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Egypt first international customer for Russian 9A1472 Vikhr-1 AT-16 Scallion anti-tank guided missile
Citat:AT-16 Scallion) anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database.
According to the database, Egypt has decided to equip the ordered 46 Ka-52 (Hokum-B) attack helicopters with Russian ATGMs. As a result, the country has chosen two types of anti-tank missiles, namely, 9A1472 Vikhr-1 and 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 Spiral-2) missiles. The contract has to be signed yet, according to the database. SIPRI did not specify the modifications and the warhead types of the missiles requested by Egypt. So, the country may acquire both anti-tank and anti-personnel 9M120 Ataka missiles. At the moment there is only anti-tank Vikhr ATGM modification developed.
As consisted with the SIPRI`s database, Egypt intends to buy about 1000 Vikhrs and the same quantity of 9M120 Ataka ATGMs. In total, the country may acquire up to 2000 of Russian missiles for Ka-52 attack helicopters.
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