The Russian assault aviation will receive the Armored truck missile no earlier than 2023. This was [...] announced by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash concern of the Rostec state Corporation, in a conversation with TASS.
"Taking into account the time parameters of the formation of the Russian Defense Ministry's procurement plans and the technological cycle of manufacturing Armored Truck missiles, their deliveries to the troops can begin no earlier than 2023," Kochkin said. The head of Techmash told reporters about this at the MAKS-2021 air show, which takes place from July 20 to 25 in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.
The director of the concern stressed that the mentioned terms of armament depend on the release of the relevant administrative documents, work on the registration of which is currently underway.
Kochkin recalled that the Armored Truck missile is designed to hit ground targets on various attack and transport-assault helicopters, Su-25 attack aircraft, and other military aircraft.
Kochkin initially said in April that the new unguided aviation missile (NAR) S-8OFP "Armored truck" will be in service with the Russian troops no earlier than 2023 [...] . Su-25 planes and Mi-8 helicopters will receive a missile that can explode in front of an obstacle, when it hits an obstacle, break through an obstacle and explode behind an obstacle.
Andrey Stavitsky