משלחת ישראלית בראשות שר הבטחון הגיעה לאזרביג'ן לפני מספר ימים ונפגשה עם נשיא המדינה.

Israel Bolsters Strategic Ties with Azerbaijan

MoD Chief Makes First Visit to Top-Tier Arms Market

Sep. 10, 2014 - 11:39AM | By BARBARA OPALL-ROME

Azerbaijan President llham Aliyev, front seat on the right, sits across from an Israeli delegation, including Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, third from right, where defense and trade ties were discussed. (Israel Ministry of Defense)

TEL AVIV — Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon began a two-day visit to Azerbaijan on Wednesday aiming to bolster burgeoning ties with its strategic and defense trade partner that conveniently borders northeast Iran.

Ya’alon’s visit, the first by an Israeli MoD chief in 22 years of diplomatic relations between the Jewish and Muslim states, comes less than a month after Iran claimed to have shot down an Israeli-made UAV that reportedly took off from Azerbaijan.

It also coincides with ADEX-2014, the first international arms exhibition hosted by Baku, where 16 Israeli firms and MoD export officials will market a full spectrum of air, sea, land and space systems.

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http://www.defensenews.com/article/...Ties-Azerbaijan

ADEX 2014
Official Online Show Daily News
1st Azerbaijan International Defence Industry Exhibition 11 - 13 September 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan

Israeli Defense Industry at ADEX 2014

Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon is in Azerbaijan on an official visit, for the purpose of participation in the opening of the Israeli pavilion at the First International Exhibition of the Defense Industry ADEX-2014, organized in Baku on the initiative of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan

Israeli Defence Companies at ADEX 2014, International Defense Industry Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan

A total of 16 Israeli companies exhibit at the defense exhibition in Azerbaijan. The companies are led by the International Defense Cooperation Agency of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Iteca Caspian Company, the organizer of the exhibition that Israeli defense are represented by SIBAT and the world’s large defense companies, including "Elbit Systems", Israel Military Industries (IMI), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), “Rafael”, "Aeronautics", "Visionmap", "ATL-Atlantic Technologies
Camero-Tech", DSIT, "Fibrotex Tech", "Ispra LTD", "Plasan," "Meprolight" and "Ness Technologies".

With nearly $4 billion in arms deals over the past three years and commitments by Baku’s authoritarian government to grow its defense industrial base, Azerbaijan has rapidly risen to the top ranks of Israeli export markets.

Since 2012, Baku has purchased at least $1.6 billion worth of UAVs, radars and air defense missiles from state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and is talking about buying or leasing IAI-produced spy satellites.

From state-owned Rafael, the Azerbaijani military has acquired Spike anti-tank missiles and targeting systems.

Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest non-state-owned defense firm, has been operating a local subsidiary, Elbit Systems of Azerbaijan, since 2009. Prominent deals in recent years include the Cardom self-propelled recoiling mortar and advanced upgrades to the Russian-made T-72 tanks

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או"ם שמום.

הי טארוס,
אני לא הצלחתי לעלות את התמונות ושמח שאתה הצלחת. ישנה תמונה נוספת שמראה את המשגרים לרקטות אלו אשמח אם תוכל להעלות גם אותה.

New ZKDM at ADEX 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry presents for the first time to the public, a modernized version of the Soviet-made BRDM-2, wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier, called ZKDMThis upgraded vehicle provides more protection and fire power than the standard BRDM-2

New modernized BRDM-2 of Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry
ZKDM at ADEX 2014, International Defense Industry Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan

The layout of the vehicle was completely modified compared to the old BRDM-2, the small windows are removed and the front of the hull is fitted with new armour. The driver is seated at the front of the hull on the left with the vehicle commander to his right. The top of the hull is fitted with two roof hatches immediately behind the commander and driver. One single door is available on each side of the hull. The single water-jet at the rear of the hull is removed, and the ZKDM is motorized with a new engine D-245.30E2 developing 150 hp to increase the maximum road speed of the vehicle to 100 km/h.

The ZKDM uses technology of V-hull to increase vehicle and crew survivability by deflecting an upward directed blast from a landmine (or Improvised Explosive Device) away from the vehicle. The body of the ZKDM provides protection level B-32 against armor-piercing incendiary full metal jacket round with a hardened steel core. The ZKDM has a total weight of 7,300 kg with a crew of three, including commander, driver and gunner.

The ZKDM is fitted with a new turret armed with a double-barrel, 23 mm GSh-23 cannon, one 7.62 mm PKT machine gun, one 30 mm AGS-17 grenade launchers, four 57 or 80 mm rocket launchers and two smoke grenade launchers mounted on each side of the vehicle.
The turret is remotely controlled by the gunner and fitted with fire control system. The weapons have an elevation of +15º, a depression of -30º and the turret can be traversed through a full 360º.

Standard equipment of the ZKDM includes BPK-2-42 day/night sight, a TV vision system with a maximum range of 1,000 m, and GPS navigation system GLONASS.

The remote weapons station of ZKDM

http://www.armyrecognition.com/adex...rdm-2_1109.html

ה-ZKDM זהו רכב נוסף שעושה שימוש בתותח ה-GSh-23 ואני מקווה שנראה רכבים נוספים עם תותח קל זה. לא ברורה לי הסיבה למקל"ר ה- 30 מ"מ שמותקן משמאלו של הצריח, לדעתי ה-23 מ"מ עם קצב אש של 50 פגז לשניה בהחלט יספיק, בנוסף לרוסים יש מקל"ר 40 מ"מ שבוודאי יהיה עדיף על ה-30 מ"מ.

רקטות ה-80 מ"מ שמותקנות מימין לצריח אלו רקטות אויר/קרקע שמותקנות על הליקופטרים, והם דומות לרקטות ה-70 מ"מ שמותקנות על המסק"רים שלנו.

נחמד לראות שכלי נשק שיועדו למסוקים מוצאים את מקומם גם ע"ג נגמ"שים וטנקים.

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