L'Armée populaire lao / forces armées du Laos

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Russia, Laos Ink New Military Helicopter Deal


24 Mei 2016


Moscow reaches new after-sale maintenance contract with Vientiane. Laos agreed to buy 12 Mi-17s from Russia in 1997, only a fraction of which
seems to remain in service. (photo : helicopter-database)

Russia has inked a new deal with Laos for the repair of military equipment

According to media reports, Russian Helicopters, which is part of the state firm Rostec, signed the contract with the Laotian defense ministry. Under the four-year deal, experts from the firm will carry out helicopter repairs. Among the equipment to be serviced are two Mil Mi-17-1B and two Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters, the latter of which will be upgraded to Mi-17-1B during repair.

Laos had initially gotten the helicopters from Russia in the 1990s, with a contract signed for 12 Mil Mi-17s in 1996 and delivered over the next few years.

Russia and Laos have been discussing the possibility of new repair arrangements for a while now. At the Dubai Airshow last year, RIA Novosti deputy general director Alexander Scherbinin had said that the possibility of repairing two Lao Mil Mi-17s at Sevastopol repair plant was under discussion.

The Mil Mi-17 helicopter made headlines in Laos last year when one of them carrying 23 people – 19 passengers and four crew members – was declared missing after losing contact with air traffic control in the capital city of Vientiane.

Russia has after-sale maintenance helicopter contracts with other countries as well. With respect to Laos’ neighbor Vietnam, for instance, Moscow and Hanoi had even undertaken a joint venture to set up helicopter company HELITECHCO which was founded in 1994. HELITECHCO has since repaired more than 80 civil helicopters belonging to government and commercial operators from several Asian countries, including Vietnam, Laos, India, Australia and New Zealand.

Earlier this year, Russian Helicopters had said at the 2016 Singapore Airshow that it was performing a scheduled technical audit to check on the possibility of conducting Mi-8/17 military helicopter repairs there. Necessary boosts for operations were said to include more training for specialists as well as additional equipment and infrastructure.

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18 nations participate in ASEAN Exercise 16-3
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Areas of the world riddled with natural disasters and cursed by the secondary effects of mother nature’s wrath demand a responsive force that thinks, trains and plans ahead.

An exercise bringing together those very forces from 18 nations’ military and government organizations kicked off Sept. 5, 2016 at 14th Military Circle, Chonburi Province, Thailand. ASEAN Exercise 16-3 commenced with a fitting demonstration of an earthquake-induced collapsed building Search and Rescue operation.

Helicopters from Japan, Russia, Singapore and Thailand roared toward the airfield, dispatching fast-rope rescue teams and airlifting casualties. Meanwhile, teams on the ground moved casualties from the “hot zone,” a simulated collapsing building, to the “warm zone,” the immediate safety of an open field, and triaged according to casualty condition.

Teams from the Indian Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Royal Thai Army moved casualties secured on backboards swiftly to the pickup zone or field hospital. It was a grand display of pre-planned, coordinated and rehearsed disaster response, reinforcing the pay-off of the very familiarity and training this exercise will focus on.

“This exercise is intended to foster cooperation and to share experience, information and skills among military medics of the ASEAN member states and plus countries, while fostering capabilities of military units in the region through joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations,” said General Prawit Wongsuwon, Kingdom of Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, during the opening ceremony.

AEx 16-3 is an opportunity for different nations to apply and hone common standard operating procedures and diversify each other’s capabilities for the inevitable calamities of the volatile Indo-Asia-Pacific.

A U.S. contingent of approximately 25 personnel from U.S. Pacific Command; U.S. Army Pacific; U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and Pacific Air Forces will work alongside the other nations in both the command post and field training exercises conducting medical planning, air medical evacuation, military medicine and chemical/ biological/ radiological/ nuclear defense.

Approximately 2,000 personnel are participating in the exercise from the 10 ASEAN member states Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam and “plus” countries Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Russia.

“This is considered an important milestone of defense cooperation,” Wongsuwon lauded the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus program, which, “which helps maintain peace, stability and security in the region.”

Humbling reminders of the significance of combined joint disaster response training come in the form of approximately 100 natural disasters on average each year in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. Sharing and honing real-world, on the ground, tactical and operational response capabilities facilitates effective, efficient response in a merciless environment.

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Modernization of Laos Army with CS/SH1 Self Propelled Howitzer

13 April 2018


CS/SH1 self propelled howitzer of Laos Army (photo : LaoPSTV)

The Lao People's Army has recently been heavily invested in the Army by means of weapons from Russia and China.

At the end of 2017, a unit of the Lao People's Army Artillery Division surprised the regional military observers with the publicity of CS/SH1's self-evident training image.

The CS/SH1 is an export version of the 122 mm PCL-09 self-propelled gun that is currently in service in large numbers in the Chinese Army, which is highly valued for its maneuverability and reliable operation.

Laos' CS/SH1 gun is equipped with a semi-automatic loading system, fire control system including ballistic missiles, positioning and target sighting equipment, which also receives information from the artillery command vehicle. through the advanced digital battlefield management complex.

According to the assessment, CS/SH1 is the best self-propelled gun in Indochina.


T-72B main battle tank (photo : baodatviet)


Lao's defense minister, Chansamone Channhalat, has been on a trip to St. Petersburg. Russia.

At this point, Russia introduced upgrade version of T-72B tank, while demonstrating the tactical features of the upgraded T-72B MBT.

So this can be considered as an indication that Laos is about to order the modern main battle tanks of Russia to upgrade the armed forces.

The special feature of the tank is that it is considered as a fast fire upgrade package for the T-72B based on the remaining Soviet-era trunk frames.

Tanks were equipped with ballistic missiles and an automatic target tracking system, which included a 12.7 mm remote control turret with cruise control. Its optical optics are Sosna-U type mounted on T-72B3 and T-90S.

Estimated cost per tank of this type is only about $ 1.5 million while possessing combat capabilities even more than the T-72B3, which is suitable for customers with limited financial potential.

The rapid investment in the Army by self-propelled guns and modern main battle tanks clearly demonstrates the determination of the Lao People's Army to modernize the armed forces.

(BaoDatViet)

http://defense-studies.blogspot.fr/2018/04/modernization-of-laos-army-with-cssh1.html

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 Russia Begins Deliveries of Upgraded T-72B1 MBTs to Laos

21 Desember 2018


T-72B1 'Belyy Orel' (White Eagle) MBT was shipping from Russia to Vietnam's Port and transpot to Laos on road by Lowboy trailer trucks (photo : AAG)

Russia has begun deliveries of upgraded T-72B1 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the Lao People’s Armed Forces (LPAF), an LPAF source told Jane’s on 19 December.

“A large batch of T-72B1 ‘White Eagle’ [Belyi Oryol] MBTs was shipped to a Vietnamese port several days ago. The tanks will soon be brought to Laos via tank
transporters,” said the source on condition of anonymity, adding that the LPAF is set to receive “several dozen” tanks.


T-72B1 LPAF (photo : Phet)

The move comes after Laotian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Sengnuan Xayalat told Russian broadcaster Zvezda that the LPAF would receive
Russian-made weaponry and platforms, including “new T-72 tanks”.

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First Yak-130 for Laos

24 Desember 2018


Presumably, the first combat training aircraft Yak-130, received by the
Laotian Air Force (tail number "044"). Vientiane, December 2018
(photo : AeroLaos)

A widespread shot from a video from a Lao resource, which allegedly demonstrates the first Yak-130 combat training aircraft received by the Lao Air Force. It is reported that this aircraft (tail number "044") was delivered to the capital of Laos, Vientiane on December 20, 2018 from Irkutsk on board the IL-76TD transport aircraft (registration number RA-78765) of the Russian airline Aviakon Tsitotrans.

Previously, there was no information on the conclusion by the Russian side of the contract for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft to Laos, although in the beginning of 2016, Russian media spread information about the interest of the Laotian military to the Yak-130, and it was stated that Laos "can get 16-20" of these airplanes. Analysis of the Lao military media shows that since the end of 2017, they have repeatedly published materials on the Yak-130 aircraft.

Thus, if the information on the delivery of the Yak-130 to Laos is correct, this state will become the fifth foreign recipient of the Yak-130 aircraft produced by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant PJSC "Irkut Corporation", after Algeria (received 16 cars), Bangladesh (16), Myanmar (six) and Belarus (eight units).

(BMPD)

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Laos Army Mechanizing Its 122mm D30 Howitzer

26 Desember 2018


The Lao Army's D30 howitzer after upgrading (photo : Soha)


With the small artillery force, the equipment was not really good, but the Lao Army overcame by mechanizing one of the most powerful firepower in the service, the D30.

A number of recently released images have surprised Asian Military Forums when the Lao People's Army successfully mechanized the 122mm D30 howitzer model developed by the former Soviet Union. It is worth mentioning that there are only about 10 cannons of this type in Laos artillery.

In such a modest amount, it seems that the Lao Army decided to mechanize the entire number of D30 artillery they had on the active Ural-4320 3-wheel military transport chassis (6x6), Similar to what Vietnam has been doing with the 105mm M101 model of American artillery.

It is possible that Laos has referred to the mechanized and self-propelled artillery M101 solution that Vietnam has implemented to upgrade the D30 by placing it behind the Ural-4320 body on a fixed welding platform on the chassis and 3 more. Hydraulic legs, on both sides and middle of the rear.


The Lao Army's D30 howitzer after upgrading (photo : Soha)

It is also worth mentioning that in the Lao Army staff, another model of self-propelled self-propelled gun could be used as a model for the country to mechanize the D30 howitzer, CS/SH-1 made by China. .

The way Laos improved the Ural 4320 and combined with the D30 cannon was quite similar to the CS/SH-1 design, especially in the more hydraulic position in the center of the body, more notably the Chinese 122mm model. for CS/SH-1 is the localized variant of the D30 cannon built by the country itself, the Type 86 or Type 96.

Thanks to mechanization and optimization of operation, the Lao D30 artillery shell after being upgraded can be pulled from 8 to 4 people, similar to CS/SH-1 and carry the number of bullets from 20-30.

Meanwhile the range of the D30 cannon will be almost constant, reaching 15km with normal bullets and 22km with bullets that increase range and maintain the average rate of fire of the D30 from 5-6 transmitter/minute or maximum 12 plays/minute.


The Lao Army's D30 howitzer (photo : Soha)

The total combat weight of this self-propelled artillery model after the upgrade can fall to around 12-13 tons, including the number of spare ammunition to carry, quite suitable for the ability to maneuver on Ural-4320 and The conditions of the field roads are as in Laos.

With the technical parameters - tactics of the D30 after being mechanized, the combat capability of this model will be significantly improved with faster and more dynamic deployment and recovery time on the field and just from 4-5 gunners to operate.

Basically, the combination of wheeled truck with ground cannon is considered a good plan for the military of countries with limited defense potentials to modernize or improve the fighting capacity of the force. Low-cost artillery, while being able to maximize the mobility of the weapons on the battlefield.

It can be seen that the solution Laos chooses to upgrade the D30 cannon is perfectly reasonable. In terms of their current level of defense industry, this can be considered a huge step forward. However, it is not clear at what stage the mechanized program of Laos's D30 122mm cannon has reached, and whether it is supported by foreign experts.

(Soha)

http://defense-studies.blogspot.com/2018/12/laos-army-mechanizing-its-122mm-d30.html

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Three Yak-130 Arrived in Vientiane

11 Januari 2019


Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Lao Army)


Three Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft serial 044, 045 and 047 at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane in January 2019.

The first Yak-130 for Laos (tail number 044) was delivered to Vientiane on December 20, 2018 on board of the IL-76TD transport aircraft.

Report said that Lao People's Air Force has received four Yak-130 combat trainer airraft (serial 044, 045, 046 and 047) from Russian company 'IRKUT Corporation'.

(Lao Army)

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AeroLaos

Les YAK 130 ont défilé en ce 20 janvier à l'occasion de la fête nationale





On peut Voir aussi pour la première fois, le SR5 MLRS version 122mm

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 Celebration the 70th Anniversary of Lao People's Army

21 Januari 2019


Anniversary the 70th of the Lao People's Army (all photos : Houmphet Manisouk, Lao National Radio)

On January 20, in the Phonhong district of Vientiane province, the Lao People's Army held a review ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary with the participation of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of modern military equipment.

Formerly known as Latxavong which was declared by President Kaysone Phomvihane on January 20, 1949 with only 25 soldiers and rudimentary armament, spent 70 years of building, fighting and maturity, Nowadays, Lao People's Army is gradually developing to be formal, sophisticated and modern.



In the photo, the Lao Army representative block with a rifle assaulting a Vietnamese-made Galil ACE, can be seen at first glance as an ACE 32 rifle variant.

In particular, the General Secretary and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith attended and presided over the military ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Army at Phonhong, besides the leaders of ministries, departments and branches Lao Party and state.

Reportedly, the parade this year is the biggest revision in the history of the Lao People's Army since its establishment, with the participation of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of modern military equipment, representing for troops and soldiers of the Lao People's Armed Forces .

From a company with only 25 soldiers from the beginning, the Lao People's Army has now scale up to 30,000 soldiers, along with 100,000 civilian employees, made up of two Army soldiers and No troops.



The representative of the Lao Army participated in the parade on January 20 at Phonhong, with the main equipment being an AK-47 assault rifle. Known in recent years, the Lao Army has been refitted and modernized quite quickly with a new range of weapons.

Armored Personnel Carrier



In the photo is an armored vehicle carrying Chinese gear of 4x4 Tiger tires, capable of carrying from 9 soldiers and crew of two people. The car is also armed with 12.7mm machine gun.



The Lao Army's armored reconnaissance vehicle BRDM-2, with the protection armor upgrade package and the new optoelectronic reconnaissance system participating in the parade at Phonhong.



Armored vehicles carrying the BTR-60BP army of the Lao Army, built by the Soviet Union, can carry up to 9 soldiers and 2-person combat crews.

Cavalry System



The Lao Army's PT-76 amphibious tank, armed with a 76mm main cannon with a range of up to 400km.



BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle of the Lao Army.



In the picture is the Lao Army's T-54 tank, this is Vientiane's most powerful battle tank before T-72B is fitted.



The new T-72B "White Eagle" main battle tank was recently transferred to the Lao Army by Russia at the end of 2018, but it still appeared in this parade.

Artillery System



In the photo is the 82mm Type PCP001 self-propelled fast-firing mortar system of the Lao Army, which is placed on the Dongfeng EQ2050 armored vehicle chassis. This mortar system has an effective combat range of up to 6,000m with a firing rate of about 40 rounds/minute.



The M-46 artillery of the Lao Army 130mm has a range of 27 to 38km participated in parade at Phonhong.



Immediately after the HL-70 self-propelled gun was the Lao Army's artillery shells led by the D-20 152mm towing cannon, with an effective range of 17-24km.



Immediately after the HL-70 self-propelled gun was the Lao Army's artillery shells led by the D-20 152mm towing cannon, with an effective range of 17-24km.



Next is the 122mm PCL-09 self-propelled gun, which can be considered the main self-propelled artillery of the Lao Army and staffed in large numbers. PCL-09 has a range of 18 - 27 km.

Rocket System



The Lao Army's BM-21 Grad series of rocket launchers, BM-21 is equipped with a 122mm rocket with a 40-barrel launcher and has a range of up to 20km.



The SR-5 series of anti-aircraft artillery systems were built by China in the Lao artillery payroll. The SR-5 also uses 122mm rocket bullets with modular modular launchers that can fire different types of bullets.

Anti Aircraft System



Leading the Lao anti-aircraft force the 23mm ZSU-23-2 anti-aircraft batteries, directly above the Mi-8 multi-purpose transport helicopter squadron.



The next name may be the strongest air defense system of Laos until now - the mid-range S-125 Neva/Pechora combined by the Soviet Union, has an effective range of 28–35km with The targets fly at altitudes up to 18,000m.



The Yitian low-range anti-aircraft missile system of the Lao air defense, equipped with the Tianlong 6 surface-to-air missile with effective combat range of up to 6,000m.



9K35 Strela-10 short-range air defense missile complex of the Lao air defense. Each of these air defense units is equipped with 4 missiles 9M37 with a range of 500-5,000m with targets of a height of 10-3,500m.



Fleet of LE500 light reconnaissance aircraft of the Lao Air Force.

(KienThuc)

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"Yak-130"

(photo : Irkut)

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More T72B1MS Tank for Laos Arrived

26 November 2019


T-72B1MS "White Eagles" main battle tank of the Laos Army (all photos : BaoDatViet,
KienThuc)

On the international military sites, a picture of a modern T-72B1MS main battle tank has just been brought to Tien Sa port in Vietnam.

It is known that these are the main battle tanks (MBT) T-72B1MS "White Eagles" provided by Russia to the Lao People's Army, they are taken to Tien Sa port to carry out transit procedures through Vietnam because Laos does not have a seaport.

The contract for the supply of T-72B1MS tanks signed between Russia and Laos has a total volume of about 30 units, the size of a battalion, the Russian side usually hand over 10 units at a time, before that, similar shipments to Tien Sa port.



After arriving at Vietnam ports, these MBTs will be transported to Laos via roads by specialized trucks, with the latest shipment, it is likely that Laos has received a sufficient number of tanks under a commercial contract, marking a new step in the armed forces.

The "White Eagle" T-72B1MS is an upgraded version of Russian-made T-72Bs manufactured from the Soviet Union, the "White Eagle" is a quick fire upgrade package that helps tanks meet better than the requirements of modern warfare.

Basically, the "White Eagle" tank has a poor T-90S defense system when it is not equipped with the new Kontakt 5 explosive reactor but still has to use Kontakt-1 and is not equipped with Shtora-1 soft defense system, but firepower is better.

The "White Eagle" Tank is equipped with a multi-channel optical image viewfinder system for the gunner and head of Sosna-U, manufactured by Belarus company Peleng, customers can choose a few more electronic devices western origin.



In addition, the car is also equipped with a ballistic computer and automatic target tracking system, integrated 12.7 mm remote control turret with cruise camera. Its electronic system and fire control are significantly superior when placed next to the T-90S.

According to military experts, this is because the chassis is almost unused and integrated with the new generation electronic weapons that the T-72B "White Eagle" is capable of facing any battle the most advanced far right now.

With an estimated price of only US $ 1.5-2 million per vehicle, the T-72B1MS proved to be a wise choice for the Lao Army in the context of their defense budget.

(BaoDatViet)

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Russia hands over second batch of T-72 tanks, BRDM-2M ARVs to Laos

Dmitry Fediushko, Moscow - Jane's Defence Weekly

21 January 2020


Russia has delivered a second batch of T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs) and BRDM-2M 4×4 armoured reconnaissance vehicles (ARVs) to the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF).

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that the handover took place during a ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the LPAF.

The first batch was delivered between December 2018 and January 2019, with a Laotian source telling Jane's at the time that the LPAF was receiving "several dozen" T-72B1 tanks.

The vehicles were unveiled during the 2019 parade marking the 70th anniversary of the LPAF.

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BRDM-2 of the Laotian Army (photo : Humphet Manisouk)

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The Laotian Army Unexpectedly Displayed Outstanding Modern Strength

07 Desember 2020


The Laotian army and their equipment (all photos : Jack Phouthavong, Kien Thuc)

As a little-noticed military in Southeast Asia, but in recent years, Laos has had a strong transformation with many modern arms procurement contracts.


The Lao army is an under-noticed army in Southeast Asia due to its small size and outdated equipment, plus it is relatively quiet in its military operations. However, in recent times, they have accelerated their development with the purchase of a series of modern weapons and equipment for the air force and the army, making the face of the armed forces significantly enhanced. Recently, through a live fire drill by the Lao Army, we can see that the achievements they have achieved are not bad.



In particular, the noteworthy thing about the army air defense is that Laos has imported Tian Long 6 (TL-6) low-range air defense complexes from China for the task of making air defense umbrellas to cover the head of the military army. The combination uses a missile launcher that integrates radar and photoelectric block to observe the target indicator, capable of destroying low-flying targets such as UAVs, helicopters, attackers, dive fighters, and is placed on a 6x6 cross-country armored car chassis capable of swimming, making it extremely convenient for maneuvering.



Equally beneficial is that the 82mm CS/SS4 self-propelled mortar cannon batteries are mounted on the Dong Feng 4x4 all terrain vehicle  armored chassis, also imported from China. The advantage of this cannon is that it is extremely maneuverable, able to deploy to complex terrain areas where the enemy cannot deploy heavy firepower or deploy a rapid attack and then withdraw, safely reverse at the speed of the off-road vehicle.



Self-propelled mortar cannon CS/SS 4 has a crew of 4, according to the assessment, it can achieve a tremendous rate of fire over 100 rounds/min, maximum range within 4 km. With this rate of fire, in a short time, the mortar batteries combined with combat could strike the enemy with a screen of extremely dense fire.



In the Lao Army 's operational squad, it was indispensable for Dong Feng 4x4 armored vehicles to be imported from China. It has the advantage of being able to quickly maneuver to approach and give first aid, bring wounded soldiers back to the back line in time, improve the survivability of soldiers in actual combat.



Besides the army weapons from China, it is impossible not to mention the weapons of the traditional friend of the Soviet Union and later Russia in the service of the Lao army. In particular, the appearance of the leading modern battle tank in Southeast Asia today the        T-72B1MS tank participating in real-time gun shooting exercises further clarifies their superior strength. T-72B1MS tanks imported from Russia from Russia, officially handed over in 2018 with many modern features such as upgraded electronic systems, panoramic viewfinder, APU engine, etc.



The famous BM-21 Grad series launch jet artillery complex was also mobilized from Laos to participate in this exercise. The combination of 40 rocket launchers can in a short time pour down a large area into a sea of ​​flames, with a maximum range of up to 40km and still one of the top dangerous jet artillery combinations in the world today although it was born in the 1960s, developed by the Soviet Union.



The BMP-1 is the first generation of the BMP infantry fighting vehicle line developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, extremely successful with a large number of production, serving in the military forces of many countries in the world.



The Z-9 helicopter is a Chinese-made version of the famous Eurocopter AS 365 Dauphin helicopter. It is able to carry light transport, fly for rescue reconnaissance and ground support with small wing mounted pod rockets on either side.



Lao Air Force Mi-8 helicopter landed on top of the roof, trained to capture high-rise buildings.



Lao artillery fired 152mm D-20 howitzers to suppress, destroy clusters of bases, pilot enemy energies, and support infantry troops attacking in the framework of the practice.



After displays of heavy firepower, it was the infantry's turn to volunteer to finish off the target, complete the defeat of the enemy, and end the maneuvers. It can be said that this exercise showed a much more comprehensive, much more modern, and much stronger face of the Lao army. This is the right and reasonable investment from superiors to get today.


(Kien Thuc)

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Russia Handed Over Combat Engineering Vehicle to Laos

01 Februari 2021


Hand over of combat engineering vehicle to Lao Army (all photos : Lao Army, Dambiev)

On January 28, 2021, the Ministry of Defense held a handover ceremony of combat engineering vehicles and logistic equipment between the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Lao PDR with the leaders and representatives from the two Ministries of Defense.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Laos Vladimir Kalinin has just handed over to General Chansamone Chanyalath - Minister of Defense of Laos some military equipment to aid the Lao army. The combat engineering vehicle and logistic equipment to enhance the cooperation of the two countries and upgrade the capacity of the defense of Laos. Believe that given - the combat  engineering vehicles and logistic equipment will contribute significantly to the capacity of the defense army of people he strengthened further, helped carry that success, including patrolling the border, interdiction of various forms of illicit activity, including drug trafficking.



The vehicles provided will be able to assist in humanitarian work and peacekeeping. Can be used for IED clearance, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance to the people in the affected areas. The combat engineering vehicles and logistic equipment provided include: 2 canal excavators, 2 repair trucks, 2 wheeled vans, 1 wheeled van (moving vehicle), two electric motors and two canal excavators (M3-2).



On that occasion, Comrade Brigadier General Bunnaphon, Director General of the Army Technical Department, who represented the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of the Lao PDR, also received combat engineering vehicles and logistic equipment provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the Lao Ministry of Defense.



He also thanked the Russian Ministry of Defense for providing military equipment to the Lao People's Army this time, which coincided with the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Lao People's Army, which was an important contribution to the country.

(Lao People's Army News)

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