UVZ has prepared a BMP-1 modernization program up to the Basurmanin BMP-1AM version
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Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1, which are in service with the Russian army and are in storage, will be upgraded. The program of large-scale modernization of the BMP-1 to the level of the BMP-1AM Basurmanin was prepared by the Uralvagonzavod corporation (UVZ, part of Rostec), Interfax-AVN reports, citing a representative of the UVZ.
As it was explained at Uralvagonzavod, at present, the BMP-1AM is completing the test program, the other day the new BMP was tested for air transport stability. According to the available information, there are currently several hundred BMP-1 in the army, and several thousand more combat vehicles are in storage areas. The exact number of upgraded machines in the UVZ did not name, but said that the modernization program will be large-scale.
During the modernization of the BMP-1 to the version of the BMP-1AM "Basurmanin", the machine will receive a unified combat compartment from the BTR-82А with the 30-mm automatic gun 2А72, 7,62-mm PKTM machine gun. The BMP will be equipped with a fire control system with a combined daily TKN-4HA-01 anti-aircraft sight, a two-plane weapon stabilizer and anti-tank guided missile anti-tank missile 9-115 Metis. In addition, the UTD-20C1 engine and torsion shafts of high power consumption are installed on the new BMP.
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