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PMC 'Wagner' handed over equipment and weapons to the RF Ministry of Defense
2023-07-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:

[ColonelCassad] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the acceptance of the inventory of equipment and small arms from PMC "Wagner".

1. More than 2,000 units of equipment and weapons have been transferred. These are hundreds of units of heavy weapons,

tanks: T-90, T-80, T-72B3;
Artillery: MLRS "Grad", "Hurricane", ZRPK "Shell", self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" 122 mm, 2S3 "Acacia" 152 mm, 2S5 "Hyacinth" 152 mm, 2S4 "Tulip" 240 mm, howitzers and anti-tank guns, mortar systems;

multi-purpose armored tractors, armored personnel carriers, as well as vehicles and small arms;

2. More than 2,500 tons of various ammunition and about 20,000 small arms;

3. Among the transferred equipment, dozens of units have never been used in combat conditions;

4. Heavy equipment is brought to the field bases by wheel tractors on trawls in order to prevent damage to asphalt roads;

5. All equipment and weapons are delivered to the rear areas, where the repair and restoration units of the RF Armed Forces carry out maintenance and preparation for use as intended.

As I wrote back on June 25, PMC "Wagner" is waiting for restructuring.

Posted by:badanov

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