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Libya: UAE supplies Pantsir S1 air defence system to LNA

Military Africa by Military Africa
June 20, 2019
in Missile & artillery Systems
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The Russian-made Pantsir-S1 air defence system that has purportedly been supplied to forces fighting in Libya. Images of a Pantsir S1 air defence systems was published on social media channels on 18 June by forces allied with Commander Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan National Accord (LNA).

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In the photograph, the Pantsir S1 was seen being carried by a transporter in photographs purportedly taken at Jafra Air Base and the town of Gharyan under armed escort by LNA units.

The Pantsir-S1 air defence systems could be seen mounted on a MAN SX45 8×8 truck is similar to the configuration acquired by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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It is believed that UAE supplied this air defence system in order to counter the Turkish-made Bayrakta TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which the forces of the GNA have been used against LNA forces during its recent offensive to capture Tripoli.

For a long time now, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have provided the LNA with military equipment, which initially helped General Khalifa Haftar to gain the upper hand in Libya’s eight-year conflict.

According to information on the manufacturer’s website, the Pantsir-S1 system (SA-22 ‘Greyhound’) was designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia, and is manufactured by the Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant in Ulyanovsk. It combines two 2A38M 30 mm automatic anti-aircraft guns developed from the two-barrelled 30 mm GSh-30 gun, with twelve 57E6 surface-to-air missiles.

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