STATE CANNOT SATISFY ARMY NEEDS IN MODERN WEAPON

MOSCOW, November 19 (AVN) -- In accordance with the state order Defence Ministry is to purchase from defence industry about 100 BTR-80A armoured vehicles, 30 T-90 tanks, 24 artillery devices, but it will not satisfy all army needs in modern weapon, colonel-general Anatoly Sitnov, Armed Forces ammunition head said in the interview to the Military News Agency.

Army needs to purchase about 350 tanks, 400-450 vehicles, 950 artillery devices per year.