United Arab Emirates signed a contract with Russia for modernization of BMP-3 armoured vehicle IDEX

 

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IDEX 2011
International Defence Exhibition & Conference
Abu Dhabi
, United Arab Emirates
20 - 24 February 2011
 
Modernization BMP-3 UAE armed forces
 

Saturday, 26 February 2011, 09:35 AM

 
United Arab Emirates signed a contract with Russia for modernization of BMP-3 armoured vehicle.
 
 
The UAE signed a contract with Russian state arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, for the modernization of 135 of the UAE armed forces' BMP-3 armored infantry fighting vehicles.
     

The UAE signed a contract with Russian state arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, for the modernization of 135 of the UAE armed forces' BMP-3 armored infantry fighting vehicles.
BMP-3 tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle United Arab Emirates Army at IDEX 2011

     

The $74 million contract, announced on February 24, will be the second such modernization of the Emirati BMP-3s.

The first contract to upgrade these vehicles was signed in 2000 and included the fitting of reactive armor panels on 400 of the 415 vehicles purchased by the UAE.

The UAE BMP-3 fleet was purchased in the early 1990s and delivered by Kurganmashzavod between 1992 and 1997.