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Soldier30

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Russian military equipment arrived at the World Defense Show 2026 military exhibition in Saudi Arabia. Among the items delivered was the Russian BTR-22 armored personnel carrier, developed on the basis of the serial BTR-82A, and the Planshet-A artillery fire control system, based on the Atlet armored vehicle. Various weapons systems and other equipment were also delivered.


Russia's Planshet-A artillery fire control system, based on the Atlet armored vehicle.

 
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defenceman

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Hi,
might be in Russian own interest to keep these SU30s in Belarus airforce, may be
Russian airforce pilots are flying these machines themselves as Belarus is the only
Russian Ally left who is also having nuclear missiles from Russia stationed in their country
to face western forces.
thank you
 
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Tam

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wuguanhui said:
Doesn't the Russian Air Force have a more urgent requirement for these planes?
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For keeping potential foes (NATO) at bay.

Su-30 isn't used much compared to Su-34. Once in a while they deliver FABs with UMPK, or maybe UMPB or maybe Kh-38ML, and they do it to keep pilots exercised so their skills don't atrophy. But overall the air capacity keeps growing as addition rate for aircraft is much higher than attrition as aircraft is lost only once in a blue moon. So there's an abundance of carriers, enough bombs and the real bottleneck is discovering enough targets. FABs are dropped on AFU drone teams so this might sound overkill and FABs are dropped so frequently against AFU front positions it sounds like artillery substitute.
 
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Tam

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Soldier30 said:
Russian military equipment arrived at the World Defense Show 2026 military exhibition in Saudi Arabia. Among the items delivered was the Russian BTR-22 armored personnel carrier, developed on the basis of the serial BTR-82A, and the Planshet-A artillery fire control system, based on the Atlet armored vehicle. Various weapons systems and other equipment were also delivered.


Russia's Planshet-A artillery fire control system, based on the Atlet armored vehicle.

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They really need to produce these vehicles but they are afraid that a switch in production means disrupting supplies of the older vehicle when they badly need to bring as many vehicles to the front as possible. It's not about the lack of cash or any technical issues it's about potential disruption when you switch over from old to new vehicle. This also affects why they are unable to bring in BMP-3M.
 
sangye

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Tam said:
They really need to produce these vehicles but they are afraid that a switch in production means disrupting supplies of the older vehicle when they badly need to bring as many vehicles to the front as possible. It's not about the lack of cash or any technical issues it's about potential disruption when you switch over from old to new vehicle. This also affects why they are unable to bring in BMP-3M.
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I just don't get why they keep developing more and more wheeled APCs (that they won't produce) if they already have the Bumerang (which they also don't produce). Is there an issue with the design of the VPK-7829?
 
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pmc

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wuguanhui said:
Doesn't the Russian Air Force have a more urgent requirement for these planes?
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These planes are not needed for technical reasons. Russia fighter production is now between 5 to 10 times what was before Ukraine.
Su-34 payload record from 25 years ago unbroken. but it does not tell much about its current capability.
Su-30 does not have such record.
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October 3, 2024
One and a half times the speed of sound, eight and a half tons of payload, the world's largest range of weapons. And a record for lifting a loaded aircraft to an altitude of 15,000 meters, which remains unbroken for 25 years! All this is about the Su-34 frontline bomber.
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Second aircraft Su-35 which they claim best 4.5G aircraft and used like AWACS. Korea joins Israel is selecting high altitude AWACS.
Just picture tell what they want to convey.
Arab mainstream media calling its radar LPI and designed for 360 degree. and performance is already approaching MIG-31 at 11km with range on internal fuel exceeding Su-34 (25% heavier and draggier aircraft). this is scale of improvements from original Su-35.


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