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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Haha, we just paid 3 million dollars for hundreds of launchers and thousands of missiles? Armenians always get the best deal. Azerbaijan works their ass off and pays billions of dollars to obtain weapons, we simply get them for free from Russia or at discounted prices from Moldova 
As far as I know, Armenia did not possess the following anti-tank missiles:
9K112 Kobra
9K115-2 Metis-M (1992 model, fairly new)
Now we do.
Old missiles not so old after all
The arms scandal involving an airplane from Libya ended as loudly as it began
Svetlana Gamova
..........
But it looks like there is another detail that the government will need to explain to the parliament and the people: why were the arms sold to a conflict zone? This question was raised at a Security Commission meeting by the former head of the Information and Security Service, member of the Communist Party, Artur Reshetnikov. Moreover, the OMEGA agency references a source in the Ministry of Economy as saying that the difference between the contract value and the market price of the weaponry sold amounts to at least $5 million. In other words, the product was sold at a discounted price. According to the agency, the secretly sold batch included some of the most expensive arms models of the National Army.
They included 9V862 automatic checkout equipment, 9V863 Cobra missiles, as well as 9V871-3 for Konkurs-M anti-tank missile complexes. The market price of each of these items exceeds $60,000. The batch also included thousands of xxxot, Konkurs, Shturm-S, and Metis missiles. The market price of these weapon specifications alone exceeds $5 million. In addition to these types of weapons, the contract includes high-cost launchers for jet-powered anti-tank missiles, which according to the Ministry of Economy’s report, were also sold at a noticeably discounted rate. Earlier, at a meeting of the parliamentary National Security Commission, to which the defense minister Vitaly Marinuts was invited as a result of the messy deal, it was stated that the transaction amounted to only 38 million lei ($3.25 million).
The arms scandal involving an airplane from Libya ended as loudly as it began
Svetlana Gamova
..........
But it looks like there is another detail that the government will need to explain to the parliament and the people: why were the arms sold to a conflict zone? This question was raised at a Security Commission meeting by the former head of the Information and Security Service, member of the Communist Party, Artur Reshetnikov. Moreover, the OMEGA agency references a source in the Ministry of Economy as saying that the difference between the contract value and the market price of the weaponry sold amounts to at least $5 million. In other words, the product was sold at a discounted price. According to the agency, the secretly sold batch included some of the most expensive arms models of the National Army.
They included 9V862 automatic checkout equipment, 9V863 Cobra missiles, as well as 9V871-3 for Konkurs-M anti-tank missile complexes. The market price of each of these items exceeds $60,000. The batch also included thousands of xxxot, Konkurs, Shturm-S, and Metis missiles. The market price of these weapon specifications alone exceeds $5 million. In addition to these types of weapons, the contract includes high-cost launchers for jet-powered anti-tank missiles, which according to the Ministry of Economy’s report, were also sold at a noticeably discounted rate. Earlier, at a meeting of the parliamentary National Security Commission, to which the defense minister Vitaly Marinuts was invited as a result of the messy deal, it was stated that the transaction amounted to only 38 million lei ($3.25 million).
As far as I know, Armenia did not possess the following anti-tank missiles:
9K112 Kobra
9K115-2 Metis-M (1992 model, fairly new)
"The Metis-M system adds to the usual positive qualities of a grenade launcher with sharp improvements in range, accuracy and lethality. Owing to the small dimensions and light weight of its components, this manportable system can be carried by its crew in compact packs over any distance and over a wide variety of terrain types—including stream crossing. The three-man crew carries personal weapons and an ammunition load of five missiles. One crew member carries a pack with a missile-loaded launcher, which considerably reduces the time of fire preparation and allows the crew to engage targets whilst moving. In the event of sudden appearance of a target, the operator can fire from the shoulder with the launcher rested against a local object. Two other crew members carry packs with two missiles each."
"According to accounts by Israeli military, weapons seized from Hezbollah and journalists accounts from Lebanon, the Metis-M was used successfully by Hezbollah fighters during the 2006 Lebanon war against Merkava tanks."
"According to accounts by Israeli military, weapons seized from Hezbollah and journalists accounts from Lebanon, the Metis-M was used successfully by Hezbollah fighters during the 2006 Lebanon war against Merkava tanks."
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