T-90 and ‘Terminators’: Russian Weapons to Supercharge Iraqi Army

Thursday, July 20, 2017
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
20.07.2017

The delivery of Russian-made T-90 tanks will significantly increase the potential of the Iraqi military, according to Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko. He suggested that the Iraqi side would receive “hundreds” of Russian tanks.

On Thursday, a Russian presidential aide on military and technical cooperation confirmed that Russia and Iraq have made a deal on the delivery of a “large batch” of modernized T-90MS main battle tanks.

“[It is] a significant contract for a large batch. I cannot name its exact worth but the amount [of tanks] is large,” Vladimir Kozhin told the Russian newspaper Izvestia.

Earlier, Russia’s Uralvagonzavod defense contractor said that the first shipment of 73 tanks is scheduled to be delivered this year.

Russian military analyst Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, pointed out that Russia earlier supplied the Iraqi military with Su-25 ground attack jets, in accordance with already existing military and technical cooperation contracts. In particular, the aircraft were effectively used against Daesh.

“Those aircraft might have played a very important role in the fight against terrorism in Iraq. Of course, Baghdad made a note of it. So, this new contract [on the delivery of T-90 tanks] is another example of the fact that Russian weapons have an excellent reputation abroad. This deal will significantly boost the potential of the Iraqi Army,” Korotchenko said in an interview with Sputnik.

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