According to the tactical and technical specifications of the Ministry of Defense. What is good about the Lens?

Armored ambulance car "Lens"

On April 27, 2020, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the motorized rifle division of the 58th combined arms army deployed in Chechnya received new Lens armored ambulances. New armored vehicles are based on the Typhoon-K armored car. For the first time, a new ambulance car designed to evacuate the wounded from the battlefield was introduced in 2018 as part of the Army-2018 international military-technical forum.

According to the press service of the Southern Military District, this summer, as part of tactical exercises in the field, medical personnel will be able to practice ways and procedures for evacuating conditionally wounded soldiers from the battlefield using new armored sanitary equipment. According to Igor Zarakhovich, the chief designer of the enterprise-developer of the Lens armored ambulance car, the car passed the entire test cycle stipulated by the contract for development work back in 2019. At the same time, the Remdiesel enterprise emphasizes that the new armored car was created according to the tactical and technical task of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in the preparation of which the medical service of the military department also took part.

The appearance of the armored ambulance car "Lens"

All the conflicts of recent years only confirm the importance of medical service in the army and its need to reduce losses and quickly provide medical assistance to wounded servicemen. Often, the wounded have to be evacuated directly from the battlefield. In these conditions, the speed and quality of first aid, as well as the speed of delivery of the wounded to at least the nearest dressing station or field hospital, are of great importance. The sooner the wounded man falls into the hands of doctors in the hospital, the higher the chances that the fighter will not die and will not remain disabled. In this sense, all modern armored medical vehicles are designed to fulfill the golden hour rule: provide first aid to the wounded and promptly deliver them to the next stage of medical evacuation.

Armored ambulance car "Lens"

All this was well understood in the USSR, where a whole family of specialized armored medical vehicles (BMMs) were developed, built on the chassis of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles. The BMM family was greatly developed, made on the chassis of the BMP-1 infantry fighting infantry fighting vehicles (these are BMM-1, BMM-2, and BMM-3 vehicles). Also widely used are medical options for the MT-LB armored personnel carrier. And specifically for the landing units on the basis of the armored personnel carrier BTR-MD, a line of armored medical vehicles BMM-D "Injury" was created (BMM-D1, BMM-D2, BMM-D3). Moreover, all this equipment was created on the basis of the chassis, which are either not produced at all by the Russian industry, or have become seriously outdated. An important feature was that all the BMMs listed are tracked vehicles.

The moral and physical obsolescence of the chassis of this equipment raised the question of the development of new armored medical vehicles before the Ministry of Defense. At the same time, priority was given to wheeled vehicles. For example, in the mid-2010s, the Ministry of Defense acquired several BMM-80 Symphony, built on the basis of a wheeled armored personnel carrier BTR-80. But this medical machine, created several decades ago, did not become mass.

A tender for a modern armored ambulance was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense in September 2016. The cost of the contract for the development of the R&D on the topic “Development of a secure tactical ambulance” (code of the Lens work) amounted to 46,509 million rubles. As the base car, the Russian military wanted to see an armored vehicle with a 4x4 wheel arrangement from the Tiger, Typhoon or Scorpion family of armored vehicles. Ultimately, the tender was won by the K-53949 Typhoon sanitary protected vehicle project, presented by specialists from Remdiesel AO from Naberezhnye Chelny.

Armored ambulance car "Lens"

Prototypes of the first versions of the new ambulance were presented to the military in 2017, and the next year they made their full debut and presentation to the general public. Then, in 2018, in the framework of the Army forum, Remdiesel signed the first contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the supply of 27 armored ambulances with the implementation of the contract until the end of 2020.

Possibilities of the protected Lens ambulance

Within the framework of the implemented tender and the technical assignment issued by the Ministry of Defense, specialists of the Remdiesel company created two versions of a tactical-link protected ambulance (ZCA). The first of these is the classic medical transporter (ZSA-T), designed to search, collect and remove wounded soldiers directly from the battlefield, as well as from the centers of mass sanitary losses. At the same time, doctors can provide assistance to the wounded on the spot or directly on board the Lens. The second option is the machine of the medical center of the battalion (ZSA-P), the main purpose of which is to transport various medical equipment and deploy on its basis a medical center of the battalion at any given point.

Unlike the K-53949 Typhoon armored single-volume all-terrain vehicle with a capacity of 10 people, the new protected ambulance based on it received a two-seater cabin and a new special armored medical module. In the version of the medical conveyor ZSA-T, the medical module provides 6 folding seats for the wounded or a place for 2-4 stretchers. At the same time, the combined transportation of the wounded is possible, when three lightly wounded are placed on folding seats along one side, and two seriously wounded are transported on a stretcher.

The combat version of the armored vehicle Typhoon K-53949

In the variant of the medical center of the battalion (ZSA-P), the car provides 5 seats for the crew, as well as two places for attaching a stretcher, this car is also equipped with a frame tent. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, the Lens protected ambulances are equipped with special devices for pulling the wounded out of hatches, dragging the wounded, as well as shields for carrying soldiers with spinal injuries and other specialized medical equipment.

An important feature is that the new medical vehicle retained all the advantages of its military progenitor. "Lens", built on the basis of a vehicle of the Typhoon family, reliably protects the crew and the wounded from small arms fire weapons, and also features enhanced mine protection. The car stands out favorably with increased ground clearance and a V-shaped bottom, which allows you to effectively dissipate the energy of the explosion and deflect fragments to the side. The body of the new Russian protected ambulance can withstand blasting on an explosive device with a capacity of up to 8 kg of TNT under any of the wheels. At the same time, the wheels of the armored car themselves are also armored. Even with a seriously damaged wheel, the Lens will be able to drive at least another 50 kilometers on rough terrain, according to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Thanks to the powerful KamAZ 610.10-350 diesel engine developing a maximum power of 350 liters. with., four-wheel drive car with a total mass of 16 tons is able to accelerate along the highway to a speed of 105 km / h. Two tanks of diesel fuel with a capacity of 180 liters each are enough to provide the vehicle with a power reserve of at least 1000 km. The ground clearance declared by the manufacturer is 433 mm and is adjustable. Overall dimensions of the car: length - 7130 mm, width - 2550 mm, height - 3100 mm.

Armored ambulance car "Lens"

The 4x4 all-wheel drive vehicle has good cross-country ability, which is especially important, since often the wounded have to be evacuated from areas with poor transport accessibility. Without any training, the Lens armored ambulance can cross a ford up to 1,5 meters deep (with special training 1,75 meters). The height of the overcome vertical wall is 0,6 meters, the width of the overcome ditch is not less than 0,6 meters. The angle of climb - 30 degrees.

Comments

[The leader of the Redskins]

Probably the "lens" is good.
The realities of our time are bad when the wounded have to be transported in armored vehicles.
But some years ago, there were rules, and by common agreement, the orderlies of the warring parties went out onto the battlefield and gathered the wounded without fear of gunfire. And they transported them in ordinary gigs ...
My question is - why do ambulances paint in a protective color? Why not like ships, hospitals? Whatever bright, with certain signs of large size?

[Insurgent]

Quote: Leader of the Redskins

Probably the "lens" is good.
The realities of our time are bad when the wounded have to be transported in armored vehicles.

https://anna-news.info/novejshij-rossijskij-broneavtomobil-zamechen-v-sirii/

In Syria, the latest Russian sanitary armored car Lens was spotted. It was created on the basis of the Typhoon-K armored vehicle.

On the site of Lost Armor, photos of the latest Russian medical armored car Lens appeared. Allegedly, they were made in the area of ​​the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Recall that Syria is often used by the Russian army to "break in" the latest models of weapons and military equipment. Therefore, the appearance of a sanitary armored car in this country does not look surprising.

[BREAKTHROUGH READY]

And before they fired at doctors, they gave work only in a positional war.
The problem is that medical transport is almost always used for other purposes.

[Megatron]

I see right away - Michelin tires, are there many more imported fillings?

[Doccor18]

Nice car! And it is very necessary in the army. Only now it’s probably ....
How many are planned to be put in the army of such? 27 units first, but total?
And yet, with 16 tons of mass, mine protection and other advantages, transportation
maximum 4 bed patients
- it is frankly not much.

[BARKAS]

All the same, the wounded will still have to be transported on ordinary armor, and if you're lucky, then by helicopter.

[knn54]

Alexander, this is an armored ambulance.
MT-LB-S was released in Ukraine. The cost of one machine is over 2,5 million UAH. More than 7 million rubles .. And this is taking into account the fact that the armored car itself is from conservation.
It can also take from 4 to 8 wounded (four lying “heavy” wounded or up to 8 lightly wounded in a sitting position).
IMPORTANT-MT-LB / MT-LBU equipped with FVU-200-for cleaning to breathable contaminated atmospheric air with toxic substances, radioactive dust, bacteriological aerosols.
Is there such a filter - ventilation unit in the "Linza"?

[Doccor18]

A civilian ambulance team arriving on an accident with a large number of victims calls for help. And ... after 15-20 minutes, the right number of teams arrives. It is doubtful that such tactics will work on the battlefield. I mean, the army ambulance still has to take more at a time than ordinary ambulance.

[garri-lin]

And how to pick them up? Piles?

[Doccor18]

Therefore, "stacks"?
They need to be taken on a stretcher,
to an ambulance armored vehicle, designed to transport up to 10 stretcher victims at a time.
The car should also have 3-4 removable seats for honey. personnel, as well as medical equipment.
All this within the framework of this
case does not fit.

[garri-lin]

What you describe will be the size of a bus. With less cross and more vulnerability. It’s better to properly organize the staff so that not one car is on 10 wounded but a sufficient number. The number of losses is the predicted value.

[Doccor18]

That is all true. Better to have 1000
3 seater cars than
a hundred 10-seater. That's just how many of them will enter the troops ...
And how much will each cost?
Therefore it is better to have one
a bigger Typhoon-K than one small Lens.

[garri-lin]

It is better to have three Lenses and one Typhoon. And if there is a choice to have one Lens or one Typhoon, then I will choose MT LB.

[vladcub]

The question is interesting. Yuferov somehow did not clarify this point

[Lopatov]

Quote: vladcub

Armored ambulance car "Lens"

[phair]

The body height allows 4 more stretchers to be hung. Providing medical assistance on the road will be difficult. But among the wounded there are not only recumbent, walking and sedentary ones. When the arsenal of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok exploded, our hospital at the Far East Scientific Center took over three trauma departments (they were brought in on ikarus). The worst were left in the bomb shelter of 1000 hospital beds. So only two were carried on a stretcher, the rest said: "Thank you yourself."

[BREAKTHROUGH READY]

A very necessary machine, as soon as possible to see in combat units.

[Freeman]

I will supplement the photo

combined transport of the wounded is possible, when three lightly wounded are placed on folding seats along one side, and two seriously wounded are transported on a stretcher.

machine of the medical center of the battalion (ZSA-P), the main purpose of which is to transport various medical equipment and deploy on its basis a medical center of the battalion at any given point.

[Doccor18]

I don’t understand the point in stubbornly equipping ambulances with seats for the wounded, who can independently move around. Such can be transferred to the rear for anything. Ambulance should be equipped with as many beds as possible. For me, so in these dimensions it was possible on both sides to 3 stretchers for 6 injured, and in the center 2 folding seats for honey. staff.

[Hey]

Frankly, I didn’t like it. The claim is that the dimensions are too big in height. To drag the lying wounded to such a height, especially to the top place, and even during the battle, but in full growth, that will be merry. They will equip these machines with exoskeletons, I can still agree. Luazik's concept, for me, is more like it. Low, less noticeable, floating, cheap. Yes, and as a goal is not a priority. I admit, not security is a minus.

[Lara Croft]

Quote: MUD

The claim is that the dimensions are too big in height. To drag the lying wounded to such a height, especially to the top place, and even during the battle, but in full growth, that will be merry.

However, here recently the news was about a similar German car, you have no complaints about it, maybe because it is German?

https://topwar.ru/170543-bundesver-zakupaet-medicinskie-broneviki-eagle-6x6.html

[Graz]

the machine is probably not cheap, maybe something easier to do, but in large numbers?

[Tavrik]

Everything is simpler either small (Tiger) or unarmored (KAMAZ). The Americans did this on the basis of M113A3, HMMWV and Stryker. In the teams on the Strikers, as you might guess, honey. evacuation units also on the Strikers.

[Lopatov]

The moral and physical obsolescence of the chassis of this equipment raised the question of the Ministry of Defense on the development of new armored medical vehicles

Craftiness...
Well, what is the "moral and physical obsolescence" of the "Shell", which just went to the troops?

[Private-K]

All this was well understood in the USSR, where a whole family of specialized armored medical vehicles (BMMs) were developed, built on the chassis of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles. The BMM family was greatly developed, made on the chassis of the BMP-1 infantry fighting infantry fighting vehicles (these are BMM-1, BMM-2, and BMM-3 vehicles). Also widely used are medical options for the MT-LB armored personnel carrier. And specifically for the landing units based on the BTR-MD armored personnel carrier, a line of BMM-D Traumatism armored medical vehicles (BMM-D1, BMM-D2, BMM-D3) was created.

In the Soviet army, the question of evacuating the wounded and the injured directly from the battlefield was decided Disgusting. This is easily demonstrated to you by states and memories from living to memoirs from Afghanistan.
Examples. To a motorized rifle battalion of 500 people. l / s relied on ONE (!!!) units of ambulance transport in the form of the famous UAZ-452 "tablet" - a small-sized minibus with increased cross-country ability. At the same time, it lacked any special medical resuscitation equipment.
Oh yes, in the beginning. 1980s, 8 units were brought into the medical posts of battalions (only 500 per 3). TPK LuAZ-967M. Not funny.
There were no armored ambulances with a SA! All that you called is already products that appeared in the 1990s and 2000s. Actually, removal of the woundedas the war in Afghanistan shows always and everywhere it was carried out exclusively on military equipment - infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and even tanks.
Moreover, understanding among the military of the disgusting situation still yes, it was. And attempts were made to give the troops an armored transporter based on the MT-LB. But they didn’t give it. Generally. The high command stupidly scored on this: "maybe it will cost".
For reference - in the medical platoon of the US Army MPB in the 60-70-80s there were 8 units. armored vehicles + wheeled vehicles; and l / s is the crowd.

[Doccor18]

We have a crew of 900 people. personnel were
1 doctor, 6 paramedics and
1 medical driver per
UAZ. Not many, but the guys were all experienced specialists, so they coped. But here is the equipment
was awful ... It was 21 years ago. Maybe now something has changed for the better ...

[Lopatov]

Quote: Private-K

And attempts were to give troops an armored conveyor based on MT-LB. But they didn’t.

They gave it later.
For example, in the 19th MSD in 693 SMEs (on BMP), MT-LB doctors. in 429 (on MT-LB) - also motorcycle leagues. And for some 503 SMEs (on armored personnel carriers) for some reason MT-LBU

[Private-K]

Judging by the numbers of the regiments, this dates back to the time of the 1st Chechen war.
And here the thing is: after reducing the number of army, thousands and thousands of armored vehicles remained in the warehouses. From there, they pulled, as far as possible, cars, equipped them with sanitary-evacuation means and sent them to the troops. But this was done unsystematically. This, t.s., military arbitrariness.

MT-LBU has a cool body - there is a lot of space inside, a high "ceiling". Well, this is if, of course, any equipment is "unnecessary" to dismantle. IMHO, this is the only vehicle that most meets the requirements for capacity and ease of loading from the entire domestic range of armored vehicles at that time.

[Lopatov]

Quote: Private-K

Judging by the numbers of the regiments, this dates back to the time of the 1st Chechen war.

The second.
But motorbikes were in the first place. MT-LBu medics at 503 appeared in the summer of 99. It seems to be not a "samopal". They came already with crosses, without the possibility of installing weapons. That's right. visually

Quote: Private-K

IMHO, this is the only car that most meets the requirements for capacity and ease of loading from the entire domestic nomenclature of armored vehicles at that time.

For regiments on armored personnel carriers, this is not a particularly convenient option.

[infantryman2020]

I agree completely.
Compared with the armies of leading states, in the USSR-RF the attitude to medicine in the grassroots tactical level has always been by the residual principle. That remains now. Moreover, in everything - the staff, equipment, qualifications of specialists, etc.
Here are just some facts to think about:
1) BMM.
- BMMs based on BMPs never appeared in our troops (but there would be a desire! - they were made in eastern Europe by our former allies);
- BMM based on the BTR-80 in the troops, literally, units. That is, they are not;
- Medevacs based on MT-LB are in some places. But those that I saw were artificially equipped on their own (disgrace !!);
2) "them" in each combat platoon - the so-called "combat medic". We have - "shooter-orderly" (and even then, in the state they are not everywhere). Their qualifications and honey. equipment is like heaven and earth. Our "tactical medicine" (in the global sense) is still near-zero. The same Poles are far ahead. Even Ukrainians are doing something in this regard;
3) such a thing as honey. evacuation by air (as a centralized comprehensive system, for example, the same PJ) - we “never dreamed of”.

Who is able to understand the depth of the "ass" in which we are now in this area? Sofa cheers-patriots - hardly. To do this, you need to be in the shoes of a reconnaissance commander behind enemy lines or an ISV (MSR) commander in isolation from the main forces, when you have wounded in your arms, and there is only "golden hour" left.
We are still at the level of World War II (glory to our doctors in all wars!). 70 years have passed !!! (profanity here).

And machines like "Linza" - in the version of "medevac", not counting the "battalion. First aid post" - should be in the army at least one for each combat company. Moreover, if the company is on tracked vehicles, a similar vehicle must also be on tracks.

[sso-xnumx]

Quote: infantryman2020

Who is able to understand the depth of the "ass" in which we are now in this area? Sofa cheers-patriots - hardly. To do this, you need to be in the shoes of a reconnaissance commander behind enemy lines or an ISV (MSR) commander in isolation from the main forces, when you have the wounded in your arms, and there is only "golden hour"

And what kind of purcua do you want from the current head of the Main Military Medical University, who has never served in the army and was taken by Shoigoy from the post of the Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region?

[infantryman2020]

I am aware, but this fact does not cancel my emotional statement.
"Hang on the yards" those who were responsible and responsible for this area (including the St. Petersburg Academy)? - I do not know. It is their fault or their misfortune.

[sso-xnumx]

Quote: infantryman2020

Who was responsible and responsible for this area (including the St. Petersburg Academy)? -

I already wrote about this, I give a link.
Beyond the threshold of change | Military Review
topwar.ru ›60618-za-porogom-peremen.html

[Yo-yo]

"Lens", as such, a machine with a bunch of flaws. We need a unit based on the standard equipment of a particular part. If the part is on tracked vehicles, then you need to do it on its basis.

[Yo-yo]

GTMM, for example, which was built on the basis of the GTS. So there were specialized medical machines, there were just a few of them. CVMU was not puzzled by this issue, what then, what now.

[Non-fighter]

The claim is that the dimensions are too big in height.

Well, you can lower. True, then you will have to forget about explosion protection and the chassis should be manufactured separately. Or to reduce the height of the body, then the second row of stretchers will not fit in, because it is impossible to put the wounded in a stack, you need to have access for medical manipulations, because they are not just taken.

[Lara Croft]

I think this article will be seen by a figure with the avatar of Stalin on his head ...

[V1er]

As for me, a more preferable option for a medical machine for evacuation from the front line.

[Lopatov]

Quote: V1er

for evacuation from the front line.

[iouris]

Isn’t short chain mail something? This does not depend on TK, but on the nature of the database.

[pogis]

Quote: MUD

Frankly, I didn’t like it. The claim is that the dimensions are too big in height. To drag the lying wounded to such a height, especially to the top place, and even during the battle, but in full growth, that will be merry. They will equip these machines with exoskeletons, I can still agree. Luazik's concept, for me, is more like it. Low, less noticeable, floating, cheap. Yes, and as a goal is not a priority. I admit, not security is a minus.

So I wonder how to raise a lying wounded to such a height, and even under fire?

[Vasya17]

won the tender, mastered the money. What other questions may be?

[Yo-yo]

It can not be lifted on a stretcher along this ladder in any way. I saw this car live.

[garri-lin]

The article talks about variable clearance. This is hydropneumatics. It was abandoned on Typhoon for the sake of cost reduction. Will it be only on Lenses? Great!!! But about mine resistance pink painted from the heart. Fitted the text so that 8 kg of equivalent under the wheel and then another 50 km you can go and this is an open box. There is a test video. Weight is not indicated there, but purely visually 2-3 kg tore off the hub completely. Mannequins were not injured but the car could not move. Although the engine from the explosion did not stall. And this is minus the biaxial. Less one wheel and they do not go in any way. I'm not talking about shooting, but about the gap.

[Tavrik]

Quote: Private-K

For reference - in the medical platoon of the US Army MPB in the 60-70-80s there were 8 units. armored vehicles + wheeled vehicles; and l / s is the crowd.

Now also, only on special medical Strikers. All equipment is equipped with EPLRS-V1 terminal system. In fact, it is a radio station with a computer and software that allows you to see on the map the location of the equipment of your unit. This is the question of finding a place from where to take the wounded.

[Yo-yo]

We have not yet dreamed

[Yo-yo]

The car looks boho and modern. I saw her at the Army -2018 exhibition. What pays attention:
1. Entry and exit to a special compartment is unsatisfactory. Balancing on this ladder with a wounded on a stretcher is still a pleasure. Moreover, even carrying out the evacuation of the usual ambulance, tormented with domestic stretchers, I can imagine what acrobatics the l / s of the Navy will have. Really it was impossible to make a ramp? I asked this question to the representative of the developer, and what followed was the answer that the customer does not plan to order a ramp for such machines.
2. The stretcher runners are taken from "Luidors", made from a corner with a sheet thickness of about 3 mm. I assure you that it is very difficult to push a stretcher without wheels, and these are the ones that come with these cars. And if the runners are deformed, because the metal from which they are made is clearly soft for such purposes ??
3. Well, frankly, a car of this class carries such a small number of wounded ... This is, as it were, not very good. In the version that I saw, holders were provided for an additional number of stretchers. It would be better to leave the old UAZ loops. I am already silent about the absence of racks and fixtures for infusions, etc. pleasant little things that make life easy for medical staff.
In general, it was the medical module that was not at all impressed.

[Tavrik]

I wonder if the developers, when creating the project, consulted with experienced doctors and the military who fought "in the fields"? In general, this is not accepted here, but it's a pity.

[Yo-yo]

It seems that it is necessary to consult not with those who order similar products at TsVMU, but with those who really work in the field.

[Diverter]

This is my opinion. All these and similar problems from the wrong (outdated) staff structure. How are we? There is a battalion and it has its own and .... attached units. This is where the main problem lies. In the new battalion, the staff of the attached units should be permanent and distributed among companies. Those. in a new war, each company is not 120 people, but a company, plus a platoon of snipers, medics, soldiers, chemists, etc., etc. Yes, of course, in a small (appropriate) number of fighters, but all should be. And then, with regards to the doctors, in the platoon it is necessary to have a couple of QUALITATIVELY TRAINED medics soldiers. In the company it is necessary to have equipment for evacuating the soldiers from the battlefield (hello to the Soviet TPK with a long winch with a drag at the end), in the battalion "minibuses" for quick delivery to the regimental medical unit. And these "minibuses" do not need mine protection, they move on their territory. Light shrapnel armor is sufficient.

[Huron]

There was such an option BMM. But see in a single copy.

[IL-64]

And how on this ladder to raise the wounded with a wounded? So that he does not slip, the back should approximately raise his edge of the stretcher to shoulder level. Moreover, he will be alone

[Timofey Vasiliev]

Interesting car.

[Watchmaker]

Civilian notes in the margins, as they say.
What a hat ...
1. The door is narrow.
2. It is necessary to manually (just offiget), again, MANUALLY! drag the wounded to a height of one and a half meters!
3 .... and then stupidly put the wounded on a stretcher on folded seats, not on a special rack, or somewhere else, where he won't shake during the trip, but on the seats ...
This is another breakthrough.