Azerbaijan will soon start producing 107 and 122mm missile with Turkish Company Roketsan 2805133

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:22 PM
 
Azerbaijan will soon start producing 107 and 122mm missile with Turkish Company Roketsan.
Azerbaijan will soon start producing missiles together with Turkey’s ROKETSAN company. ROKETSAN told APA (Azerbaijan Press Agency) about it exclusively. Production line has been established at one of the facilities of Azerbaijan with the participation of ROKETSAN. The sides signed a contract on starting production in Istanbul on May 8.
     

Roketsan 107 and 122 mm extended range artillery rocket
     

In accordance with the contract, 107mm and 122mm caliber missiles will be produced in Azerbaijan. Only the engine of the missiles will be made by ROKETSAN. The other parts will be made and assembled in Azerbaijan.

Compared to the Grad multiple-rocket launchers included in the arsenal of the army, 122 mm caliber missiles to be jointly produced are twice as longer (42 km) for its shooting range. The shooting range of 107 mm caliber missiles is 11 km and approximately 4 km long away compared to the missiles made by Russia and Ukraine.