The Russian presidential aide on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin
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MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Russia this year will supply Iraq a large batch tank, said the newspaper “Izvestia”, the Russian presidential aide on military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin. Earlier it was reported that the Corporation “Uralvagonzavod” in 2017, will supply Iraq 73 T-90S/SK.
“A decent contract for a big batch, the specific amount can not call the number [of tanks] large,” the publication said Kozhin.
According to the newspaper, this is only the first batch of equipment, which others will follow. “In this case we can talk about the delivery of several hundred cars, and the contract amount may exceed $1 billion This ordering is a big help to “Uralvagonzavod”. In addition, this contract is a serious foreign policy success of Russia. After war in Iraq, the Americans, and the choice of the Iraqi military in the end fell to a Russian tank”, – the newspaper quotes the Director of the Center for analysis of strategies and technologies Ruslan Pukhov.
T-90S – export version of the T-90. It has powerful weapons, modern fire control system, reliable armour protection and high mobility, designed to combat at any time of day and in various climatic conditions, with tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored objects. T-90СК is its commander.