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Azerbaijan to purchase Artillery Forward Observer Simulation from Turkey

16 November 2010 09:23 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov - APA. Early in the next year Azerbaijan will purchase Artillery Forward Observer Simulation from Turkey, HAVELSAN company told APA.

Negotiations on purchase and sale of simulators ended in 2009 and the agreement had been achieved early in this year as well.

â€œCurrently, this system is used by Armed Forces of Pakistan. Along with Azerbaijan, there are orders from Georgia too. This system welcomed in exhibition held in the South Africa in September and discussions were beign conducted related to new ordersâ€, said the company. But the company has not elucidated cost of purchase agreement.

Note that, AFOS provides forward observers and fire management personnel with required training which makes them capable to use artillery fire power in desired place and time. It comprises customizable 3-D synthetic training lands, high resolution DTED / satellite images and 3D models, target on the calculation of the effects of weapons and ammunition, time, training costs and savings from the arsenal was developed and designed for this purpose.