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21 Januari 2019 Anniversary the 70th of the Lao People's Army  (all photos : Houmphet Manisouk,  Lao National Radio) On January 20, in the Phonhong district of Vientiane province, the Lao People's Army held a review ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary with the participation of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of modern military equipment. Formerly known as Latxavong which was declared by President Kaysone Phomvihane on January 20, 1949 with only 25 soldiers and rudimentary armament, spent 70 years of building, fighting and maturity, Nowadays, Lao People's Army is gradually developing to be formal, sophisticated and modern. In the photo, the Lao Army representative block with a rifle assaulting a Vietnamese-made Galil ACE, can be seen at first glance as an ACE 32 rifle variant. In particular, the General Secretary and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith attended and presided over the military ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Army at P...

18 Januari 2019 Galil rifles to the Laos Army (photo : KPL) Page kpl.gov.la of Laos has published information saying that the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam has awarded some advanced attack rifles to Galil ACE. According to the pictures posted by the press of the country, the Ministry of Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has awarded a defense shipment of rifles to the Galil ACE fairy to the Lao People's Democratic Republic advanced. Known to act as a greeting from the Vietnam People's Army to the Lao People's Army during the 70th anniversary of its founding. It is likely that these Galil guns (Galil ACE 32 version) will be used by your side during the parade held in the next few days. Thus, not long after appearing at the International Defense Defense Exhibition 2018, Vietnam's assault rifle Galil ACE was officially exported, although this is a non-refundable aid but also a sign herald a bright future for the above weapons. The assault rifle Galil ACE 31/32 ...

17 Januari 2019 Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Military9Army) 10 Yak-130 will enter the country Russia delivered four Yak-130 combat trainers to Laos. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the equipment has already been fully paid. According to “Kommersant”, this is only the first part of a batch of ten such machines. The total cost of the procurement, as estimated by “Kommersant”, is about $ 300 million. Earlier, Laos handed over to Russia 30 fully operational T-34-85 tanks. Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin declared “Kommersant” that this is a free transfer of equipment, for which Moscow is extremely grateful to Vientiane. The fact that Laos purchased four Yak-130 combat training aircraft from Russia was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, stressing that the equipment had already been delivered. “Under the contract signed in 2017, four Yak-130 combat training aircraft were delivered to Vientiane on a commercial basis. Air...

11 Januari 2019 Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Lao Army) Three Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft serial 044, 045 and 047 at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane in January 2019. The first Yak-130 for Laos (tail number 044) was delivered to Vientiane on December 20, 2018 on board of the IL-76TD transport aircraft. Report said that Lao People's Air Force has received four Yak-130 combat trainer airraft (serial 044, 045, 046 and 047) from Russian company 'IRKUT Corporation'. ( Lao Army )

10 Januari 2019 Laos T-34 tanks (photo : dambiev) TSAMTO - As part of military-technical cooperation, the Lao Ministry of Defense transferred 30 T-34 tanks to the military department of the Russian Federation in fully operational condition. Until recently, armored vehicles were in service with the army of Laos. During the visit of Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu to Laos, held in January last year, agreements were reached on the return of T-34 tanks to Russia. The equipment by sea transport has already overcome more than 4,500 thousand km and arrived in Vladivostok. Further, it will be delivered by rail to the Moscow region (Naro-Fominsk). The T-34 tank was a technological breakthrough for its time, it has a dozen records, which, apparently, will never be able to surpass, including as the most massively produced tank in the world. In the period from 1940 to 1946, more than 58 thousand units were produced. T-34.  However, after more than 70 years there are ...

27 Desember 2018 Yitian SHORAD of the Laos Army (photo : DatViet) Recently, the Lao People's Army has begun its extensive modernization through the purchase of a new generation of weapons and equipment originating from many different countries.  In addition to Russian-made weapons such as the Yak-130 trainer, T-72B "White Eagle" tank, the proportion of Chinese weapons in the Lao Army is also increasing. In fact, since the Lao special forces soldiers marched with carbine QBZ-97B, this changing trend has also been mentioned, followed by "surprise" to reveal CS/SH1 self-propelled self-propelled guns. And most surprisingly, recently in the parade preparation for the 70th day of the army's establishment, the Yitian low-range air defense missile complex (Tianlong 6) appeared. The Yitian anti-aircraft missile complex consists of a combat module mounted on a 6x6 WZ-551 armored vehicle chassis built by Northern Defense Industry Group - NORINCO of China.  The system i...

26 Desember 2018 The Lao Army's D30 howitzer after upgrading (photo : Soha) With the small artillery force, the equipment was not really good, but the Lao Army overcame by mechanizing one of the most powerful firepower in the service, the D30. A number of recently released images have surprised Asian Military Forums when the Lao People's Army successfully mechanized the 122mm D30 howitzer model developed by the former Soviet Union. It is worth mentioning that there are only about 10 cannons of this type in Laos artillery. In such a modest amount, it seems that the Lao Army decided to mechanize the entire number of D30 artillery they had on the active Ural-4320 3-wheel military transport chassis (6x6), Similar to what Vietnam has been doing with the 105mm M101 model of American artillery. It is possible that Laos has referred to the mechanized and self-propelled artillery M101 solution that Vietnam has implemented to upgrade the D30 by placing it behind the Ural-4320 body on a f...

24 Desember 2018 Presumably, the first combat training aircraft Yak-130, received by the Laotian Air Force (tail number "044"). Vientiane, December 2018 (photo : AeroLaos) A widespread shot from a video from a Lao resource, which allegedly demonstrates the first Yak-130 combat training aircraft received by the Lao Air Force. It is reported that this aircraft (tail number "044") was delivered to the capital of Laos, Vientiane on December 20, 2018 from Irkutsk on board the IL-76TD transport aircraft (registration number RA-78765) of the Russian airline Aviakon Tsitotrans. Previously, there was no information on the conclusion by the Russian side of the contract for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft to Laos, although in the beginning of 2016, Russian media spread information about the interest of the Laotian military to the Yak-130, and it was stated that Laos "can get 16-20" of these airplanes. Analysis of the Lao military media shows that since the end of 2017...

21 Desember 2018 T-72B1 'Belyy Orel' (White Eagle) MBT was shipping from Russia to Vietnam's Port and transpot to Laos on road by Lowboy trailer trucks (photo : AAG) Russia has begun deliveries of upgraded T-72B1 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the Lao People’s Armed Forces (LPAF), an LPAF source told Jane’s on 19 December. “A large batch of T-72B1 ‘White Eagle’ [Belyi Oryol] MBTs was shipped to a Vietnamese port several days ago. The tanks will soon be brought to Laos via tank transporters,” said the source on condition of anonymity, adding that the LPAF is set to receive “several dozen” tanks. T-72B1 LPAF (photo : Phet) The move comes after Laotian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Sengnuan Xayalat told Russian broadcaster Zvezda that the LPAF would receive Russian-made weaponry and platforms, including “new T-72 tanks”. ( Jane's )