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Russian Land Force orders new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery system for trials

The 1st Guards Tank Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Western Military District will order new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery system for trials.

Russian Army trials of new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled gun are expected to begin in 2017. Expected that 10 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled guns will be delivered for 1st Guards Tank Army.

The 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV (coalition) is a new Russian self-propelled howitzer. It is a successor to the 2S19 Msta-S. It is also intended to replace ageing Russian 152-mm artillery systems. Currently it is one of the most capable howitzers in the world.

The first demonstrator was completed in 2006. This unique self-propelled howitzer had two 152-mm guns. It used a number of components from the previous 2S19 Msta-S. The twin-barrel Koalitsiya-SV demonstrator had a higher rate of fire than current artillery systems. It could fire at around 16 rounds per minute.

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Russia Lays Down 3 New Nuclear Submarines

Russia has begun construction of three new subs including its latest ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

Three new submarines were officially laid down at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, a port city on Russia’s White Sea a few weeks ago, according to Russian media reports. Laying down formally kicks off a ship’s construction with a ceremony.

The three submarines include the second improved variant of the Borei-class of

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, the Project 955A Borei II Knyaz Oleg slated to join Russia’s Pacific Fleet in 2018-19; a new

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, the Krasnoyarsk with an unknown completion date, and a mysterious new sub known as Khabarovsk also identified as Project 0951.

“nder the state arms program endorsed by you and in compliance with the schedule set by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sevmash laid down three new atomic submarines – the Knyaz Oleg, which is the fifth Borei, the Khabarovsk and one more Yasen, the modernized project 885M,” the director general of Sevmash, Mikhail Budnichenko said during a videoconference session with Russian President Vladimir Putin in late July, TASS news agency reports.

The most intriguing and least known about sub is the mysterious Project 0951 Khabarovsk. As I noted elsewhere (See:

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), one of the first times that plans for the construction of the Khabarovsk were revealed occurred in November 2015, when Russian state-run television station accidentally aired top secret plans of a new long-range nuclear torpedo called Status-6. (Some sources indicate that the leak was intentional.)

According to a slide filmed by the television crew, “oceanic multi-purpose Status-6 system” is designed to “destroy important economic installations of the enemy in coastal areas and cause guaranteed devastating damage to the country’s territory by creating wide areas of radioactive contamination, rendering them unusable for military, economic or other activity for a long time.”
I explained:

With a diameter of 1 meter, the “robotic mini-submarine” (or torpedo) would apparently be launched by either a Project 09852 sub – based on the 949A Oscar-class boat—or a Project 09851 submarine, laid down in December 2012 and July 2014 respectively and with unknown completion dates.

Once completed, both submarines will have the capability to carry smaller unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV): The Project 09852 sub will be able to carry up to six torpedoes, whereas a Project 09851 boat will be capable of fitting up to four UUVs.

There have also been Russian media reports that a Project 09851 boat

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in 2014. Another

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, also referring to a Project 09851 laid down in the middle of 2014, claims that the new sub will likely be commissioned by 2020. It is unclear whether all these reports speak of the same submarine, or whether more than one Project 09851 sub was laid down in the last two years.

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Russian Arctic elite solders will have on their disposal a series of new armored personell carriers made for the harshest climatic conditions.

The BTR-82A vehicle will be able to operate in minus 60 degrees and 60 cm deep snow. It will be the Russian Arctic Brigade’s first combat vehicle on wheels, sources in the Russian Armed Forces inform.

A total of 20 new personnel carriers of the kind are now being delivered to the Armed Forces, of which several will be included in the Arctic Brigade, a source in the Ministry of Defense tells

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The BTR-82A is a modification of Russia’s armored personnel carriers BTR-82. I will have 300 horse powers and be equipped with a 30 mm automatic gun and a 7,62 mm machine gun.
In 2015, the Arctic Brigade was equipped also with new Vityaz and ТТМ-4902PS-10 belt carriers, as well as terrain vehicles AM1.

The Russian Arctic Brigade has over the last year conducted a string of exercises all over the Arctic, including in the New Siberian Islands, the Taymyr Peninsula and the Novaya Zemlya. In late September this year, the Arctic elite forces

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and this week they again conducted training in the Novaya Zemlya, the

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.

The Russian Arctic Brigade is based partly on the 80th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade in Alakurtti and the 200. Independent Motor Rifle Brigade in Pechenga, both of them located near the borders to Norway and Finland.

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All projects 949A Antey / Oscar II in service will not be upgraded in project 949AM
Source: TBA
Comment: only two units are being upgraded at present, the K-132 and K-442 Irkutsk Chelyabinsk at the Zvezda shipyard. The cost of such a project for the old generation submarine is in probably not worth it. In May 2016, we announced already four to six units to modernize

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The two projects 677 Lada to build , the Kronstadt and Velikie Luki, will be affected in the Northern Fleet
Source:

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Comments: with the workload of the Admiralty Shipyards their commissioning is not for tomorrow. The question is whether the defects found on the first unit of the series will be well resolved.

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FORBIN said:

New armor for Arctic Brigade

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Jura said:

Sep 16, 2016

LOLOL now they're refilled, going back:

that's what I call readiness!

(credit for the pictures goes to

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EDIT
I logged back on to add this: as I argued
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/is...o-oped-no-politics.t6913/page-436#post-416881
Syria has become Russian quagmire, but it's a different matter (here I only commented on the performance of Project 21631 from a technical perspective)

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