systems concluded at Army 2019. Avangard Moscow Machine-Building Plant will supply aircraft 48H6П-01 to the aircraft, but details, alas, no.
By itself, this missile defense system is designed for C-300PM1 / 2 SAMs and is a 48Н6Х2, but on a new element base. The 48H6Х2 itself was capable of striking aerodynamic targets at a distance of 200 km and an altitude of 27 km, and ballistic - up to 40 km in range and an altitude of 25 km. The maximum speed of the targeted targets is 2,8 km / s. The mass of the warhead - 180 kg.
As for 48Н6П-01, its range of impact for aerodynamic purposes was increased to 250 km., And, probably, other characteristics could also be slightly improved. Can the 48Н6П-01 be used for the С-400 system? As far as the author knows, the modification of this missile defense system for this complex is 48H6Е3, but is it important, even if not? After all, the armed forces of the Russian Federation have a large number of C-300PM1 air defense missile systems, to the level of which all X-2014 air defense systems of earlier versions and C-300PM300 were “pulled up” by 2, so why refuse to equip them with modern missiles?
And a contract was signed on Donald Trump's favorite rocket, which is ready to go for any madness for her, including breaking the INF Treaty.
This, of course, is about the 9М728 cruise missiles for the Iskander-M complex, which, in the opinion of the Americans, were violated by this agreement. Our excuses and presented evidence to the contrary: however, the DSRMD clearly goes into twilight. stories and orders to live long, so that these cruise missiles, conventional or not, will definitely not interfere with us. Personal opinion of the author, which he does not impose on anyone - constructively 9М728 has a range of much more than the stated 500 km, but it was specifically limited so as not to violate the contract. Now we can, without creating a new project, make extended-range cruise missiles, and perhaps, appropriately upgrade existing missiles.
It also became known that JSC Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation entered into three state contracts. The first of these concerns the supply of 120-mm transportable mortars from the Petrel Research Institute.
Here, in fact, nothing to discuss. As comrade Napoleon said: “Guns kill people,” and the mortar, as is known, is an extremely harmful kind of artillery.
The second contract is much more mysterious, since it is a long-term document for the creation of ground-based robotic complexes, and here you already understand what you want. Well, the third contract provides for the modernization of the existing in the army T-90A to the level of T-90M.
For some, alas, unconfirmed data, upgrades are subject to 100 machines, but this is not about T-90, produced from 2004 to 2011, but about the very first sample, that is, T-90. Alas, the sources who wished to remain unknown did not say anything about the timing of the execution of this contract.
Nevertheless, newscertainly wonderful. The fact is that during the GPV 2011-2020, only T-72B3, which, of course, are noticeably better than the T-72 of previous modifications, but still no longer the spearhead of military-technical progress, entered the troops in a somewhat mass order. and against modern modifications of the “Leopards” and “Abrams”, hand on heart, they don’t look very special. Although, I must say that the T-72B3 are also different and depend on the year of manufacture - the first Tanks this modification became an extremely budgetary upgrade option for the T-72B, much inferior to Western electronics in electronics and bearing the old Contact-5 dynamic protection, but in the future (T-72B3 models 2014 and 2016), the situation improved somewhat - new engines appeared , modern dynamic protection "Relic", etc.
Nevertheless, and without any doubt, the T-90M is much better and much more consistent with the concept of “modern battle tank” than even the most advanced T-72BXNNXX. Here is an improved B-3C92F engine with 2 1 HP power. instead of B-130C92 with 2 1 hp on T-000А, and the newest 90-mm gun 125А2-82М installed on the Armata tank, and a new turret module with multi-layered armor. The T-1M received a modern Kalina fire control system. Unfortunately, the author does not have the opportunity to compare her performance characteristics with similar foreign products, but I would like to focus on one aspect of Kalina. The fact is that Kalina provides T-90M network-centricity, since its capabilities include integrating the tank on which it is installed into an automated control system for a tank battalion. Including combining information about the current state of the observation sector with an electronic map of the area, prompt recognition and identification of targets, capturing and transmitting information about the target in the field of view of the gunner ... So it is quite possible, a joke: "If I were able to cook, I would have married" would stick to " Kalina ”tightly.
The creators of the T-90M modification also provided for equipping the tank with the Arena active defense system, and if our Ministry of Defense doesn’t stint on it, it will be just fine. No less remarkable is the fact that the designers paid a lot of attention to improving ergonomics - the crew will get much more comfortable seats than they were before, the tank, of course, will be equipped with air conditioning and heating, and even the gearbox was made automatic, although with the ability to switch to manual control.
And then, finally, "cherry on the cake." The author of this article has repeatedly described the extremely difficult situation prevailing in the domestic underflooding. In short, the situation was as follows: on the part of replacing the outgoing by just-renowned rest with new ships, things were more or less good only for SSBNs. “Mace” still flew, and the pace of construction of “Boreev” and “Boreev-A” completely allow them to timely replace with them the SSBN of the 667BDRM “Dolphin” project, for which, by the way, while they are still in service, an advanced ballistic missile was also created.
But in terms of multipurpose atomic and diesel submarines, we found ourselves in an extremely difficult situation - with the curtailment of the payroll, the program of deep modernization of the existing boats of the Pike-B and Antey type was ugly delayed, so even those few submarines and diesel submarines, which all still remained in the ranks, obsolete not only technically but also morally. They were to be replaced by new submarines of the 4 generation: MAPL of the 885 and 885M project (“Ash” and “Ash-M”).
As well as diesel-electric submarines of the 677 "Lada" project.
But the former turned out to be too expensive, which is why their total number in terms of GPV 2011-2020 smoothly decreased from 10 to 7 units. As far as its capabilities “Ash-M” corresponds to the American “Virginia”, the question is debatable, but this is our most advanced multi-purpose submarine, and only 7 units, including the “intermediate” Severodvinsk, certainly look like an evil mockery of real needs fleet. With the project 677 "Lada", too, everything went awry, because the lead boat of the series categorically refused to demonstrate the TTX laid down by the project in the sea. As a result, it came to the point of not being completely without submarines, it was necessary for the Black and Pacific Fleets to lay boats according to the modernized, of course, but still obsolete project 636.3.
And if there was still some hope about the LAD, because more recently positive news began to appear that the project was still able to be brought to mind, about the atomic multi-purpose nuclear submarines of everyone who cares about the state of the Russian Navy, black doubts . Instead of “Yasenei-M”, we were promised new type of ships, the development of which was carried out under the cipher “Huskies”, but everyone who knew at least a little about the current state of affairs understood: we are still very far from new boats and it is doubtful that in the near future decade will be laid at least the head "Husky".
It would seem that nothing foreshadowed ... and suddenly, just like in a fairy tale (which is surprising - with a good end!), Bmpd blog reports: during the "Army 2019" contracts were signed for the construction of four submarines, including two "Yasene-M" And two Lad!
Firstly, it’s excellent that the management realized the notorious inadequacy of the pace of rearmament of our atomic multipurpose submarine forces and increased the series of ships of the 885М project. Secondly, the order of two additional diesel-electric submarines of the 677 project indisputably indicates that the problems discovered during their operation have been solved. And let these boats not receive the long-awaited VNEU (although — who knows, maybe lithium-ion batteries will be installed on them), yet their combat capabilities, at least for the destruction of enemy submarines in the seas washing our shores, will be very great.
Of course, someone can say: “Well, think, 76 fighters, a hundred helicopters and tanks, and four submarines! What is it within the real needs of the troops? Little things, and only! ", - and will be right. But you should pay attention to this.
According to TASS, the sum of all 46 contracts is “more than 1 trillion. rub.". But the planned costs of rearming the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the period from 2018 to 2027 a little bit like that, about seven times, more than the specified amount. So, we are waiting for information about new contracts for the supply of combat equipment of the Strategic Missile Forces, VKS, army and navy!
Pilots - a holiday!
Finally, a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 to the troops.
Yes, the number is small, yes, the contract is stretched to 2028, but the fact of its signing suggests that the PAK FA did take place, and Russian military pilots will still receive the long-awaited 5-generation multi-role fighters. Unfortunately, it is not known from which year the Su-57 will begin to arrive in the troops, but now, at least, we know for sure that they will go there.
The helicopter pilots didn’t stay at the same time either - according to the contract just signed with the Russian Helicopters holding company, they will be supplied 98 attack helicopters Mi-28НМ.
It seems to be not so much, but it will almost double their number in the army. It must be said that the Mi-28HM is a new modification, before that Mi-28Н was supplied, and according to the general director of the holding A. Boginsky, the shortcomings of the previous model and the wishes of the pilots were taken into account in the Mi-28HM. A second control kit is installed in the front cockpit of the new helicopter, the crew cabin has been upgraded, becoming more ergonomic. The commander and the pilot-operator will now receive information about the environment and the operation of all the systems of the machine in a larger and more accessible form. Mi-28NM received a new aiming, flight-navigation complex. Two helicopters of the installation batch have already been transferred to the troops, so their total number will be 100 units. The first 6 machines under the new contract will be transferred to the customer already in 2020.
But not by airplanes and single helicopters ... According to the bmpd blog, the forum also signed a contract with the State Machine-Building Design Bureau "Vympel. II Toropov" for the supply of "180 product", to put it simply - an air-to-air missile »Medium-range P-77 RVV-AE.
That we have such a rocket - it was known for a long time, and even in Syria, the planes with it "lit up", but creating a rocket is only half the battle, and it is important to fill the troops with it. So far, as far as the author is aware, rockets of this type have been received in the VKS in very limited quantities, and what's the use of even the most remarkable rocket, if there is none? Well, here is another contract (alas, the number of missiles under this contract will be delivered, the author is unknown): let's hope that in the foreseeable future, the P-77 will be as massive in our videoconferencing systems as the P-27 became at one time in the USAF - AMRAAM ADR.
Rocket men - a holiday!
Not much is known about the contracts in terms of air defense systems concluded at Army 2019. Avangard Moscow Machine-Building Plant will supply aircraft 48H6П-01 to the aircraft, but details, alas, no.
By itself, this missile defense system is designed for C-300PM1 / 2 SAMs and is a 48Н6Х2, but on a new element base. The 48H6Х2 itself was capable of striking aerodynamic targets at a distance of 200 km and an altitude of 27 km, and ballistic - up to 40 km in range and an altitude of 25 km. The maximum speed of the targeted targets is 2,8 km / s. The mass of the warhead - 180 kg.
As for 48Н6П-01, its range of impact for aerodynamic purposes was increased to 250 km., And, probably, other characteristics could also be slightly improved. Can the 48Н6П-01 be used for the С-400 system? As far as the author knows, the modification of this missile defense system for this complex is 48H6Е3, but is it important, even if not? After all, the armed forces of the Russian Federation have a large number of C-300PM1 air defense missile systems, to the level of which all X-2014 air defense systems of earlier versions and C-300PM300 were “pulled up” by 2, so why refuse to equip them with modern missiles?
And a contract was signed on Donald Trump's favorite rocket, which is ready to go for any madness for her, including breaking the INF Treaty.
This, of course, is about the 9М728 cruise missiles for the Iskander-M complex, which, in the opinion of the Americans, were violated by this agreement. Our excuses and presented evidence to the contrary: however, the DSRMD clearly goes into twilight. stories and orders to live long, so that these cruise missiles, conventional or not, will definitely not interfere with us. Personal opinion of the author, which he does not impose on anyone - constructively 9М728 has a range of much more than the stated 500 km, but it was specifically limited so as not to violate the contract. Now we can, without creating a new project, make extended-range cruise missiles, and perhaps, appropriately upgrade existing missiles.
Do landraits - a holiday!
It also became known that JSC Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation entered into three state contracts. The first of these concerns the supply of 120-mm transportable mortars from the Petrel Research Institute.
Here, in fact, nothing to discuss. As comrade Napoleon said: “Guns kill people,” and the mortar, as is known, is an extremely harmful kind of artillery.
The second contract is much more mysterious, since it is a long-term document for the creation of ground-based robotic complexes, and here you already understand what you want. Well, the third contract provides for the modernization of the existing in the army T-90A to the level of T-90M.
For some, alas, unconfirmed data, upgrades are subject to 100 machines, but this is not about T-90, produced from 2004 to 2011, but about the very first sample, that is, T-90. Alas, the sources who wished to remain unknown did not say anything about the timing of the execution of this contract.
Nevertheless, newscertainly wonderful. The fact is that during the GPV 2011-2020, only T-72B3, which, of course, are noticeably better than the T-72 of previous modifications, but still no longer the spearhead of military-technical progress, entered the troops in a somewhat mass order. and against modern modifications of the “Leopards” and “Abrams”, hand on heart, they don’t look very special. Although, I must say that the T-72B3 are also different and depend on the year of manufacture - the first Tanks this modification became an extremely budgetary upgrade option for the T-72B, much inferior to Western electronics in electronics and bearing the old Contact-5 dynamic protection, but in the future (T-72B3 models 2014 and 2016), the situation improved somewhat - new engines appeared , modern dynamic protection "Relic", etc.
Nevertheless, and without any doubt, the T-90M is much better and much more consistent with the concept of “modern battle tank” than even the most advanced T-72BXNNXX. Here is an improved B-3C92F engine with 2 1 HP power. instead of B-130C92 with 2 1 hp on T-000А, and the newest 90-mm gun 125А2-82М installed on the Armata tank, and a new turret module with multi-layered armor. The T-1M received a modern Kalina fire control system. Unfortunately, the author does not have the opportunity to compare her performance characteristics with similar foreign products, but I would like to focus on one aspect of Kalina. The fact is that Kalina provides T-90M network-centricity, since its capabilities include integrating the tank on which it is installed into an automated control system for a tank battalion. Including combining information about the current state of the observation sector with an electronic map of the area, prompt recognition and identification of targets, capturing and transmitting information about the target in the field of view of the gunner ... So it is quite possible, a joke: "If I were able to cook, I would have married" would stick to " Kalina ”tightly.
The creators of the T-90M modification also provided for equipping the tank with the Arena active defense system, and if our Ministry of Defense doesn’t stint on it, it will be just fine. No less remarkable is the fact that the designers paid a lot of attention to improving ergonomics - the crew will get much more comfortable seats than they were before, the tank, of course, will be equipped with air conditioning and heating, and even the gearbox was made automatic, although with the ability to switch to manual control.
Sailors - a holiday!
And then, finally, "cherry on the cake." The author of this article has repeatedly described the extremely difficult situation prevailing in the domestic underflooding. In short, the situation was as follows: on the part of replacing the outgoing by just-renowned rest with new ships, things were more or less good only for SSBNs. “Mace” still flew, and the pace of construction of “Boreev” and “Boreev-A” completely allow them to timely replace with them the SSBN of the 667BDRM “Dolphin” project, for which, by the way, while they are still in service, an advanced ballistic missile was also created.
But in terms of multipurpose atomic and diesel submarines, we found ourselves in an extremely difficult situation - with the curtailment of the payroll, the program of deep modernization of the existing boats of the Pike-B and Antey type was ugly delayed, so even those few submarines and diesel submarines, which all still remained in the ranks, obsolete not only technically but also morally. They were to be replaced by new submarines of the 4 generation: MAPL of the 885 and 885M project (“Ash” and “Ash-M”).
As well as diesel-electric submarines of the 677 "Lada" project.
But the former turned out to be too expensive, which is why their total number in terms of GPV 2011-2020 smoothly decreased from 10 to 7 units. As far as its capabilities “Ash-M” corresponds to the American “Virginia”, the question is debatable, but this is our most advanced multi-purpose submarine, and only 7 units, including the “intermediate” Severodvinsk, certainly look like an evil mockery of real needs fleet. With the project 677 "Lada", too, everything went awry, because the lead boat of the series categorically refused to demonstrate the TTX laid down by the project in the sea. As a result, it came to the point of not being completely without submarines, it was necessary for the Black and Pacific Fleets to lay boats according to the modernized, of course, but still obsolete project 636.3.
And if there was still some hope about the LAD, because more recently positive news began to appear that the project was still able to be brought to mind, about the atomic multi-purpose nuclear submarines of everyone who cares about the state of the Russian Navy, black doubts . Instead of “Yasenei-M”, we were promised new type of ships, the development of which was carried out under the cipher “Huskies”, but everyone who knew at least a little about the current state of affairs understood: we are still very far from new boats and it is doubtful that in the near future decade will be laid at least the head "Husky".
It would seem that nothing foreshadowed ... and suddenly, just like in a fairy tale (which is surprising - with a good end!), Bmpd blog reports: during the "Army 2019" contracts were signed for the construction of four submarines, including two "Yasene-M" And two Lad!
Firstly, it’s excellent that the management realized the notorious inadequacy of the pace of rearmament of our atomic multipurpose submarine forces and increased the series of ships of the 885М project. Secondly, the order of two additional diesel-electric submarines of the 677 project indisputably indicates that the problems discovered during their operation have been solved. And let these boats not receive the long-awaited VNEU (although — who knows, maybe lithium-ion batteries will be installed on them), yet their combat capabilities, at least for the destruction of enemy submarines in the seas washing our shores, will be very great.
Think about it? ..
Of course, someone can say: “Well, think, 76 fighters, a hundred helicopters and tanks, and four submarines! What is it within the real needs of the troops? Little things, and only! ", - and will be right. But you should pay attention to this.
According to TASS, the sum of all 46 contracts is “more than 1 trillion. rub.". But the planned costs of rearming the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the period from 2018 to 2027 a little bit like that, about seven times, more than the specified amount. So, we are waiting for information about new contracts for the supply of combat equipment of the Strategic Missile Forces, VKS, army and navy!
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