Kyiv-based State-owned Design Bureau “Luch”, an Ukroboronprom company, has successfully tested its anti-tank guided missile and launcher mounted on M113 tracked armored personnel carrier, as part of a demonstration staged for an undisclosed potential customer.
The demonstration, which took place at a military proving ground in a South Asian country, was staged for a potential customer mulling the purchase of ATGM weapons from Ukraine.
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This is reported by Defence Blog citing sources in DKKB Luch.
The live firing tests were conducted from an M113 platform at 15-degree inclination angle, according to the Company’s sources.
While DKKB Luch declined to disclose the time or the name of the country the demonstration took place in, it said that all targets had been accurately hit and the potential customer was highly impressed with the accuracy shown by the Ukrainian missiles.
The M113 is currently fielded by over five dozen armed forces across the globe. In Asia and the Middle East, the countries that might have potential interest in modernizing their M113 fleets with Luch ATGM capabilities include Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Bahrain.
These countries are all fielding significant fleets of US-supplied M113 APC fleets. Some (Saudi Arabia being one of them) were buying ATGM weapons from Ukraine previously or are potentially large customers (Pakistan).
DKKB Luch is proposing the Skif (which is export-oriented version of the company’s Stugna-P ATGM system) for the Pakistani Army’s requirement for ATGM capabilities.
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