russia uses at least fifty foreign machine tools for weapons production

Intelligence has identified 50 pieces of foreign technological equipment used by russian enterprises to manufacture weapons and military equipment.

According to the War&Sanctions portal, the exposed equipment includes:

hydroabrasive cutting machines from the Czech company PTV, which are used by enterprises involved in the production of ship and coastal radars, equipment for strategic missile forces, and security systems for russian military facilities;

a JVM-360LS CNC milling machine from the American manufacturer JET Tools for the production of parts for X-101 cruise missiles;

a Chinese TAYU TY-200S thermoplastic injection moulding machine used by a russian manufacturer of guidance systems, sights and round-the-clock reconnaissance systems.

Currently, the Tools of War section of the War&Sanctions portal contains data on 1,454 units of foreign equipment used by 181 russian defence industry enterprises.

As noted by the GUR, russian defence industry enterprises actively use leasing schemes to obtain foreign equipment instead of direct purchases.

‘This practice sometimes allows the end user to be concealed and serves as a tool for circumventing sanctions restrictions,’ the report says.

Among all the foreign components that Ukrainian experts find in russian weapons, the largest number are American-made parts, the GUR reported.

Source: NV