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21 Aug, 36 tweets, 21 min read
Thread on the Army 2021 Defense Expo. Rosoboronexport said that 35 foreign delegations will attend the expo. The T-90MS and T-14 Armata tanks, Su-57 fighter, and Antey-4000 air defense system will be displayed among other weapon systems.
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Left, the 98R6E Abakan non-strategic missile defense system's 51P6E2 TELAR with a BAZ 10x10 chassis. Right, the S-500's 98L6AE "Yenisei-E" radar. 3/
Pantsir-S1M air defense system. 4/
Sosna SHORAD on a BTR-82A chassis. 5/
Remdizel is displaying a new MRAP specifically designed for Russian spetsnaz/SOF, the K-386 ZA-SpN. It weighs 12 tons, has a thermal imager, and can be equipped with different combat modules (seen here with a Kornet ATGM). 6/
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Kalashnikov is showing off the S-8L precision-guided missile, apparently a modernized version of the S-8 rocket. The S-8L has a range of 6km and can be launched from existing B8V20 and B8M1 rocket pods for helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft. 7/
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Video of the Planshet-M-IR system for controlling artillery fire, in particular Krasnopol-M2 and Kitilov-2M PGM artillery rounds, equipped in an Atlet vehicle. 8/
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Video of the Planshet-M-IR artillery C2 system in a VPK Atlet vehicle. 9/
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Minpromtorg's Denis Manturov said the ZALA Aero KUB-BLA loitering munition is in its final stage of testing and said their was a naval variant in development (we've seen SSO test Lancet-3 loitering munitions from fast attack boats). 10/
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Manturov said the first new build Tu-160M strategic bomber would begin flight tests next year. 11/
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Manturov said serial deliveries of the Altius UCAV to the Russian military will begin this year and that a large contract for serial production of the Okhotnik UCAV will likely be concluded next year. 12/
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Photos of the export variant Izdeliye 305E ATGM for Mi-28NM and Ka-52M helicopters, which has a "guaranteed" range of 14.5km, though the domestic model reportedly could have a max range of 100km. 13/
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More photos from @saidpvo of the Uran-9 UGV, BMPT-72 tank support combat vehicle, T-90MS tank, and T-14 Armata tank. 14/
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Photos of the Grom UCAV. 15/
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Thread with more photos of the Izdeliye 305 missile. 17/
Kalashnikov is working to adapt the Vikhr-1 ATGM to UCAVs developed by Kronstadt. The Vikhr-1 has a 10km range but they are working to expand that to 12km. 18/
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Photo of Remdizel’s modified KamAZ-5350 with a new armored cab, the K-5350-K1 Mustang-M. 19/
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There are a number of very cuddly mascots showing off Russia’s weapon systems at the Army 2021 defense expo. Not sure why the elephant is so impressed by a D-30 howitzer. 20/
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Video of the BT-3F amphibious vehicle by Kurganmashzavod. BT-3F are currently in service with the Indonesian Marine Corps. I suppose the Arctic camo tells us something about who this is being marketed to. 22/
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Video from the Army 2021 defense expo and Kalashnikov's exhibit. 23/
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Rostec released a video of the TOS-2 Tosochka thermobaric MLRS. Previously, we’ve only seen them in action briefly at Kavkaz 2020 and one of two other exercises. 24/
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And video of the new Zemledeliye mine-laying system, which was demonstrated recently during an exercise at the Mulino training area. 25/
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Photos of equipment from Kalashnikov's Grupa 99. 27/
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More from Kalashnikov's exhibition, including the KUB-BLA and Lancet-3 loitering munitions. 28/
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Photos of the new precision-guided S-8L missile, the new PPK-20 submachine gun, and the AK-12. 29/
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From top to bottom:
-AK-12 5.45x39
-AK-15 7.62x39
-AK-19 5.56x45
-AK308 7.62x51 + Infratec night vision scope.
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An MoD source tells TASS that the MoD will sign several dozen contracts at Army 2021 for new weapons and equipment, including the Inokhodets UCAV, Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, a new reconnaissance ship, and two communications ships. 31/
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Kalashnikov is prepping the 5.45 mm RPL-20 machine gun for preliminary trials. 32/
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The RKhBZ RKhM-9 vehicle based on the Typhoon-K MRAP chassis. 33/
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Rostec First Deputy Director Vladimir Artyakov said Uravagonzavod has delivered an experimental batch of T-14 Armata tanks to the MoD as well as T-90M. 35/
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