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Ukrainian tanks T-64B1M in Action

 

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Armored personel carrier BTR-4

produce Ukrainian State-owned enterprises - "Kharkiv Machine Building Design Bureau Morozov" and "Malyshev Plant"

 

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Armored medical vehicle MT-LBS "Eskulapochka" production of the Ukrainian private company "VK System"

 

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Ukrainian tanks T-84 BM Oplot

 

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Armored vehicle MRAP class KrAZ "Hurricane"

production Ukrainian private enterprise "KrAZ"

 

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Armored car "Dozor-B"

 

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Armored personel carrier BTR-4E

production of Ukrainian State Enterprise "Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau”

 

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Great pics Glavcom! Is Ukraine still manufacturing the GROM combat module?

 

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Great pics Glavcom! Is Ukraine still manufacturing the GROM combat module?

Thank you for your very good and topical issue. Now in Ukraine there is no production of combat units Grom (Thunder). The main reason for the lack of production of combat units Grom (Thunder) - is the lack of interest of the Ministry of Defence in the purchase of armaments. The biggest reason why the Ministry of Defence abandoned the idea of buying the combat module Grom (Thunder) - a general unification of the combat units in a meager state funding purchases of new effective weapons Ukrainian production for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In 2014, at the beginning of the east of Ukraine Russia's military aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine in conditions of scarce finance the purchase of new weapons Ukrainian production, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the decision was made - to buy in products, and then leave for two main combat unit armed with that on in early 2014. The first mass in production, in the second they were already eliminated inherent in new weapons childhood illnesses, in the third, they are supplied for export in the fourth they are completely satisfied with the military leadership of the Armed forces of Ukraine. Data above combat units at that time, fully consistent with the two major Ukrainian combat unit - a BM-3M "Shturm-M" (Sturm-M (M - mean - modernized) and BM-7 "Parus" ( "Sail").
Combat Module BM-3M "Shturm-M" (Sturm-M) was delivered as part of armament linear BTR-3E1i his commander's version - BTR-3K (BTR-3E1K) in Thailand, and the combat module BM-7 "Parus" ("Sail "), composed of linear armored personnel carriers BTR-4E "Bucephalus" and his commander's version - BTR-4K (BTR-4EK) that were supplied to Iraq. Plus, in the choice of an armored personnel carrier BTR-4E "Bucephalus" as the main armament is a remote-controlled combat module BM-7 "Parus" ( "Sail"), instead of remotely controlled weapon stations with remote weapons Grom (Thunder), has played a cruel joke "Iraqi contract ". I think you remember that story loud, as a result of backroom Iraqi vnutrepoliticheskih games for the right to steal money in the arms business in the summer of 2013, Iraq refused to Party BTR-4E "Bucephalus" in an amount of 64 Armored personnel carriers. Then the ill-considered actions of the Government of Iraq, Ukraine has suffered irreparable reputational impact, as an unreliable supplier of arms. You agree that those 64 APC BTR-4E from which Iraq for domestic political games internecine refused summer 2013, is now in the fight against LIH were used for the Iraqi government a serious tool, an additional factor of the state sovereignty of Iraq. According to this those 64 machines abandoned by Iraq were returned back at the factory in Ukraine. It is also a well-known fact for you.
Then in the spring of 2014 with the beginning of the aggression of the Russian Federation against the sovereign and independent state of Ukraine, these machines with "Iraq contract" were promptly bought the Ukrainian state in the manufacturing plants and put into service units of the National Guard of Ukraine. Since the BTR-4E with the party "Iraq contract" were equipped combat units BM-7 "Parus" (Sail) speech could no longer be on the purchase Grom (Thunder), which was originally planned combat units made in the configuration of a modification of the BTR-4 "Ladia" ("Rook") - BTR-4A.

On this today manufacture remotely controlled weapon stations with remote weapons Grom (Thunder) may again be deployed exclusively at one main factor - if there is a foreign customer who wish to purchase a combat unit Grom (Thunder). Production of weapon stations Grom (Thunder), preserved and conserved at the moment in anticipation of new export orders.

 

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In late 2016 the ukrainian private company "Rosava" again won the tender held by Central Car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result, signed a contract to supply tires TM ROSAVA (2016 production) for military equipment. According to the contract made these days supply tires to the customer in full.

Recall that in 2016 the company "Rosava" has won a number of tenders and signed contracts:
- In February, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the supply of tires for military and special equipment;
- In May with the state agency "service center units of the National Police of Ukraine" on the supply of summer car tires;
- In July with the Department patrol police Ukraine for the supply of summer car tires;
- In November with the Department patrol police Ukraine for the supply of winter passenger car tires.

 

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Armored vehicle MRAP class KrAZ "Hurricane"

production Ukrainian private enterprise "KrAZ"

 

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Fire Support Vehicles MOP-4K on the basis of an armored personnel carrier BTR-4E

 

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Tank with remotely operated weapon "T-REX" - a project of deep modernization of the Ukrainian main battle tank T-64B "Pine". The project was developed in 2016 Ukrainian private company "Engineering Group "Azov"

 

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Armored car "Dozor-B" production ukrainian State Enterprise "Lviv armored plant".

 

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Main Battle Tank T-80UD "Birch" production Ukrainian state enterprise "Malyshev Plant"