Greece announces purchase of Chinook helicopters

December 2 2015 50

The Greek military has officially announced the purchase of used Boeing CH-10D Chinook transport helicopters in the United States in the US, reports Military Parity with reference to janes.com.

The amount of the transaction - $ 125,8 million. The permission from the Greek government to conclude a contract was received at the end of 2013. The State Department approved the sale of 2014 in December.

"Currently, Greece is negotiating with international lenders who demand to ban any major defense projects until the completion of the country's financial rescue program," writes the resource.

Apparently, it was possible to agree on something, because, according to janes.com, "the first installment in the payment of the contract can be made before the end of 2015 of the year." The entire amount must be paid before 2022.

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cniza

+4

2 December 2015 17: 39

The Greeks know better, but why B.U.
1. Hairy Siberian
  
  +14
  
  2 December 2015 17: 41
  
  Quote from the article:
  The entire amount must be paid before 20022.
  
  Well now it’s clear !!!
  1. lelikas
    
    +12
    
    2 December 2015 17: 47
    
    Quote: Hairy Siberian
    Well now it’s clear !!!
    
    The entire amount must be paid by 20022 -And I would take a couple of "Chinooks" for myself, on such conditions!
  2. fdg45tfh
    
    -4
    
    2 December 2015 20: 42
    
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  3. fdg45tfh
    
    -3
    
    2 December 2015 20: 42
    
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2. SRC P-15
  
  +6
  
  2 December 2015 17: 41
  
  "Currently, Greece is negotiating with international lenders who demand to ban any major defense projects until the completion of the country's financial rescue program," writes the resource.
  
  If the Greeks bought helicopters, for example, in Russia, then this would not be possible, but in the USA - it is possible!
3. Vitaly Anisimov
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 17: 42
  
  Quote: cniza
  The Greeks know better, but why B.U.
  
  In debt, as in silk ... And all the same! Naglo-Saxons are trying to make the slaughter in Europe equal among themselves .. And then they will write off the debts! Well, well ...
  1. BMP-2
    
    +6
    
    2 December 2015 18: 44
    
    Apparently the Greeks need helicopters in order for the lenders to carry the money.
4. Oberon812
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 17: 45
  
  Let me get to the bottom!
  
  Chinooks - uh-huh, following the order for Ohio submarines and Nimitz aircraft carriers.
  "according to janes" - according to janes.com / according to Jane's
  "The entire amount must be paid by 20022." - oh, someone will heat up by percentage, for so many years ...
  1. Basarev
    
    +1
    
    2 December 2015 17: 58
    
    Well, what's wrong with that? One NATO country acquires transport helicopters from another NATO country. The hype would have been much greater if the Greeks decided to acquire the approximately proportionate Chinuku Mi-38.
    1. Bayonet
      
      +1
      
      2 December 2015 18: 54
      
      Quote: Basarev
      roughly proportional to Chinuku Mi-38.
      
      "Chinook" pulls on pain: 8164 kg. cargo in the cab or 10341 kg. on suspension
      
      Mi-38 - Max. payload on the external suspension: 6000 kg.
      Max. payload in the transport cabin: 5000 kg.
  2. Persistent
    
    +1
    
    2 December 2015 18: 15
    
    oh someone heats up on a percentage, for so many years ...
    
    Nikolay agree with you !!! For the service staff of this rubbish, and even on credit ... Interest will be - Mom, do not worry !!! And in real combat, all these "chinook" will not be able to start the engines ....
5. Vikings
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 17: 56
  
  Crisis is a crisis. They are taken all over the world. And money is
  Dyat to buy turntables.
6. Bayonet
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 17: 57
  
  Quote: cniza
  The Greeks know better, but why B.U.
  
  Because new ones are expensive! We buy B.N. civil airplanes, and more recently half of the country was cut by used foreign cars. As they say - "On Senka and a hat."
7. Aleksey_K
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 18: 38
  
  Quote: cniza
  The Greeks know better, but why B.U.
  
  Obviously, they are cheaper. They should have disposed of it to the American, but here they give you money for the trash.
8. pvv113
  
  0
  
  2 December 2015 21: 56
  
  With finances they strained
Dr. Bormental

+2

2 December 2015 17: 39

Something the Americans push their junk to everyone ... then we steal, then the Greeks ... do they clean the warehouses for novi? Then this is not good ...
1. Zoldat_A
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 18: 39
  
  Quote: Dr. Bormental
  Something the Americans push their junk to everyone ... then we steal, then the Greeks ... do they clean the warehouses for novi?
  
  Even during Desert Storm, the Americans did not hesitate to calculate how much they saved on shooting outdated missiles in Iraq compared to the cost of their disposal. The numbers turned out to be huge! So here too - to drive the trash is always more profitable than spending money on disposal ...
2. Bayonet
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 19: 00
  
  Quote: Dr. Bormental
  Something the Americans push their old stuff to everyone ... now Ukrainians, then Greeks ..
  
  This "old" can still fly and fly! Do not keep the Greeks for suckers, try to sell them some kind of bullshit! Oh, and they always knew how to trade.
3. Persistent
  
  -1
  
  2 December 2015 19: 09
  
  Something the Americans push their junk to everyone ... then we steal, then the Greeks ... do they clean the warehouses for novi? Then this is not good ..
  
  Ukram is older than Turks is newer. But definitely trash !!!
Teberii

0

2 December 2015 17: 39

It’s necessary to fulfill NATO requirements, even if they’re old, buy it.
michell

+7

2 December 2015 17: 39

The entire amount must be paid before 20022.

The Greeks bargained for a good installment plan
1. venaya
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 17: 59
  
  Quote: michell
  The entire amount must be paid before 20022.
  The Greeks bargained for a good installment plan
  
  And not only the Greeks, the whole trading system for strategically important aircraft was built so that no one could afford to compete with their aircraft industry. So we have therefore all the civilian aircraft of their construction. They are able to do and protect their business.
Prisoner

+5

2 December 2015 17: 40

Until the year 20022 ?! Yes, your division! I would have loans with repayment for such a period!
1. quote
  
  0
  
  2 December 2015 19: 01
  
  Quote: Captive
  Until the year 20022 ?! Yes, your division! I would have loans with repayment for such a period! : logging:
  
  2022!!!!! Read, write, comment!
Sterlya

+1

2 December 2015 17: 40

So Greece has debts like fleas at mutts
And all there too. So tell me something after that about the global economy.
APASUS

+1

2 December 2015 17: 40

It seems that the aggravation of affairs in Turkey is forcing the Greeks to purchase weapons and equipment despite the crisis.
A-Sim

+1

2 December 2015 17: 41

The entire amount must be paid before 20022. It will take a long time to wait.
little girl15

+2

2 December 2015 17: 41

And what the hell do they need these coffins for? Laurel brooms to carry?
1. ALABAY45
  
  0
  
  2 December 2015 18: 04
  
  By the way, these are not brooms! This is a laurel wreath of winners (from the textbook "Stories for 5kl.) The inventors of democracy, after all ... Let them take it, when I cook pilaf in Turkish, nowhere without" lavrushka "! It's time to bend down and proud Greeks and buckwheat. ..
2. Bayonet
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 18: 43
  
  Quote: Vovochka15
  And what the hell do they need these coffins for?
  
  Reliable, time-tested machine. A helicopter of a two-screw longitudinal scheme with two gas-turbine engines and a four-landing gear.
  The fuselage is an all-metal, semi-monocoque design, with a rectangular section with rounded corners; has a double crew cabin, on each side of which there are resettable emergency doors, and a cargo cabin with a volume of 41.7m3, in which there are 44 seats (33 main and 11 additional along the central aisle), a rear part with a cargo hatch, the folding leaf of which forms a loading ramp equipped with three hinged sections and rotor pylon compartments. The cargo compartment with dimensions of 9.19 x 2.29 x 1.98m and a floor area of 21m2 has on the right side a large sliding door with a size of 1.68 x 0.9m and additionally emergency exit hatches. The cargo compartment and crew cabin are connected by an aisle. In the sanitary version, 24 wounded on a stretcher and 2 accompanying orderlies can be accommodated in the cabin, in the passenger version there are seats for 44 passengers, 4 in a row with the central aisle. For the transportation of goods on an external sling under the fuselage, there is a central cargo hook designed for a force of 11970 kg, and front and rear cargo hooks for 7140 kg each.
  
  Modification CH-47E
  The diameter of the main screw, m 18.59
  Tail rotor diameter, m 18.59
  Length, m 15.54
  Height, m 5.77
  Weight, kg
  empty xnumx
  maximum take-off 22680
  Internal fuel, l 3899
  Engine type 2 GTD Textron Lycoming T55-L-712 (-712SSB)
  power, kWt
  during takeoff 2 x 2796 (3264)
  in flight 2 x 2237 ( 2339 )
  The maximum speed, km / h 298
  Cruising speed, km / h 256
  Practical range, km 2026
  Range, km 370
  Rate of climb, m / min 669
  Practical ceiling, m 6735
  Static ceiling, 3215 m
  Crew, people 2-3
  Payload: 55 soldiers or 24 stretchers and 2 escorts or 8164 kn of cargo in the cabin or 10341 kg on the suspension
  1 or 2 7.62 mm machine gun M60D
Army soldier2

0

2 December 2015 17: 43

That's Tsipras from Russia beg for money. Not fused, I had to take used
zekaze1980

0

2 December 2015 17: 45

Greeks you are weak-witted cacti, you rubbish when you are in debt like silk.
The black

+1

2 December 2015 17: 46

Shaw, the crisis has passed Greece? It remains to buy helicopters for the joys ...
samara-58

-3

2 December 2015 17: 48

And why do you need cipras helicopters ??? You’ll go round your hreceia in a day on a bicycle! And, I realized, there’s no place to put money ..!
aleksfill

-3

2 December 2015 17: 50

The Trojan gelding, the puppet of Israel, Alexis Tsipras knows why, allocated to Greece by Germany,
spend money.
Thunderbolt

+1

2 December 2015 17: 57

10 used transport helicopters
We bring the Greeks the helicopters they bought. Only business and nothing personal !
1. Bayonet
  
  0
  
  2 December 2015 18: 45
  
  Quote: Thunderbolt
  We bring the Greeks the helicopters they bought.
  
  Bought themselves fly perfectly.
  And in the photo there is an episode from the American special operation "Operation Mount Hope III" on June 11, 1988 to capture the Libyan Mi-24 302 in Chad.
pvv113

+2

2 December 2015 18: 01

The Greeks themselves make their choice. But just in case they note
Legionnaire 030

-1

2 December 2015 18: 05

Good afternoon.
I read an article that the Turkish EW CORAL completely suppressed our C400 (Ukrainians are especially pleased with this news).
Has anyone heard anything on this subject? Were there any comments from our military on this issue?
1. 33 Watcher
  
  +3
  
  2 December 2015 18: 36
  
  I heard that they were placed on the border. That someone, someone suppressed heard one Turkish publication. From our warriors: Coral, will not be able to disrupt the operation of the s-400 radar. A step to place them, rather for internal use, a demonstration to the public ...
  While all ...
2. NEXUS
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 18: 46
  
  Quote: Legionnaire 030
  Good afternoon.
  I read an article that the Turkish EW CORAL completely suppressed our C400 (Ukrainians are especially pleased with this news).
  Has anyone heard anything on this subject? Were there any comments from our military on this issue?
  
  This is all lies. The S-400 complex is noise-resistant. CORAL REB can, at best, reduce the distance of target detection to our air defense systems and nothing more.
3. Aleksey_K
  
  +1
  
  2 December 2015 21: 20
  
  Quote: Legionnaire 030
  Turkish EW CORAL completely suppressed our C400
  
  Turkish EW CORAL has been transferred to the border, but no one has yet written that it is turned on, that it acts and how it acts on our VKS. Our military is flying and this electronic warfare has not yet felt on itself. It is unlikely that airplanes would fly blindly and without the protection of the C-400 and fighters.
  If this electronic warfare began to act and, say, effectively against Russia, then the Western media would not just write about this, but would “yell” at the top of their lungs. For now, silence.
  1. NEXUS
    
    +2
    
    3 December 2015 00: 29
    
    Quote: Алексей_К
    If this electronic warfare began to act and, say, effectively against Russia, then the Western media would not just write about this, but would “yell” at the top of their lungs. For now, silence.
    
    Not work out for them anyway.
    For the first time, the Murmansk-BN electronic warfare complex was used as part of a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Russian Armed Forces and the electronic warfare units of the Northern Fleet.
    
    Four such Murmansk-BN electronic warfare systems were deployed in Sevastopol, and are currently capable of intercepting and suppressing any short-wave radio communication lines in the tactical command and control units of the enemy at a distance of 5 kilometers.
    
    Also, the purpose of the complex is to counteract the electronic warfare systems of a potential enemy.
    
    Apparently, they will not allow the Turks to jam our S-400 radars
    Best regards
dchegrinec

-3

2 December 2015 18: 06

Why do they need these awkward flying troughs? Grave-hearers!
afrikanez

+1

2 December 2015 18: 06

Quote: Sterlya
So Greece has debts like fleas at mutts
And all there too. So tell me something after that about the global economy.

What the hell is the global economy, it’s a mockery of the disenfranchised (albeit NATO members)
wicked pinnochio

+2

2 December 2015 18: 09

by the way, the chinook in terms of carrying capacity loses to our mi 26
1. sub307
  
  +2
  
  2 December 2015 18: 16
  
  I agree, because it is a fact. But...:"
  Mi-26 lost in Indian tender to American Chinook The Russian multi-purpose transport helicopter Mi-26T2 lost to American Boeing CH-47F Chinook in the Indian Air Force tender. According to The Times of India, citing a source in the Indian Ministry of Defense, both helicopters passed an intensive test program in India, but the United States offered a lower cost of the contract than Russia.
  "The little casket just opened"
  1. NEXUS
    
    +1
    
    2 December 2015 18: 47
    
    Quote: sub307
    Mi-26 lost in Indian tender to American Chinook The Russian multi-purpose transport helicopter Mi-26T2 lost to American Boeing CH-47F Chinook in the Indian Air Force tender.
    
    However, even mattresses are bought by our MI-26
    1. Bayonet
      
      0
      
      2 December 2015 21: 00
      
      Quote: NEXUS
      However, even mattresses are bought by our MI-26
      
      There is information ? For the first time I hear about it. Mi-26 is produced at our factory Rostvertol.
      1. NEXUS
        
        +1
        
        2 December 2015 22: 20
        
        Quote: Bayonet
        There is information ? For the first time I hear about it. Mi-26 is produced at our factory Rostvertol.
        
        Sorry, I was mistaken ... I mixed up with the purchase of the United States MI-17. But, if sclerosis doesn’t fail me, the United States rented one Mi-26 when the fires raged, or in the past or the year before last. Mi-26 put out the forests .
        Something I overclocked Thank you for the amendment.
        Best regards
        
        mvg
        
        +1
        
        2 December 2015 22: 54
        
        For Afghanistan. Because they (the Mujahideen) cannot be taught the complex technique.
        And to buy second-hand Chinooks in 1/8 of the real cost of the new .. Yes, why not. Especially distinguished by increased resource. Especially on credit.
        Lapota.
        
        Bayonet
        
        +1
        
        3 December 2015 08: 01
        
        Quote: NEXUS
        Confused with the purchase of the United States MI-17
        
        It happens. The truth they bought Mi-17 for the Afghan army, purely for economic reasons.
      2. Bayonet
        
        0
        
        3 December 2015 14: 04
        
        Quote: Bayonet
        There is information ? For the first time I hear about it. Mi-26 is produced at our factory Rostvertol.
        
        Of course, I have a minus to the light bulb, but for what, it’s very interesting to know. For the fact that the Americans do not buy Mi-26 from us or for the fact that it is manufactured in Rostov-on-Don? I’m trying to understand the logic of these people and I don’t understand God! As they say, I would know for what, I would bet even more!
  2. wicked pinnochio
    
    -2
    
    2 December 2015 19: 04
    
    Well, the build quality is not a fact that the Americans assembled it qualitatively or the junk did not put it
    1. wicked pinnochio
      
      0
      
      4 December 2015 16: 40
      
      Well, for what minus here that lovers of the United States gathered
hartlend

-1

2 December 2015 20: 36

Let them buy junk from amers, they still will not pay, there is no money and is not expected.
vonWolfenstein

+1

2 December 2015 21: 01

Actually, it's more correct to write “Chinook helicopters” “and not“ Chinook helicopters. ”So it's not far from“ Chinook ”. And the year 20022 looks strange. Maybe you need to edit, what do you think?
k_ply

+2

2 December 2015 21: 58

Here to know one well-to-do? Used car never used? The current needs of the Hellenic army and defense require, therefore, they buy (unwritten), from themselves then? about most of the park of the ancients, often falling Mi-8, because somehow limited to use, keep quiet!

Pictured is the CH-47D of the 12th Army Aviation Brigade in Germany.
From Samara

+1

2 December 2015 22: 07

Good helicopter
andrew-z

+1

2 December 2015 22: 18

in the military sphere, buying used equipment is a common thing. The Russian Federation also does this, but for some reason no one publishes angry screams about this. The Chinook car is strong, reliable, very "volatile" and with timely repair and extension of the resource can be operated for several decades (I recently watched a program about the history of the only surviving British Chinook ZA718 "Bravo November" in the Falklands, and so it flies to this day, including including in Afghanistan and will fly for a long time, although he is already over 33 years old)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_November
By the way, you can see for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEm4N2P1rug

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