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Dave the Dawg

01-06-2004, 07:45 PM

Spanning the globe to bring you pics you might not have seen elsewhere, from Finland to Belarus to Mongolia to today's entry... Cyprus. Major weapons systems of the Cyprus National Guard. Click on the thumbnails for larger images. (courtesy of ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΙΟ ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΦΡΟΥΡΑΣ (http://www.army.gov.cy/) (that would be the Cyprus National Guard's official website))

But before the toys, the men that make them work - Cypriot soldiers on parade:

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/337/337_3.jpg

T-80U:

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4889.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4882.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4882.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4884.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4884.JPG)

AMX-30(B2?)

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4843.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4837.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4837.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4832.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4832.JPG)

BMP-3

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4805.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4800.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4800.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4796.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4796.JPG)

Leonidas II APC

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4822.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4819.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4819.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4812.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4812.JPG)

VAB VTT

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4941.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4943.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4943.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4945.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4945.JPG)

VAB VCI

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4913.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4914.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4914.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4917.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4917.JPG)

VAB UTM 800

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4881.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4876.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4876.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4878.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4878.JPG)

EE-9 Cascavel

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4939.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4932.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4932.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4936.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4936.JPG)

EE-3 Jararaca

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4900.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4903.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4903.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4905.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4905.JPG)

SA.342L Gazelle HOT

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4850.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4846.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4846.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_4848.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4848.JPG)

Mil Mi-35P

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_0008.JPG
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_0006.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_0006.JPG) http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/small/IMG_0001.JPG (http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_0001.JPG)

kinghk

01-06-2004, 07:52 PM

Spanning the globe to bring you pics you might not have seen elsewhere, from Finland to Belarus to Mongolia to today's entry... Cyprus.

Nice pics.

Operation Ivy

01-06-2004, 08:31 PM

woot Great Pics!

PsihoKeke

01-07-2004, 01:38 AM

When did Cyprus purchased Mil-35?

mustamato

01-07-2004, 02:45 AM

It´s very interesting that they mix russian and western equipment like that. There is not all too many countries in the developed world that does that, Finland is one, but then again they are not in NATO and so forth. A nice one...

BM-21 Grad
http://www.army.gov.cy/images/227/IMG_4874.JPG

scoone

01-07-2004, 10:23 AM

http://www.army.gov.cy/images/337/337_3.jpg

Are those FN P90 ?

-Max2-

01-07-2004, 10:28 AM

Are those FN P90 ?

Yes, the Cyprus National Guard bought a large number of P90 submachineguns and Five-SeveN pistols in 2000... ;)

scoone

01-07-2004, 10:33 AM

I thought that the P90 was a police or vehicle and tank crew members weapon.

Dave the Dawg

01-07-2004, 03:44 PM

Cyprus and Russia are rather close. I am an international corporate lawyer and my firm has an extensive practice in Russia. We have had quite a few deals that involved Russian companies setting up offshore holding companies and "captives" in Cyprus. Cyprus is to Russian companies what The Bahamas and Bermuda are to US companies, what the Channel Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man are to English companies and what Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are to many European companies.

In geopolitical terms, Cyprus and Russia/USSR have shared a common antipathy to and rivalry with Turkey. Greek Cypriots also, of course, are Orthodox, so like Greeks share a common religious heritage with most Russians.

Much of Cyprus' non-Russian military equipment, such as the AMX-30s, is former Greek stock, transferred from Greece as Greece received excess weapons from the US and Germany. The process is known as "cascading." As the US replaced M-60A3s with M-1s, the M-60s went to countries like Greece to replace, for example, M-48s received earlier. Greece, in turn, would then transfer older M-48s and AMX-30s to countries like Cyprus. When Greece started receiving Leopard 2s, many of its M-60s and AMX-30B2s became excess, so some of these went to places like Cyprus.

Dave the Dawg

01-07-2004, 03:49 PM

When did Cyprus purchased Mil-35?The 12 Mi-35Ps and 2 Mi-26s Cyprus purchased are currrently being delivered. Delivery began in March 2002.

fantassin

01-07-2004, 03:55 PM

France sold 36 AMX30B2, about 136 VAB, around 12 or more TRF1 towed 155 mm guns, at least 4 Gazelles and some Mistral MANPADS to Cyprus.

A good client by any standard....

Greece had the older AMX30B; I think the Cypriot AMX30B2 were modernized before delivery (unless they were taken directly from French Army stocks since they look very similar to the French Army version on the pics).

REMOV

01-07-2004, 06:20 PM

Yes, the Cyprus National Guard bought a large number of P90 submachineguns and Five-SeveN pistols in 2000... ;)Mhm... 350 P90s and 250 FiveSeven's.

kinghk

01-08-2004, 11:06 AM

raptor84

03-07-2010, 04:24 PM

What do you thİnk of northern cyprus armed force ( ??????

Steve Railsback

03-08-2010, 11:42 AM

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