Named the date of receipt of the airborne new armored car
New armored car "Typhoon" K4386 in the very near future should go to the Airborne Forces. It is expected that a machine specially designed for the Airborne Forces will enter the armed forces no later than 2020.
The company draws attention to the fact that Typhoon K4386 successfully passes both production and state testing program. Serious shortcomings in their course is not revealed. The press service notes the discovery of minor flaws that require minor modifications, but emphasize that this is a natural process and the car has not undergone major changes.
TASS, referring to its own source in the Ministry of Defense, notes that the car has yet to pass tests on military special polygons: only after this can an armored car be delivered to the troops. It is assumed that this part of the testing of the new armored vehicle will be completed in the 2019 year.
Briefly about the combat characteristics of "Typhoon Airborne"
"Typhoon Airborne" K4386 is made according to the scheme "bearing armored hull" (to reduce the weight of the developers abandoned the frame structure of the machine). The wheelbase 4x4, combined protection of ceramic armor. It can be equipped with various types of weapons on the turret installation, including the Kord heavy machine gun.
The machine has ballistic protection of the fifth class in accordance with GOST R 50963-96. Also, an armored car is able to withstand an explosion up to 6 kg in TNT equivalent under the wheel, and 4 kg under the bottom. This was reported in 2017 by the TV channel “Star».
On "Typhoon-Airborne Forces" you can install a remotely controlled module BM-30-D with a 30-mm gun. The machine is capable of parachuting from military transport aircraft aviation Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation.
Machine weight - 13,5 tons. The KamAZ diesel engine with horsepower 350 hp serves as the power plant on the machine. Speed - up to 100 kilometers per hour. The armored car is able to overcome rises with a steepness up to 30 degrees, and water barriers up to a depth of 1,9 meters. The power reserve "Typhoon Airborne" K4386 on the highway - 1200 kilometers.
Also on the basis of the new armored car developed self-propelled mortar installation "Drak". At the heart of its design is the 82-mm smooth-bore mortar "Tray". The project must also be implemented in 2020.
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