PARTNER 2023
The "Partner 2023" exhibition was held from 25 to 28 September, 2023 at the Belgrade Fair in halls 1, 4 and 2A.
The 11th International Armament and Military Equipment Exhibition "Partner" was opened by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Miloš Vucevic in the presence of the representatives of the National Assembly, government ministers, representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces, the management of Jugoimport-SDPR, and other distinguished guests from the country and abroad.
On the opening day the public had the opportunity to see the launch of the 155 mm self-propelled artillery gun "Nora B-52 NG" produced by Jugoimport-SDPR.
This fully automated, highly autonomous, state-of-the-art, latest generation artillery weapon in caliber 155mm is expected to further enhance the capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces as well as to be one of the flagship products at the foreign market in the coming period.
The entire development and production program of Jugoimport and its subsidiaries was presented, including the armament already in service of the Serbian Armed Forces: multi-purpose armored combat vehicles "Lazar 3", armored combat vehicles "Milos", self-propelled howitzers "Nora", etc.
Multipurpose armored combat vehicles "Lazar" were presented with different types of armament: RCWS 12.7 mm, RCWS 30/2 mm based on the Praga gun conversion, as well as armored combat vehicles "Milos" armed with: RCWS 12.7 mm, Gatling machine gun 7.62 mm, turret 12.7 mm, and the "NOVA" missile system - specialized for long-range anti-tank combat.
The visitors also had the opportunity to see self-propelled howitzers "Nora B-52 M15" and "Nora B-52 M21", in addition to "Nora B-52 NG" which was presented for the first time.
Several new additions to the development and production program of Jugoimport attracted a special attention, including:
• Multipurpose combat armored vehicle "Lazar 3M" with a 30 mm turret - presented for the first time at the Partner exhibition;
• Armored combat vehicle "Milos 2" with RCWS 20/3 mm Cerberus;
• Simulator for Nora B52;
• S-8 rocket with a laser guidance kit in the launcher;
• New generation stabilized RCWS 12.7 mm (in black color);
• Air bombs: penetrating bomb 500 kg and gliding bomb 250 kg;
Apart from these products, a lot of attention of the users form the Serbian Armed Forces and the foreign partners was attracted by the armament from the Jugoimport’s portfolio which had been presented before, including: MLRS 122/ 262 mm "Tamnava", a family of new thermobaric ammunition, "Sova" aircraft, "Turbo Lasta" aircraft (project of MTI and Utva - a subsidiary of Jugoimport), HAWK 5 gyrocopter, light guided bombs, helicopter armament, etc.
At this year's exhibition, a total of 155 exhibitors presented their products and services, of which 141 were from Serbia and 41 from foreign countries - Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
