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Russia to Get First 57 Italian Armored Vehicles in 2012

19:05 14/03/2012

MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti)

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Specifications of the Lynx armored car

The Russian Armed Forces will take delivery of the first 57 Italian Lince (Lynx) light multirole armored vehicles (LMV) before the end of the current year, Defense Ministry press secretary Irina Kovalchuk said on Wednesday.

“These machines will go primarily to the Southern Military District,” she said.

The district incorporates Russia’s troubled North Caucasus republics.

Russia signed a deal with Italy’s Iveco company in December on the semi-knocked down assembly of Lynx vehicles in the central Russia city of Voronezh.

Localization of production at the Voronezh plant is currently 10 percent, Kovalchuk said, adding that by 2014 it is to reach 50 percent.

Lynx is a light multirole armored vehicle developed in 2001 by Iveco Defense Vehicles. It ensures high mobility and protection against anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.

Specifications of the Lynx armored car

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machoWhy
19:55, 14/03/2012
What is making russia to sought foreign manufacturers for defense equipment? RUSSIA a country with self reliant military industrial complex,now turning for foreign technology,arent the russian leadership interested in a selfreliant defense technology.
This deal could help russia to strengthen its ties with italy likewise the french with mistral deal but could result in strategical strain resulting in compromise of russian strategic decisions.
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