Belarus re-caps land equipment
The Belarus Army has started a couple of recapitalization programmes that will improve their armour and air defence capabilities.
The army has signed contracts for the procurement of BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and Tor-M2K self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems.
The BTR-82A contract is for 32 vehicles – enough for a mechanised infantry battalion – and was announced in October by deputy defence minister, Andrey Ravkov. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2016.
The unit price agreed with Rosoboronexport, Russia’s arms export agency, amounts to $900,000, while the upgrade of an existing BTR-80 to the BTR-82A standard costs $350,000.
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