Helicopters of the Russian army aviation received new EW complex Vitebsk

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By Dylan Malyasov
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Mi-8AMTSh with on-board defense system L370E8 Vitebsk (c) vitalykuzmin.net

All squadrons of Mi-8AMTSh helicopters of the Eastern MD army aviation airbase were equipped with new EW complex Vitebsk.

Mi-24 helicopters are to be equipped with the complex by the end of 2016.

Modernization of the helicopters is held in aviation plants of Zabaykalsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, and Ulan-Ude aviation plant.

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Vitebsk is designed for individual protection of the helicopter from antiaircraft missile and radars.

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