A contract for supply of six Tunguska-M1 systems to Morocco has been signed and will come into force in the nearest future.
This will be the first delivery of Russian-made weapons to Morocco. The cost of the contract is believed to be around $100,000,000.
The Tunguska-M1 air defence system is fitted with both guns and missiles and is intended to protect armoured and mechanised infantry units against low-flying fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, some types of cruise missiles as well as for defeating light armoured ground targets and personnel of the enemy.
The system can operate under conditions of intensive fire and radio-electronic, optical and optronic jamming. One more advantage of the system consists in the fact that it is fitted with both guns and missiles. The system can engage targets by means of anti-aircraft guided missiles at heights of 15 to 3,500 metres and at distances of 2,500 to 10,000 metres, as well as using its 30 mm gun to engage targets at heights of up to 3,000 m and at distances of 200 to 4,000 metres.
Sergyi Wey
22.02.2005