FIRST DELIVERY OF RUSSIAN TANKS ARRIVED IN SERBIA: Planes with T-72MS land at Batajnica airport



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The Russian Federation donated 30 T-72MS tanks to Serbia, and the first ones have already been delivered.

As the former Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said, Serbia received T-72 tanks as a donation within the military-technical agreement reached between President Aleksandar Vučić and Vladimir Putin. He added that thanks to this donation, our armored units will be “significantly improved and strengthened.”

Photo: Printskrin

As part of the military-technical agreement, Serbia received from Russia, in addition to these tanks, other armored vehicles, 30 BRDM-2 armored vehicles, some of which have already arrived in Serbia.

Both the tanks and the BRDMs were modernized before being handed over to our army.

Russian military expert Fyodor Boldyrev assessed that the T-72 tanks that Serbia received “have a common base from the Soviet T-72, but also a series of new components and common units of Russian production, which will facilitate their joint exploitation in Serbia.

“For the conditions in the Balkans, Serbia does not need more modern tanks, taking into account the weaknesses of the armies of neighboring countries,” Boldirjov told Sputnik.

As part of the military-technical cooperation, Serbia also acquired “Mig-29” aircraft from Russia, MI-17 and MI-35 helicopters, “Pancir” air defense systems …

(Sputnik)

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