The Vietnamese Army Tested a Coastal Missile Complex on the KamAZ Chassis

02 Februari 2022

Bal E complex of the Vietnamese Army (photo : Đơn vị tác chiến điện tử)

In Vietnam, a coastal missile complex has been tested with a VCM-1 missile. The ammunition is made on the basis of the Russian anti-ship missile (ASM) Kh-35UE Bal. That was the message of Russian Gazette News.

Test clone of Bal Russia

On the large rocket ship of Vietnam is a three-axle KamAZ chassis. The machine carried 4 transport-launch containers with Russian rocket replicas. The newspaper notes that the Russian complex Bal is built on the basis of the MZKT-7930 chassis.

Vietnamese missile VCM-01 (photo : QPVN)

The Kh-35UE anti-ship missile was introduced in 2009. The ammunition is equipped with a shortened engine and an upgraded air channel, thus allowing increased fuel supply. The firing range of the Kh-35UE is 260 km. The Kh-35UE received the combined navigation system.

Boris Obnosov, CEO of the Union of Tactical Missiles Corporation, announced the results of the construction of a coastal defense complex. In the composition of the two-tiered protection system included BAL and BASTION.

In November, it became clear about the new missile for the Bal system. The complexes in Crimea are equipped with anti-ship missiles with increased range.

(SputnikNewsVN)