Russian troops to soon receive Tigr armored vehicle with Arbalet weapon station

Military & Defense September 26, 2016, 17:58

The vehicle with the remote controlled weapon station was demonstrated at the Army 2016 exhibition

MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. The troops will start receiving the Tigr armored vehicle with the Arbalet remote controlled weapon station within the next few months, a top official from the Russian Defense Ministry’s state defense order provision department, Mikhail Osyko, said Monday.

"Production specimens will be supplied to the troops at the end of this year or start of next year. The troops will get them and start using them," Osyko said on Rossiya 24 television channel.

The Tigr-M multipurpose vehicle with the Arbalet-DM remote controlled weapon station was demonstrated at the Army 2016 exhibition. The vehicle with the system also took part in the Victory Parade on Red Square on May 9, 2016.

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