ASELSAN A.Ş. new facility opening ceremony exhibition in Gölbaşı

 ASELSAN A.Ş. new facility opening ceremony exhibition in Gölbaşı. Company univled the newest Tanks, IFVs, Air Defence, EW, Radars and surveillance systems.

Volga-Dnjepr Airlines An-124 Made Emergency Landing (video)

 Volga-Dnjepr Airlines An-124 Made Emergency Landing in Novosibirsk Airport.

Accident: Volga-Dnjepr A124 at Novosibirsk on Nov 13th 2020, overran runway after uncontained engine failure and communication failure

A Volga-Dnjepr Antonov AN-124, registration RA-82042 performing freight flight VI-4066 from Novosibirsk (Russia) to Vienna (Austria) with 14 people and 84 tons of cargo (auto parts) on board, departed Novosibirsk's runway 25 at about 12:08L (05:08Z) and was in the initial climb through about 1800 feet MSL when the transponder signal as well as radio communication was lost. The crew returned the aircraft for a landing on Novosibirsk's runway 25 but overran the end of the runway on landing by about 200 meters/650 feet. There were no injuries. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to wings and the landing gear, engine #2 (D-18T, inboard left hand) is missing its engine inlet following an uncontained failure according to photographic evidence (see below), the inboard left wing slats as well as the left hand fuselage were penetrated by debris at multiple locations near the wing root.

According to local sources the aircraft went off the runway by about 200 meters (650 feet).

Local emergency services reported the aircraft departed and immediately returned in emergency running off the runway during landing.

The airport reported there were no injuries as result of the runway excursion.

Ground witnesses reported engines 3 and 4 (both right hand, D-18T) were trailing smoke on departure, communication with the aircraft was lost, the aircraft managed to return to the airport and went off the runway coming to a stop with collapsed gear.

Other ground witnesses reported a part fell off the aircraft and damaged the roof of a house.

West Siberia's Transport Prosecution Office have opened an investigation into the accident.

The airline reported the aircraft carried 84 tons of cargo from Seoul (South Korea) to Vienna (Austria) with a technical stop in Novosibirsk, where the aircraft after departure to Vienna performed an emergency return. The crew was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, no injuries occurred. A support team was dispatched to Novosibirsk with all needed equipment to assess the damage and move the aircraft off the runway.

In a videotaped interview the captain of the flight reported that the #2 engine (inboard left) blew up at about 1000 feet AGL (300 meters above ground) just after gear retraction with flaps still extended for takeoff, debris damaged the aircraft's cabling and took out all electrical supply resulting in the loss of all eletrical systems including instruments, brakes, thrust reversers etc. The aircraft remained controllable despite all electricity gone and all communication, even intercom having failed, lost. The crew attempted to establish visual contact with tower, however, without success, and proceeded to land on runway 25 with very little margin due to low altitude and engine thrust. After a smooth touchdown the overrun was unavoidable due to the loss of brakes, spoilers, thrust reversers.

According to Mode-S and ADS-B data the aircraft departed runway 25, climbed out, began turning right, reached 1825 feet MSL before the signal disappeared about 3.5nm past the runway end.

Challenger-2 in digital camo

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First footage of turkish Korkut SPAAG action in Libya

 

On the video is the turkish Korkut SPAAG in Libya, which shooting to the enemy drones

In January 2020, along with the resolution to deploy troops to Libya at the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the Korkut system was deployed to the region in order to meet the low altitude air defense requirement of the strategic points of the capital Tripoli axis.

KORKUT Self Propelled Barrel Low Altitude Air Defense Weapon System

The KORKUT is a Turkish all-weather-capable 35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) developed by ASELSAN.

Designed to replace to aging M42A1 Duster systems of the Turkish Armed Forces, each Korkut system compromises of 1 command and control vehicle and 3 weapons platforms. Each weapon platform carries a twin 2×35 mm Oerlikon KDC-02 cannon, manufactured under licence by MKEK. Each weapons system can fire up to 1100 rounds a minute up to a range of 4 km. The command and control vehicle has an effective radar range of 70 km. The Weapon System Vehicle and Command-and-Control Vehicle configurations designed under the Korkut Project are based on the FNSS ACV-30 and is fully amphibious and have the capability of propelling themselves in deep water and rivers.

The new Serbian M19 6,5/7,62 mm modular assault rifle have entrance in service with Serbian Army

The new Serbian M19 6,5/7,62 mm modular assault rifle have entrance in service with Serbian Army. In the end of the 2020 Army will close the delivery contract big batch of M19 rifle.The serbian army is expected to be use 6,5mm rifles.

The modular gun supports both 7,62 mm and 6,5 mm barrel bores, depending on the mission requirements. The new weapon’s modularity would help ease the logistical burden as the new 6,5 mm ammunition is not as widely used around the world.

The rifle, which has a range of up to 800 meters, is expected to be fielded by all Serbian Army infantry units by the end of the year.

Another feature of the weapon is a relatively quick change of the muzzle length for different tactical purposes.