On April 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu conducted an inspection of the implementation of the State Defense Order (GOZ) in the Nizhny Novgorod region. At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry published interesting photographs of one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex in the region, where ammunition of various nomenclatures is produced.
The head of the military department inspected the workshops where the production of artillery and aviation weapons (various shells and bombs) is carried out. For example, the photographs show the process of making bombs. At the same time, the flashing of FAB – 500 big questions and surprises does not provoke, but the increased power of FAB – 1500 makes you think about what is happening.
The fact is that for some time the Russian Aerospace Forces have been actively using the unguided free-fall FAB-500, previously converted into precision-guided munitions using a universal planning and correction module (UMPC) .
The appearance of a large number of completely new unguided free-fall FAB – 1500s may indicate that the UMPC has adapted ammunition for this. Only in this case, “then screwing on the wings”, does the mass production of these bombs make sense.
In this regard, it can be assumed that the Russian Aerospace Forces received a much cheaper analogue of powerful, but expensive UPAB-1500B guided bombs. It can be seen that the ammunition is new and its production is in progress. This is not a “Potemkin village”, which means that the FAB-1500 will soon be in the army and will be used in the NVO zone.
According to reports, defense industry companies have ramped up production in recent months, scrambling to supply Russian troops. In addition, the expansion of ammunition production capacity continues.
Photos used: demonstration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
