India will buy from Russia 10,000 anti-tank guided missiles Konkurs-M 1111121

The 9M113 Konkurs-M is a wire-guided Anti-tank missile designed and manufactured in Russia. The "9M113" is the GRAU designation of the missile. The NATO reporting name is AT-5 Spandrel.The system is designed to engage modern ERA-equipped armor materiel, fortified weapon emplacements, mobile and stationary pinpoint ground and waterborne targets at any time of day or night. It can be airdropped. The Konkurs-M system comprises combat assets, maintenance facilities and traning aids.

The missiles are going to be acquired for infantry troops. The cost of future purchases is estimated at 12 billion rupees (240 million dollars). Previously, the Committee on Security has approved the purchase of Russian guided tank missiles Invar for T-90 tanks and more than 200 air-purpose cruise missiles BrahMos for a total amount of 80 billion rupees (1.5 billion dollars). Of this amount, 60 billion rupees ($ 1.2 billion) will be spent for the purchase of Brahmos aircraft missiles to be installed on the Su-30MKI. The missiles are produced in Russia at Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace.

However, in the tender for the purchase of 15 heavy helicopters, India opted for the American CH-47F Chinook instead of the Russian Mi-26. The cost of the tender is 1 billion 400 million dollars. U.S. helicopters CH-47F by Boeing will replace helicopters of Soviet production in the Indian Air Force. India purchased them in the mid 1980s. However, information on the outcome of the tender has not been officially confirmed yet. "We participate in the tender and would like to know the outcome. But we do not have the information yet," the press service of Rosoboronexport said.