Tuesday, June 13 2017 16:15

ArmInfo.In 2016, Russia transferred 6 weapons to Azerbaijan from the category of  "Large-caliber artillery systems" (probably the fourth batch of heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1A . This is stated in the report of the Russian Center for the Analysis of the World Trade in Arms (CAMTO), compiled on the basis of data published by the United Nations Register for the year 2016 on the supply of conventional weapons submitted by Russia.

As CAMTO reports, in the annual report for 2016 presented by Russia,  the quantity of not considered technics has even more increased in  comparison with reports for the previous year. The provision of data  on the supply of WVT to the UN Register is voluntary, so many  countries give far from complete information.  "In the category "Main  Battle Tanks", information is not provided, although it is known that  in 2016, the T- 90S  were supplied to the Armed Forces of Algeria,  and the T-90S-India Armed Forces. There is also no information on the  transfer of Syrian tanks, the supply of one T-90S to Armenia as a  prize for the "Tank Biathlon 2014", as well as the transfer of the  repaired T-72B1 to Nicaragua. In the category , 170 BTR-80A to Bangladesh under the contract for the  supply of a total of 330 such armored vehicles have been declared. At  the same time, in the report there is no announcement of the transfer  of the former in operation and new equipment announced in the press.  In particular, this is BTR-82 for Belarus, BMP-3M / K for Kuwait.  There is no confirmation of supplies of BTR-70M to Kyrgyzstan,  BTR-70M to Tajikistan and BMP-3 to Equatorial Guinea. In the Register  there are no artillery supplies to Armenia announced in the press -  300 mm BM-30 and TOC-1A , the report says.

At the same time it is written. (Yak-130), 4 for Belarus (Yak-130), 4  for China (Su-35), 8 for India (MiG- 29K / KUB), 2 for Kazakhstan  (Su-30SM), 3 - Myanmar (Yak-130), 4 - Vietnam (Su-30MK2B). , Belarus - 6 MI-8MTV-5, Iraq - 8  Mi- 35M and 6 Mi-28NE, Cameroon-2 Mi-24 . In the category of  "Fighting ships", the transfer to Vietnam of the fifth of six ordered  submarines of the project 636 is declared. In the category "Missiles  and missile launchers", only the transfer of 300 missiles to Armenia  to the advanced portable anti-aircraft missile systems 9K338   and 9K333 < Verba>, which were supplied from December 2016 to January  2017, "the publication writes.