Volat V-2. Modern armored personnel carrier for the Belarusian army

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Volat V-2. Modern armored personnel carrier for the Belarusian army

On June 23, the military-technical exhibition MILEX-2021 opened in Minsk, which is the main platform for demonstrating the achievements of the Belarusian defense industry. One of the main exhibits of the exhibition this time was the promising MZKT-690003 or Volat V-2 armored personnel carrier, developed by the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant. This vehicle was built taking into account modern trends in the development of armored vehicles and is intended to replace the old types of armored personnel carriers.

Perspective sample


The main field of activity of MZKT, as its name suggests, is the development and construction of automobile and special chassis. Several years ago, the company also began to work on full-fledged armored vehicles. First, a two-axle armored car appeared, and now a full-size armored vehicle is presented.



As reported, the Volat V-2 / MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier was developed on an initiative basis. Design work and construction of a prototype were carried out behind closed doors. The existence of a new project was announced just a couple of weeks ago, in preparation for the upcoming MILEX-2021 exhibition. Then the State Military-Industrial Committee announced the first show of several Belarusian developments. It is curious that already at the announcement stage, the appearance, main features and characteristics of the armored personnel carrier were revealed.

On the eve of the opening, the prototype was delivered to the exhibition area and covered with a cover - until the official presentation. This event was held on the first day of the exhibition, June 23, in the presence of a number of high-ranking officials of the Republic of Belarus, the Union State and the CSTO. Traditionally, solemn speeches were made, in which the strengths and great prospects of the new development were noted.


The MILEX-2021 exhibition will last until June 26, and immediately after that the experienced MZKT-690003 will return to the manufacturer to undergo all the necessary tests and revisions. Such measures are supposed to be carried out in the shortest possible time, and in the near future to offer the Belarusian army a full-fledged and efficient model. However, the exact dates for completing the fine-tuning and passing state tests have not been named.

Contemporary look


BTR Volat V-2 is a wheeled four-axle combat armored vehicle, built using current ideas and solutions based on available components. Already in the basic configuration, a sufficiently high level of performance has been achieved, and in addition, a certain groundwork has been created for subsequent upgrades.

Volat V-2 is built on the basis of a welded armored hull. The layout is traditional for modern armored personnel carriers - the engine compartment and the control compartment are located in the bow, the fighting compartment is located behind them, and the feed is given to the landing party. The standard armor corresponds to the Br4 class and provides protection against automatic bullets. Provides mine protection level 2a / 2b standard STANAG 4569 - undermining 6 kg TNT under the wheel or bottom.

The engine compartment is equipped with a WP13.550A0 diesel engine with a power of 550 hp. and a hydromechanical six-speed gearbox MZKT-55613. Power units are assembled into a single unit, which makes it easy to replace them in any conditions. A two-stage transfer case with a locking differential is used. All axles are driven, with cross-axle and center differentials that have forced locking.


The chassis uses an independent hydropneumatic single-link suspension. The wheels are equipped with 14.00R20 tubeless tires with Run-Flat inserts. A centralized swap system is provided. The two front axles are steerable.

The own crew of an armored personnel carrier, depending on the fighting compartment, can include up to three people. The crew has day and night observation devices, video surveillance equipment, etc. In the aft compartment there are eight landing seats; the exit is through the aft ramp. The inhabited compartments are serviced by a filtration unit, which ensures activities in the conditions of the use of weapons of mass destruction.

The Volat V-2 exhibition armored personnel carrier is equipped with a modernized fighting compartment from the BMP-2. In this configuration, it is armed with a 30mm 2A42 cannon, 7,62mm PKT machine gun, anti-tank missiles and Tucha grenade launchers. In the future, it is possible to use other modules with a different composition of weapons and control devices. In all cases, the armored vehicle will be able to support the infantry with fire.

In the presented configuration, the armored personnel carrier has a total mass of 19,9 tons. According to calculations, the maximum speed of an armored personnel carrier will reach 110 km / h on land and 10 km / h on water. On flat tires, the car is capable of accelerating to 20 km / h on hard surfaces. In the course of modernization, the mass of the product can be increased to 24 tons, but after that it will lose its ability to float.


Rearmament issues


The prospects of the MZKT-690003 armored personnel carrier are directly related to the state of the Belarusian army's fleet of combat vehicles. The motorized rifle units are armed with armored personnel carriers BTR-70 and BTR-80, as well as infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 and BMP-2. Despite regular repairs and upgrades, such equipment is becoming obsolete morally and physically - and in the distant future will require mandatory replacement.

In this context, the army has very limited choices. Until recently, the Belarusian military could only count on the purchase of Russian equipment, such as the BTR-82A (M). In the future, it will also be possible to consider the purchase of armored personnel carriers on promising platforms. Now, its own project of such a machine has been developed, which corresponds to the main world trends - and the army gets the opportunity to choose.

In the near future, the Volat V-2 will have to pass all stages of testing and receive a recommendation for adoption. How soon it will be possible to carry out all this work is unclear. Belarusian enterprises do not have experience in developing full-fledged armored personnel carriers, and the project may have drawbacks that will complicate and delay the fine-tuning for an indefinite time.

After the successful solution of these tasks, new difficulties will arise, this time in the field of production and rearmament. The army has a large number of obsolete equipment - the BTR-70 alone is more than 400 units. A hypothetical rearmament program, providing for the equivalent quantitatively replacement of old samples, will be extremely expensive and complex.


It is unlikely that the Belarusian army will be able to carry out a complete rearmament using the Volat V-2 within a reasonable time frame. It should be expected that such a technique will find a place in the army, but will not become widespread and will not be able to supplant all existing models. However, in the long term, there is a chance to get rid of the oldest armored vehicles and reduce the share of other samples.

Achievements and prospects


Thus, the situation is ambiguous. In the presented form, the Volat V-2 / MZKT-690003 BTR can be considered a fairly successful modern vehicle in its class. It is of great interest to the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and may give them some new opportunities. However, the realization of this potential is associated with a number of characteristic difficulties of a technical, organizational and financial nature.

However, at the moment, even the very fact of the appearance of a new armored personnel carrier is interesting. The Belarusian industry develops projects in new areas for itself and accumulates the necessary experience. It is possible that in the future this will lead to the emergence of new projects. However, now MZKT specialists will have to focus on the Volat V-2.
  • Ryabov Kirill
  • State Military-Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus
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  1. +2
    25 June 2021 06: 20
    Does he remind me of something familiar, did the comrades from Minsk reach for the Chinese?
    1. +3
      25 June 2021 07: 30
      The Chinese are now in terms of armored vehicles either on an equal footing with us or ahead of us ... unlike the Russian Federation, in China there are analogues of Boomerang and Kurganets and everything modern in the world ...
    2. -4
      25 June 2021 08: 39
      Quote: Ros 56
      Does he remind me of something familiar, did the comrades from Minsk reach for the Chinese?

      We can clearly state that they do not want to develop BTT together with us and use our export too. Always doubted them as allies. This car is another goal against the union state.
      1. +9
        25 June 2021 11: 28
        And the fact that last year a contract was signed for the purchase of two battalion sets of BTR-82A for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, of course, you simply forgot to mention. And many other equipment is purchased in Russia. So do not write nonsense, dear.
        1. +1
          25 June 2021 11: 51
          Quote: Vaўkalak
          So do not write nonsense, dear.

          Delirium is to demand billions or a fat deposit for obsolete production. Delirium is when, under your nose, the "Pole's card" is handed out and an alternative government is formed in the western part of the country, and you (I mean the country's leadership) are putting pressure on the journalists of "supposedly" allies. How are the flights to Crimea? Ah ... Allies ...
          1. +1
            25 June 2021 21: 29
            Nonsense ... This is when China had to ask for help with POLONEZEM, because you didn't want to and after that you want to be dealt with? and your Greft, together with Sberbank, recognized the Crimea?
      2. 0
        30 June 2021 14: 49
        RUSSIA IS NOT A NANNY SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN.
    3. 0
      30 June 2021 15: 01
      A GOOD CAR HAS A FUTURE AND A GAUITZ AND APC AND AIRCRAFT COMPLEX BETWEEN WHAT YOU WANT.
  2. +3
    25 June 2021 06: 38
    The inhabited tower of the BMP-2 is an anachronism and clearly a forced decision, on the whole not bad.

    In the course of modernization, the mass of the product can be increased to 24 tons, but after that it will lose its ability to float.
    Isn't it possible to make an additional booking, because we are most likely talking about it, to perform with a positive buoyancy?
    1. +2
      25 June 2021 17: 04
      The inhabited tower is not an anachronism, in any way, there are no minuses in it as such. Given the height of the bmp2 tower, there are no questions at all. It needs to be corrected a little, to put sights, suo, ammunition and candy in general, sobsna "berezhok" is a very good option, and even this device can be slapped with melon.
      Well, they put a couple of cm of armor on the BMP2 on the side of the strip and on the back of the turret, and it stopped swimming. Just to cover this big guy at least a little adequately in area while not even with a centimeter armor, it will cost a couple of tons of mass, well, this solves the issue of buoyancy.
      1. +3
        25 June 2021 19: 22
        There are drawbacks to the manned turret with a 2A42 cannon. This is, first of all, gas pollution when firing bursts, other disadvantages, such as detonation of ammunition, are not so significant. The less rapid-fire 2A72 is better in this regard.
      2. +1
        26 June 2021 19: 00
        Quote: English tarantass
        will be worth a couple of tons of mass, well, and this solves the issue of buoyancy.

        If this couple of tons takes up a little more than a couple of cubic meters (spaced armor with foam filler), then this is already positive buoyancy.
  3. 0
    25 June 2021 06: 44
    So the Belarusians have come to modern axioms. True, it was a little late and ... "not at a good hour," or what? With their financial situation at the moment, you can not count on a large series of these armored personnel carriers.
    1. +1
      25 June 2021 07: 02
      You can choose the European approach and replace most of the equipment with such a cart .... BMP-mortar-BTR-Howitzer 152mm ....
      1. +4
        25 June 2021 07: 23
        Quote: Zaurbek
        You can choose the European approach and replace most of the equipment with such a cart .... BMP-mortar-BTR-Howitzer 152mm ....

        Actually, this is a global approach, not just a European one ...
        1. +1
          25 June 2021 07: 29
          I mean the gradual abandonment of tanks and specialized vehicles in favor of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles on wheels .... (on civilian units)
          1. +2
            25 June 2021 19: 37
            That is unlikely. In the European theater of military operations, there is no way without tracks, wheeled vehicles will get bogged down in muddy roads. Wheels for saving motor resources or fighting in deserts and savannas.
            1. 0
              26 June 2021 09: 54
              There is a lot of asphalt in Europe ... and Belarus is not the USSR or the Wehrmacht ... there are no such tasks
              1. +1
                26 June 2021 22: 31
                Quote: Zaurbek
                There is a lot of asphalt in Europe

                Only here the BTTs do not fight on the roads, but more in the fields ...
    2. +3
      25 June 2021 07: 29
      Quote: Leader of the Redskins
      With their financial situation at the moment, you can not count on a large series of these armored personnel carriers.

      They will run in explosives and military units of the Republic of Belarus, if the military tests are successful, it is possible to deliver to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus ... the manufacture of a national armored personnel carrier will be cheaper for anyone than purchasing an airborne vehicle from the outside or modernizing and permanent repair of the Soviet ...
  4. +3
    25 June 2021 07: 00
    Well done! The Belarusians do not have big budgets, Diesel is civil. Taking into account the installation of Russian towers from the BMP-2M (with 4 Kornets) or the BMP-3, it will turn out to be quite a good car.
  5. 0
    25 June 2021 07: 15
    However, the realization of this potential is associated with a number of characteristic difficulties of a technical, organizational and financial nature.

    However, it is not excluded that the Belarusians will set up serial production of this armored personnel carrier before us (meaning Boomerang).
    Although my personal opinion: the armored personnel carrier is needed for the safest transportation of personnel, and fire cover should be carried out by special vehicles. For example, such as the Patrol tank, which must not only fight against ambushes, but also with enemy aircraft.
    https://disk.yandex.ru/i/-f-ggJK2_5CKYA
  6. -1
    25 June 2021 07: 20
    The habitable tower and the driver in the front of the car is already a completely outdated scheme. With the development of electronics and video surveillance, the commander, gunner and driver must also be in the aft section under the protection of the engine compartment.
    1. +1
      26 June 2021 19: 04
      Quote: Kot_Kuzya
      the driver must also be in the rear under the protection of the engine compartment.

      There were studies that showed the inadequacy of the mechanic drive response with such a gap between it and the cameras. I read it for a long time in the "Zar. Voenn. Obozreniye".
  7. -1
    25 June 2021 07: 26
    As I understand it, the landing force cannot fire from personal weapons from the armored personnel carrier itself ... and a remote-controlled weapon module would be safer, otherwise minus 2 v / s ...
    1. +1
      25 June 2021 22: 38
      Quote: Lara Croft
      As I understand it, the landing party cannot fire from personal weapons from the armored personnel carrier itself ........
      But why?
      Do you want to fire from an armored personnel carrier -
      Take - BTR-60
      btr-60
      btr-60
      or
      btr-152
      BTR-152.
      Armored personnel carrier - Бdropped TPansporter,
      soldier
      1. -1
        26 June 2021 07: 28
        Quote: cat Rusich
        Quote: Lara Croft
        As I understand it, the landing party cannot fire from personal weapons from the armored personnel carrier itself ........
        But why?
        Do you want to fire from an armored personnel carrier -
        Take - BTR-60
        btr-60
        btr-60
        or
        btr-152
        BTR-152.
        Armored personnel carrier - Бdropped TPansporter,
        soldier

        Thanks for the "kind" advice, but I prefer the BTR-82A

        Opposite the seats in the troop compartment there are ball mounts for firing personal weapons, two more hatches for firing the upper hemisphere are in the upper landing hatches.

        http://oruzhie.info/bronetekhnika/717-btr-82a
      2. +2
        26 June 2021 14: 57
        The cars were good, but the engine was weak and there was no overhang from the rain, sun and ATGM strikes, those that strive to get into the roof. wassat
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    1. +3
      25 June 2021 09: 43
      Belarusian copy of 90% Chinese armored personnel carrier ZBL
      1. The comment was deleted.
    2. +2
      25 June 2021 11: 42
      By the time Boomerang is finally seen in the troops, they will have time to develop their armored personnel carriers, probably even in Mongolia
      All this would be funny if it were not so sad. When the 80-ku will stop tormenting it is incomprehensible, I will not be surprised if they come up with another 82AM2S armored personnel carrier ...
  9. +1
    25 June 2021 20: 36
    Like, Boxer "based on available components" ...
  10. +1
    26 June 2021 09: 19
    and I look at this creation differently! Volat makes tractors and civilian and rocket carriers and changing the load on the armored hull is no problem. Moreover, they themselves or almost themselves know how to drive! Its own box, maybe its own chassis, but the dviglo is Chinese, which is collected in Belarus. This is better than stupidly buying the Btr-82u of Russia, which is morally corpse for a long time. Looks like Chinese? So they are now all over the world similar! The tower is from the BMP-2, well, if they have a lot of these towers, then putting observation devices that they themselves know how to do is not difficult and quite vital. My verdict is a normal and successful attempt on the basis of our own production to make a completely modern armored personnel carrier
  11. +1
    28 June 2021 14: 14
    This is to the question of the Union State .... But father, he is more khokhol than Belorus. Instead of coming to uniform standards, as in G_Europe, you need to sneak up the fat yourself ... The policy of Putin distributing the money to all incomprehensible "friends" and robbing Russia is not only harmful, it is worse ..
  12. 0
    30 June 2021 14: 58
    NGORPUVCHKH
  13. 0
    7 August 2021 19: 24
    Quote: Zaurbek
    The Chinese are now in terms of armored vehicles either on an equal footing with us or ahead of us ... unlike the Russian Federation, in China there are analogues of Boomerang and Kurganets and everything modern in the world ...

    These are not analogues, Chinese copies with the worst performance characteristics lol

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