Commander of the Airborne Forces: "Troops will receive a fundamentally new combat vehicle in four years"

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Commander of the Airborne Forces: "Troops will receive a fundamentally new combat vehicle in four years"The Russian Airborne Forces in 2016 will receive a new BMD. Lieutenant-General V. Shamanov, Commander of the Airborne Forces, announced the development of a new BMD (airborne assault vehicle). In the troops of its delivery are expected to 2016 g. Information about the specific characteristics of the new machine yet. In addition, Shamanov said that the BMD-4, which is now in service, has been modernized with the comments of the military.

Shamanov refrained from specifics, only explaining that the Ministry of Defense has formulated its requirements for the military-industrial complex about the new machine and the ministry hopes that the model will be ready in three years.

“We are confident that by the end of 2015, the promising BMD will be tested and will be delivered to the troops already in 2016,” said Shamanov in an interview with Interfax. According to the lieutenant-general, the tactical and technical requirements that the Airborne Forces command makes to the prospective BMD are formulated and sent to the General Staff.

“The main approaches to shaping the look of a new car are defined. Currently, targeted research and development work is underway to determine the parameters of the new BMD, ”said the commander of the Airborne Forces.

Recall the Ministry of Defense in 2011 year refused to purchase BMD-4. After that, the defense had to take into account the comments of the military and significantly upgrade the model. The commander of the Airborne Forces said: “All the work was done to finalize the BMD-4, which were announced by the Airborne Command. Completed tests. Positive results obtained. The armor protection was enhanced and the security of the personnel increased. "

Last year, the fate of the BMD-4 was shared by other models of equipment. The leadership of the Ministry of Defense has repeatedly decried Russian-made military equipment. As a result, the military department abandoned the T-90, BMP-3, BMD-4, etc. serial purchases. As a result, the development of a range of armored platforms of various classes and assignments began. After 2015, they will be put into service, the Military Industrial Courier reports.

In particular, in November, Nikolay Makarov, Chief of the General Staff, commenting on the development of the Russian defense industry on the example of T-90, stated that the Israeli tank Merkava MK4 has a firing range of up to 6 km, and our T-90 - 2,5 km. The United States NIMS rocket and artillery system is capable of hitting targets at a distance of 150 km, and the Russian Smerch is at 70 kilometers. Russian optical-electronic reconnaissance spacecraft have a life span of 3 - 5 years, and their foreign counterparts can "live" 15 years, Makarov said.

“Consequently, we have to produce them more often, and spend much more taxpayers' money,” the Chief of the General Staff stressed, adding, “Modern military equipment should provide a high degree of protection for servicemen on the battlefield. We need to create such a technique, using which the crew will survive under any conditions. ”

BMD-4 adopted by the Russian armed forces 31 December 2004, the BMD is designed to transport personnel of the airborne forces, increasing its firepower, mobility and security. The crew BMD-4 make 3 person. In addition, the BMD-4 can carry up to six paratroopers.

The design of the BMD-4 allows the crew, being inside the car, to parachute from the aircraft. The suspension has a telescopic hydraulic shock absorber. This allows the machine to move up / down 40 centimeters. Maximum speed - 65 km / h, while overcoming water obstacles - 10 km / h.

In the summer of 2011, in Nizhny Tagil, the exhibition presented the latest modification of the car - BMD-4M. It is equipped with aluminum heavy-duty armor.

Danila Relin, Assistant Director General for Production of Kurganmashzavod OJSC: “The properties of the BMD-4М armor exclude penetration of damaging elements into the habitable compartment when it is damaged by a large-caliber patron or projectile.” .

Armament BMD-4М are: 2А70 - 100-mm gun, 2А72 - 30-mm automatic gun, РПКС-74 caliber 5,45, ПКМТ 7,62 caliber, and Arkan. Also in the arsenal of BMD-4M includes six smoke bombs "Cloud", providing the machine a safe waste.
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    1. Sergh
      +15
      18 January 2012 16: 44
      Well, Shamanov, well done man, with his forehead he himself breaks through the doors of the Ministry of Defense, he picks up the equipment himself. And they are still purchasing BMD-4M, of any family for the Airborne Forces.

      1. Lech e-mine
        +16
        18 January 2012 16: 46
        more such men in the army
      2. +4
        18 January 2012 20: 45
        I agree with you on this, Serge, on 100%! This man knows the price of soldier blood and sweat. It is a pity that we all are not eternal and our strengths are not unlimited! Health to Shamanov and wishes to have time to do more for our fighters because everything that is done to them is of real benefit to our guys.
        1. 0
          19 January 2012 15: 21
          Quote: esaul
          brings real benefit to our guys.


          It benefits us
    2. Igor
      +15
      18 January 2012 16: 53
      It would be in place of Serdyukov.
      1. Camyrai
        +4
        18 January 2012 18: 44
        Gold words! The army needs a real combat general who understands what the army needs not from Discovery gears, but from its own experience
        1. +3
          18 January 2012 18: 50
          but this battle general must be in his place, and not so that the higher the better
      2. +5
        18 January 2012 18: 49
        not a fact, hardware and financial maneuvers are very different from military maneuvers, let it be better to be a military general, he already burned himself the governor, and Lebed did not differ in his time in the governor’s chair
    3. +1
      18 January 2012 16: 57
      As his only taburetkin still not gobbled up
      1. 0
        18 January 2012 17: 03
        The teeth of the stool are weak, not sharpened for something.
      2. -2
        18 January 2012 21: 19
        And why "eat" it?
        A sensible combat general is needed by the army .... And everyone understands this in the Ministry.
    4. Igor
      -3
      18 January 2012 17: 13
      Quote: es.d
      As his only taburetkin still not gobbled up

      Even for Putin, it will be difficult.
      1. +3
        18 January 2012 18: 52
        Sobssno under Putin, he made a name for himself, Troshev was still, but crashed, and this one hardly escaped
    5. kotmster
      +2
      18 January 2012 17: 28
      Vryatli armor could really strengthen significantly, because the main thing is air transportability ...
    6. Filin
      0
      18 January 2012 17: 33

      As his only taburetkin still not gobbled up


      I think that Shamanov didn’t just get into an accident ... and this is on the eve of the rally on Manezhnaya Square, which they wanted to organize against the activities of Serdyukov
    7. Sarus
      +5
      18 January 2012 17: 55
      Real officer. He didn’t let the Airborne Forces disband, and he was even attracting equipment.
      In general, well done. Although I am far from the army, I respect him. Sincerely.
    8. +2
      18 January 2012 18: 32
      ALSO IN 2007 PROMISED THEM TO DELIVER THEM TO US! WE HAVE ALL EXCELLENT * KOPEKI * HANDED OUT AND AFTER 2 MONTHS WERE AGAIN AGAIN BMD-1 BUT DEAD THERE SO
    9. +1
      18 January 2012 18: 38
      God grant him health
    10. ICT
      0
      18 January 2012 19: 45
      Quote: Igorek
      Quote: es.dHowever, just as he hasn’t been devoured by a stool yet, even for Putin, it will be difficult.





      yes he is also smeared, it’s not himself true, but through son-in-law or son I don’t remember
      1. 0
        18 January 2012 21: 12
        If you don’t remember, why do you defame? Just to splash dirt?
    11. Dimych from Vanino
      +1
      18 January 2012 20: 34
      They criticize our technology .... of course, it’s a pity for the top version of the dough, but it’s impractical to take a bare box which they consider as a model .. Although it seems to me that it’s far from just money ...
    12. boncho
      +1
      18 January 2012 20: 37
      I just did not understand, in a particular episode how did he differ so much? I just once again declared the MO program, which consists in modernizing the existing fleet of equipment and abandoning serial purchases of outdated in favor of promising developments, in my opinion everything is logical and promising
    13. 0
      18 January 2012 21: 48
      2A70 - the last creation of Gryazev V, P,
      Health Commander of the Airborne Forces
    14. alexander hjcnjd
      0
      18 January 2012 22: 11
      I respect Shamanov. Maybe I'm wrong. But I think BMDs are not needed at all. I base my reasoning on the following: over the past 30 years, I have not heard of a single battle where the Airborne Forces parachuted with equipment from aircraft during a battle or immediately went to the battle after the landing. In my opinion, the Airborne Forces is only formally an airborne assault force, in 1 and 2 Chechens they were actually ordinary infantry. And I think this will not change for the next 10-30 years. So it might be better, in accordance with the ramming of time, to provide the troops, first of all, with new ones tanks, tacn support vehicles, and typhoon trucks?
    15. ICT
      0
      18 January 2012 22: 15
      Quote: Svist
      If you don’t remember, why do you defame? Just to splash dirt?


      there was a drain of his phone call (I will not clarify, I’m too lazy to drip in the trash), but it made sense that there was an attempt to use the intelligence unit to solve personal problems .. by and large it is a criminal offense (well, nakroinyak resignation). he read it to him at his post. his place in the "team"
      1. +1
        18 January 2012 23: 51
        yes it was
    16. +1
      18 January 2012 22: 17
      Quote: Alexander Hjcnjd
      But I think that BMDs are not needed at all. I base my reasoning on the following: over the past 30 years I have not heard of any combat where the Airborne Forces were landing with equipment from aircraft during the battle or immediately went into battle after landing.

      JUST NO SUCH CONFLICTS YES AND BTA IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL
    17. alps
      +1
      18 January 2012 22: 31
      Quote: Alexander Hjcnjd
      But I think BMD is not needed at all. I base my reasoning on the following:

      So after all, it was their presence in the Russian army, as well as everything else, that led to the fact that there are no those so-called on which it was used, for the pisses are adversaries))) (Where we are, there is victory!)
      1. kotmster
        0
        19 January 2012 05: 51
        What do you really think that they are afraid of us precisely because of BMD-shek? Yes, it’s just that NATO has long realized that the value of military equipment, which is sometimes flashed even from small arms, not to mention large-caliber machine guns and RPGs, is approaching zero. That we are still pulling millions. And in the 90s, we still managed to storm the cities with them ...
        1. 0
          19 January 2012 15: 26
          Quote: kotmster
          What do you really think that they are afraid of us precisely because of BMD-shek?


          They are afraid of us and because of the landing, including
    18. suharev-52
      +1
      18 January 2012 22: 41
      Shamans - well done. And for some, I would not recommend rummaging around in garbage cans. And then you have to be a garbage collector. In the internet you can find dirt on every person, especially on a general who does not really bend under the current government. So my advice is: do not perceive everything that you read on the Internet at face value.
    19. ICT
      0
      18 January 2012 22: 46
      Quote: suharev - 52
      you read on the Internet at face value.


      I saw all this on the central TV channels in the news, and then he recognized it as his mistake
    20. suharev-52
      +1
      18 January 2012 23: 57
      TIT This once again emphasizes that the Shamans are an honest, decent officer. Our top leaders - not one had the courage to admit publicly committed errors.
    21. +1
      19 January 2012 00: 09
      Alexander hjcnjd, BMD is a very necessary machine, they were used very widely in Chechnya and Afghanistan. It was simply not practical to land equipment in these wars (with rare exceptions). And there was no need for large landing operations (the Strategic Missile Forces were also not used, but it it does not mean that they are unnecessary)
    22. ICT
      0
      19 January 2012 01: 17
      Quote: suharev - 52
      that Shamanov is an honest, decent officer


      I did not deny it
    23. alps
      +2
      19 January 2012 09: 23
      Quote: kotmster
      What do you really think that they are afraid of us precisely because of BMD-shek?

      Of course not, but there are already long-known truths that the twig is easy to break, and the broom as a whole is not very, BMD is one of the twigs in this broom. As for the lumbago of the armor, the tank can also be knocked out, but this does not mean that they do not need to be produced, just the equipment you need to use for its intended purpose and not send BMD instead of fighting the tank.

      Moving over rough terrain is much more interesting on BMD.
      than running, aren't you gentlemen?
    24. +2
      19 January 2012 10: 24
      Airborne troops are landing on the theater sites not only by parachute method, but also by landing. This method is mainly used during the actions of the Airborne Forces in the period of local conflicts. And since VTA is used when airborne troops are deployed, the weight characteristics of the BMD are crucial when adopting this particular class of vehicles. At the same time, the BMD in its aggregate firepower is similar to the BMP of the ground forces. The main calculation is to load up to three BMDs on one IL-76, i.e. platoon. It follows from this that this class of machines is necessary and their development and delivery to the troops is a right and necessary matter. With such a huge size of the country and its state. of borders only by air, you can quickly transfer the gain and hold out until the main forces approach. As for the armor, it was really rather weak on older machines. To my knowledge, BMD-4 uses updated duralumin alloys with increased viscosity. Protect from large-caliber bullets - it’s already good, but from shells and tanks die. It is necessary to increase combat skill. For Shamanov, I can only say one thing, after the BATI, he is the first commander who can stand with Margelov on a par. It was he who saved the airborne forces from indiscriminate reduction and began the complete modernization of the troops, protecting them from the General Staff (individual individuals in uniform and without) rampant dullness and nearness.
    25. 0
      19 January 2012 15: 20
      Quote: esaul
      everything that they do is of real benefit to our guys.


      It benefits us, not our guys.
    26. Shved
      0
      16 May 2012 06: 11
      Quote: Arkan
      BMD is a very necessary machine; in Chechnya and Afghanistan they were used very widely.

      I want to make a correction - just the same in Afghanistan BMD-1 and did not find wide application, because serious flaws of this machine were revealed during the conduct of military operations in the mountains, and very soon the assault forces and specialists moved to BMP-2 and armored personnel carriers ...

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