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First delvery of two of 24 Mi-35M Russian made combat helicopter to Azerbaijan Army 1912111.
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Air Force News - Azerbaijan |
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First delvery of two of 24 Mi-35M Russian made combat helicopter to Azerbaijan
Army. |
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The
delivery of Mi-35M Russian made helicopter for the Azerbaijan began. The
Press Agency APA reports that the delivery took place on December 12 from
Rostov-on-Don airport by Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100. According to
the agreement, Russian “Rosvertol” Joint-Stock Company will
send other helicopters to Azerbaijan in 2012. |
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 Mi-35M Russian made combat helicopter at MAKS Moscow Air Show |
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Mi-35M helicopters will be sent to Baku in accordance with a deal signed
on September, 2010 between Rosoboronexport and Azerbaijan’s corresponding
organization. Mi-35 is a modernized version of Mi-24, which is considered for destruction of armoured vehicles. These helicopters are also implemented in airlift delivery and evacuation of wounded and providing fire air support. These helicopters now have Russian-made NVGs, a new countermeasures system, Garmin GPS 115 with VPS-200 interface, and a turret-mounted IRTV-445MGH thermal imaging system. Eight 9M114 cumulative warhead “Shturm-V” anti-tank missiles, 80mm S-8, 240mm S-24 missiles, 12,7-mm machine-gun 9-A-629 or 2 7,62-mm machine-guns 9-A-622 or 30-mm grenade launcher 9-A-800 and 50-500kg weight various bombs are included in the helicopter’s armament. |
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