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Defence & Security News - Syria
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Russia has delivered new batch of T-62M main battle tanks and BMP-1 IFVs to Syria
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The Syrian Army has reportedly received T-62M main battle tanks and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) from Russia. The equipment was delivered to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the Russian naval base is also located.
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 Picture released on Internet showing Soviet-made T-62M main battle tanks at Tartus port (Source Defense Watch) |
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Picture released on Internet show T-62M Soviet-made main battle tanks in the Tartus port, Syria. The T-62M is an upgraded version of the standard Russian-made main battle tank T-62. The T-62M main battle tank was adopted in service by the Russian armed forces in 1983. The T-62M is fitted with the Sheksna (US designation AT-12 Swinger) laser beam-riding missile system, passive armour protection, a V-55U engine and the R-173 communications system
Main armament of the T-62 MBT is a U-5TS (2A20) 115 mm smoothbore two-axis stabilised gun fitted with a bore evacuator, with a maximum rate of fire of 4 rds/min when at a standstill. The gun is fully stabilised in both horizontal and vertical planes. The BMP-1 is a Soviet-made armoured infantry fighting vehicle. The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was adopted for service in 1966 with Russian army. The BMP-1 is fitted with a one-man turret. Main armament of the BMP-1 IFV is a 73 mm Model 2A28 smoothbore, low-pressure, short-recoil gun which weighs 115 kg. A 7.62mm PKT machine gun is mounted coaxially to the right of the main armament. Mounted over the main armament is a launcher for a Kolomna KBM 9K 11 Malyutka AT-3 `Sagger' wire-guided ATGW. |
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 A Syrian Army BMP-1 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) in the city of Quseir, June 6, 2013 |
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Russia has delivered new batch of T-62M main battle tanks and BMP-1 IFVs to Syria 11801177
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