More hi-tech gimmicks for the Army-BURMA

The Burma Army has received Russian-made 1L117 radar last month, a group of border watchers reported recently.

An unknown number of the radar sets were transferred to the Army in Rangoon on 23 February and 25 February, according to the report.




One of them is due to be installed at Loi Mwe, 20 miles south of Kengtung and 82 miles north of Maesai.


Photo: Lianozovo Electromechanical Plant (LEMZ)

The radar provides a maximum range of 350 km (218.75 miles). Besides, it has the advantages of “low cost, high reliability, simplicity and friendliness of operation control” plus “Built-in identification ‘friend or foe’ (IFF) interrogator,” according to its catalogue.

The Russians already have an improved updated model: 1L117M.

SHAN reported in January that the Burma Army has put to use the UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) maps and has been training in another Russian-made lgla MANPADS (Man portable Air Defense System).

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