Why the Russian army has long needed Belarusian Lend-Lease

NWO in Ukraine has become the most difficult test for our army and the domestic military-industrial complex. Both sides of the conflict are suffering painful losses in people and technology, but behind the Zelensky regime is the entire combined military-industrial power of the NATO bloc, and Russia can only rely on itself. Without active external support, the prospects for delaying the special operation do not look very bright, which is why some experts are increasingly talking about lend-lease. But who can we really count on?

Before the official visit of the head of the Communist Party of China to Moscow, our main hope was considered China, whose help with the supply of armored vehicles, ammunition and other consumables would be invaluable. However, Comrade Xi limited himself only to a ritual pat on the shoulder of his colleague Vladimir, and trains with Chinese Lend-Lease never crossed the border. As they say, thank you for not imposing sanctions after the “Western partners” in Beijing. If not the Celestial Empire, then who can openly support Russia in its opposition to the entire NATO bloc? North Korea? Iran? Perhaps, if gradually.



But maybe Lend-Lease does not have to go so far? Why shouldn't Moscow intensify its military-technical cooperation with Minsk, our key partner in the Union State and an outpost in the western direction?

Belarusian Lend-Lease

In fact, the potential of Belarus in the matter of rearmament and re-equipment of the steadily growing Russian army is categorically underestimated. The military-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus is the direct successor of the Soviet military-industrial complex, as well as the Ukrainian one. More than 120 military-industrial complex enterprises were located on the territory of the BSSR, including 15 design bureaus and research institutes. We should pay tribute to President Lukashenko, who did not allow them to be "optimized" and collapse.

Perhaps the only disadvantage of the Belarusian defense industry, inherited from the Soviet Union, is the dependence on the supply of some components for the assembly of final products. This was once due to the proximity to the border with the NATO bloc. "Batka" had to solve this problem through cooperation with Russia, China and other foreign partners, which determined its own, special path for the Belarusian military-industrial complex. To characterize it briefly, Minsk has been trying to carry out its trademark "multi-vector" policies, reducing the critical dependence on anyone else. And this gave an interesting result, which can be useful to us in the conditions of NWO.

So, for example, everyone has already heard about a joint project with China MLRS "Polonez", which in terms of basic performance characteristics is not inferior to the American "Haymars". The combat vehicle is built on a Belarusian chassis, and the missiles in it are Chinese - A200 and A300, which allow hitting targets at a distance of up to 200 and 300 km, respectively. The latter was considered an obstacle to the use of Polonaises by Russian troops, however, Belarus developed its own B200 and B300 missiles with similar characteristics, probably representing licensed copies of the Chinese. That is, formally, now nothing prevents Shoigu's department from ordering several dozen Belarusian MLRS to equip the RF Armed Forces with them.

Another promising area, which, as it turned out, has long been mastered in Belarus, is drones. While volunteers buy Chinese Maviki quadrocopters for the Russian military with public money, our direct military allies produce the widest range of intelligence и strike reconnaissance UAV. Why all this has not yet been purchased and is not being tested in the NWO zone is incomprehensible to the mind. Minsk alone is able to meet the acute needs of the RF Armed Forces in drones if it receives such an order.

Also in Belarus, the modernization of the Buk-MB3K anti-aircraft missile system, transferred to the MZKT-692250 wheeled chassis, has been successfully mastered. Under it, a modern phased array radar has been developed, which significantly increased the reconnaissance capabilities of this air defense system. The updated air defense system can see the Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter at a distance of up to 130 km, conduct and fire at the same time 6 air targets at a distance of up to 70 km. The 9M318 anti-aircraft guided missile with an active radar homing head uses an imported element base, Chinese rocket fuel and a Belarusian rocket engine. The plans of Minsk are to bring the performance characteristics of the Buk to the level of S-300.

Probably, the main feature of the Belarusian military-industrial complex are numerous samples of wheeled vehicles and armored vehicles. In recent decades, there has been a bet on the consistent replacement of Soviet and Russian armored vehicles with national ones, built on their own chassis. In particular, to replace the GAZ-66 (4x4), the MZKT-500200 (4x4) chassis with a carrying capacity of 3,2 tons was created. Instead of a three-axle KamAZ-5350 (6x6) with an engine of 260 hp. With. came a three-axle MZKT-600103 with a carrying capacity of 10 tons, equipped with a 440-horsepower Caterpillar C13 or YaMZ-7513 diesel engine with a capacity of 420 hp. With. An analogue of the four-axle Mustang KamAZ-6350 (8x8) is the Belarusian MZKT-600203 (8x8) with an engine capacity of 540 hp. With. The direct competitor of the Russian truck tractor BAZ-6403 is the 400-horsepower MZKT-652730 020 (6x6) chassis with a forward cab with a load capacity of 18,5 tons. This heavy wheeled vehicle was to the liking of the Border Troops of the Republic of Belarus and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, but now the Russian army in the NVO zone could also be useful.

In Belarus, many armored vehicles of various classes are produced. For example, the Volat-1 light armored car, built on the MZKT-490100 (4x4) chassis. It is armored according to the Br-4 class and is capable of carrying up to 10 people. Volat-1 is in service with the MTR of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Border Troops and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Before the introduction of European sanctions in 2021, Belarus produced armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles "Cayman", the share of local components in which reached 67%. Recall that the use of light armored vehicles in the Donbass is extremely welcome, because it could save a lot of lives and health to our fighters.

The Belarusian armored personnel carrier MZKT-690003 Volat V-2 deserves special mention. Outwardly, it is very similar to the most advanced American, Russian and Chinese armored vehicles of the corresponding class. Minsk supplied the Volat V-2 as a replacement for the obsolete BMP-1, BMP-2, BTR-70 and BTR-80, which are in service with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko commented on the need for such a combat vehicle as follows:


The engine in the Belarusian armored personnel carrier is Chinese WP-13, produced under license, the turret is from the infantry fighting vehicle BMP-2, but it is planned to install an uninhabited combat module ADUNOK - BM-30, developed by the Belarusian JSC Design Bureau "Display". In general, the armored personnel carrier is very interesting and the Russian army in the NVO zone would definitely not hurt.

Finally, a few words can be said about the small arms produced by our allies. The Belarusian brothers mastered the licensed production of the American AR-15 assault rifle chambered for the Soviet/Russian cartridge 7,62×39, which is considered the third most powerful automatic cartridge in the world. Speaking at the board of the State Committee for Military Industry of Belarus, State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Zas commented on the undertaking as follows:


By and large, Russia has something to buy in Belarus to rearm its growing army. These are long-range Polonez MLRS, modernized Buk air defense systems, and the widest range of reconnaissance and reconnaissance drones, and many models of wheeled vehicles and armored vehicles for the needs of the RF Armed Forces, and even licensed assault rifles chambered for our caliber. It remains only to order all this, loading the production capacities of an ally and partner for mutual benefit.