Under the Tula are tested new BTR-MDM
At the Slobodka 106 training ground, the divisions of the Airborne Forces, located near Tula, began factory and military testing of the BTR-MDM Rakushka, which will replace the BTR-D, which has been in service since 1974.
“In the course of army-controlled operation, regular crews of subunits, under the control of representatives of the manufacturer’s factory, are testing the latest technology in conditions close to combat ones. This will allow the paratroopers to maximally assess the capabilities of combat vehicles before launching them into mass production, ”quotes the representative of the press service and information department of the Russian Defense Ministry for the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Meshkov. "Russian newspaper".
In tests at the site of the Tula division involved 8 machines.
“In essence, the only thing that remains with the old technique is the presence of two machine guns. And then - one machine gun remained the same with a radius of fire just 30 degrees, and the second is now installed on the armor and can spin on all 360. (...) Besides, now you can shoot, without getting up from your seats - electronics are almost like on airplanes, ”the journalist notes. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta"who watched the test.
New armored personnel carriers will be supplied not only to the Airborne Forces, but also to anti-aircraft missile and anti-tank batteries, for which they will be equipped with the appropriate weapons.
“The weight of the machine is a new model 13 tons, the old - 8. On the new engine stands horsepower 500, on the old 240. The speed of this car 70 kilometers an hour on the highway, afloat - up to 10 kilometers per hour ", - said the senior officer of the armored service Vitaly Selishchev.
Tests of the new machine will go until July 2015. However, according to the paratroopers, it is possible that the prototypes will appear on the anniversary parade of Victory.
“In the course of army-controlled operation, regular crews of subunits, under the control of representatives of the manufacturer’s factory, are testing the latest technology in conditions close to combat ones. This will allow the paratroopers to maximally assess the capabilities of combat vehicles before launching them into mass production, ”quotes the representative of the press service and information department of the Russian Defense Ministry for the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Meshkov. "Russian newspaper".
In tests at the site of the Tula division involved 8 machines.
“In essence, the only thing that remains with the old technique is the presence of two machine guns. And then - one machine gun remained the same with a radius of fire just 30 degrees, and the second is now installed on the armor and can spin on all 360. (...) Besides, now you can shoot, without getting up from your seats - electronics are almost like on airplanes, ”the journalist notes. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta"who watched the test.
New armored personnel carriers will be supplied not only to the Airborne Forces, but also to anti-aircraft missile and anti-tank batteries, for which they will be equipped with the appropriate weapons.
“The weight of the machine is a new model 13 tons, the old - 8. On the new engine stands horsepower 500, on the old 240. The speed of this car 70 kilometers an hour on the highway, afloat - up to 10 kilometers per hour ", - said the senior officer of the armored service Vitaly Selishchev.
Tests of the new machine will go until July 2015. However, according to the paratroopers, it is possible that the prototypes will appear on the anniversary parade of Victory.
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