What is the cost of Russian shells: Defense Express estimated the production of the enemy

What is the cost of Russian shells: Defense Express estimated the production of the enemy Angela Figin

Consulting companies periodically conduct analysis on the production of shells in Russia and their cost. However, all data is approximate, since the Kremlin has closed information about the state defense order.

About this 24 Channel said military expert, editor-in-chief of Defense Express Oleg Katkov. According to him, estimating the cost of Russian weapons is the same as guessing from coffee grounds.

Russia is hiding data

Information on prices for American or European weapons is publicly available. In particular, we know about tenders of the defense departments of the relevant countries, there are interviews with company leaders. order. Previously, there was little information about how much money each company received for production without numbers on quantity, but by comparing various sources it was possible to obtain approximate data on quantity and cost.

However, over the past few years there has been no information about this, so now it is difficult to say, for example, how much the Kh-101 missile costs, or it is unlikely to be true,” Katkov said.

According to him, the unofficial price of an unsigned contract with India for the sale of Caliber missiles back in the mid-2000s was taken as the reference price for all cruise missiles. Therefore, it is impossible to say exactly how much the Russian X-101 missile costs in Russian rubles.

Russians are modernizing old shells

There are quite significant figures for the production of ammunition, which are known thanks to the GUR MO. This figure is at the level of 2 – 2.5 million large-caliber artillery ammunition.

However, the fact is that when the former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited defense enterprises on an ongoing basis , then the Russians boasted that they were restoring ammunition. 's and put it in order,” added the military expert.