Web-site “Media forum” has obtained the list of 69 kinds of weapons, ammunition and other military equipment were supplied to the disposal of the Armenian Ministry of Defense by Russian military base No.102 deployed in Armenia’s Gumru city.
Ammunitions were supplied to Armenians under the signature of the chief for armament of Russian military base No.102, deputy chief for armament of Northern Caucasian circuit commander-in-chief, Vyacheslav Golovchenko in 2008. According to expert’s estimation, total cost of these weapons is about of US $800 mln.
21 T-71 tanks; 27 IFV-2 (infantry fighting vehicles), 12 APC 70/80 (armoured personnel carrier), 5 BREM-2 fighting vehicles (based on IFV-1); 4 ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” missiles, various “Strela” missiles; 875 boxes of F-1 and RQD-5 grenades, 1050 boxes of RFQ-3/3 EM grenades; 7897 (122 thousand RS, 152 thousand 2S3, 122 thousand D-30 and etc.) military supplies; 120 QP-25 mortars, 2846 AK-74 and AKS-74 (5.45 mm), 1472 AKM and AKMS submachine guns (7.62), 103 NB-8 night viewing devices; trotyl bombs; various type (TM 62 M/P, OZM, PMN) of mines, 14 BM-37 mortars, 9 “Grad” antiaircraft emplacement (RSZO 9K51 BM-21); 10 T-55-based “Akasiya” and 14 MT-LBU-based “Gvozdika” weapons (SAU 151 mm 1S), 5 100 mm “Rapira” cannons (MT-12r), 210 3 M9M3 “Kub” missiles and other weapons, as well as ammunition and other military equipments were included to the list.
To remind that in 1996 Russia supplied Armenia with ammunition worth of US $ 1bln. Though Russia denied this fact for a long time afterwards had to affirm it. But this hasn’t been resulted Russia’s supplying Armenia with ammunition. After 1996 Russia supplied Armenia with ammunition several times.
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