OOB048 Brazil update: Hinds!
 

First time I heard there was a tender going on for new Brazilian attack helicopters, but here come some news:

12 Mi-35M Hinds to be delivered starting 2010!

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090406/120935753.html
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3840205 (old news from the negotiations)

Better keep an eye open to see if the deal goes through.

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Looks like the deal may be heading towards completion:

http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/3531/...design-review/

The Mi-35M would be known as the AH-2 Sabre in Brazilian service.

Deliveries could start later this year and be completed next year.

Re: OOB048 Brazil update: Hinds!
 

Also they are buying 250 Leopard 1A5 tanks.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/news61366.html

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The Brazilians have started to receive the ‘AH-2 Sabre.’ Their first batch of three Mi-35Ms rolled off the production line in Rostov last month.

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Let me know if you find any info on how they will be armed

Don

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They are also going to buy 36 new fighter A/C, it's between F18/Rafale/j39 (or something newer from saab)

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The Brazilians got their first batch of these at the end of last month.

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/10929/

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They are operational in the OOB starting 1/2010. If here any different be between then and the release of the next patch ( ....probably early March but that's just a guess right now ) .... let me know and I need to know how they are being armed. I doubt they are being set up to deal with hords of tanks pouring through the Jungle.

Don

Re: OOB048 Brazil update: Hinds!
 

My last post was about the new Leopard 1A5s rather than Hinds/AH-2 Sabres.

The first batch of Hinds/AH-2s has been painted up. They will be transferred to a base in the Amazon (Porto Velho, Rondônia) by the end of the year. Their main planned role is to deal with any drug traffickers who spill over into Brazilian territory from Columbia or elsewhere. I haven’t seen any photos of a fully armed AH-2 yet. I’ve seen some artists’ impressions of armed AH-2s on the Web. I don’t know whether they are official or not. They show AH-2s armed with rocket pods.

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That's what happens when you change the subject of a thread

The Brazilians already had used Belgian 1A5's . This latest batch just adds to the force.

Don