TSAMTO, January 26th. Last year, the Russian ground forces received six brigade and divisional sets of anti-aircraft missile systems/complexes within the framework of the state Defense Order (GOZ), Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on a Single day of acceptance of military products.
Here and further, A.Krivoruchko's citation is given according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
"In the interests of the Ground Forces and interspecies support, six brigade and divisional sets of anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as other samples of air defense weapons of the Ground Forces have been delivered. More than four thousand samples of armored weapons and equipment: tanks and tank support combat vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers," A. Krivoruchko noted.
We are talking about new and repaired samples of weapons and military equipment adopted last year within the framework of the State Budget by military representations at defense industry enterprises.
It also includes more than 16 thousand samples of automotive equipment, including over three thousand protected armored vehicles, four thousand samples of rocket and artillery weapons - self–propelled howitzers and artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers, artillery reconnaissance and counter-battery warfare, more than 150 samples of RCBZ equipment: combat vehicles of heavy flamethrower systems, reconnaissance chemical and smoke machines," A. Krivoruchko said.
The troops also received more than 300 thousand samples of engineering weapons and equipment: remote mining systems, robotic mine clearance systems, heavy mechanized bridges, 193 units of electronic warfare: anti-unmanned aerial vehicles, ground jamming stations, radio interference modules, more than 93 thousand communication means: stations and integrated hardware, individual tactical radio stations, digital radio relay stations.
Defense industry enterprises have supplied 300 thousand samples of wearable weapons: machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers, sights of various modifications, more than a million personal armor protection equipment and equipment: modern bulletproof vests, armor helmets, sets of combat equipment and armor protection for crew members, A.Krivoruchko said.
According to him, the pace of production of the defense industry is increasing, there is a "multiple increase in the volume of production of armored weapons, including the T-90M main battle tank, which, following the results of hostilities, showed its superiority over advanced Western models."
General Director Alexander Potapov made a report at the meeting on the supply of T-90M tanks by Uralvagonzavod Concern, as well as those that have undergone major repairs and modernization of tanks.
Noting the multiple increase in the production of lightly armored vehicles, "including those manufactured taking into account the experience of combat operations," A.Krivoruchko gave the floor to Alexey Korenkov, Managing Director of the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, who reported on the supply of BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and special purpose vehicles.
"Industrial enterprises are taking measures to increase the pace and volume of production of artillery systems," A.Krivoruchko continued, giving the floor to Oleg Yemelyanov, General Director of the Ural Plant of Transport Engineering, who reported on the supply of new and overhauled Msta–S self-propelled howitzers to the troops.
"In 2023, a serial supply of engineering systems for remote mining and heavy flamethrower systems TOS-2 was carried out," A.Krivoruchko said, followed by a report on the topic by Viktor Kalinin, Acting General Director of the Tula Scientific and Production Association "Alloy" named after Ganichev.
The Akademik Shipunov Instrument Engineering Design Bureau has significantly increased the production of upgraded BMP-2 with the installation of the Berezhok combat compartment and shots with the Krasnopol M2 guided projectile," A.Krivoruchko said.
Oleg Ryazantsev, General Director of the High-Precision Complexes Holding, reported on the delivery of these products.
"In 2023, the production of shots for armored vehicles and ground artillery, as well as rockets, will be multiplied for the needs of the Armed Forces," A.Krivoruchko said.
Alexander Kochkin, Deputy General Director of the Techmash Scientific and Production Concern for the state defense order, reported on the supply of ammunition for combined-arms purposes, and Roman Agafonnikov, General Director of the Special Technology Center enterprise, reported on the supply of complexes of technical means of countering RB 504P unmanned aerial vehicles to the troops.