Heavy Armata BMP will give a new quality to the ground forces
It is believed that the ancestors of heavy armored vehicles for infantry are the Israelis who created on the basis of tanks T-54/55 own "Ahzarit". However, Russian military theorists in the mid-70s noted: "The use of BMP-1 has demonstrated that, with all the positive characteristics, the new class of vehicles has relatively weak survivability." This was later confirmed in Afghanistan.
“Unfortunately, neither in 80-ies, nor in 90-e, anything heavy armored in the arsenals of the Soviet Army has ever appeared. Although the work on heavy infantry fighting vehicles in the USSR was nevertheless conducted, ”the author writes.
Heavy BMP based on T-72
For example, in 90 in Omsk, a heavy machine was developed based on the t-72. The developers reported that their "BMP-T is designed to transport troop personnel in the conditions of probable fire contact with the enemy and the landing of the landing force." The machine provided high protection and could operate in conjunction with tank units.
According to Vestnik, “the weight of the combat vehicle was to be 41 tons, crew - 3 people, troops - 7 people, weapons - 100-mm gun, paired with an 30-mm automatic gun and 7,62-mm machine gun”. The BMP was supposed to have a modern at the time fire control system with “with a thermal night channel of the gunner’s sight and a commander’s panoramic instrument”. The speed should correspond to the T-72 tank (up to 60 km / h).
Unfortunately, the development has not been completed. From it remained only a picture, but an explanatory text.
BTR-U
Other interesting work was carried out in Nizhny Tagil on a heavy BTR-U. According to some unofficial data, the base for it was to be T-90A. The information appeared in the network that "BTR-U with the front placement of the engine compartment will have increased security, a significant amount of equipment and weapons, as well as carrying capacity up to 49 t."
However, the former leadership of the Ministry of Defense considered the T-90A tank unpromising, after which work began on the interspecific Armata platform.
“Given the global trends, it can be assumed that the heavy BMP T-15, in addition to high protection of the frontal projection, the sides, has good protection against ammunition attacking from above. In addition, mine protection should increase, ”the author writes.
For this machine created a completely new combat module. According to the publication, “30-mm automatic gun 2А42 with ammunition in 500 ammunition (160 armor-piercing-snapping and 340 high-explosive fragmentation shells) are used as the main armament in it, the firing range is up to 4000 m.” A PKT machine gun (7,62 mm) with an 2 ammunition ammunition is paired with a cannon.
“The fire control system of the module has enhanced capabilities for automatically searching for targets simultaneously in different spectral ranges in passive and active mode. With the help of an optical locator it is possible to search for masked targets. The crew of the BMP can conduct simultaneous shelling of two targets, including from an automatic cannon at aerial targets using an automatic accompaniment, ”the agency’s stated characteristics of the developers.
As previously reported, these cars must take part in the Victory Parade in 2015.
- vestnik-rm.ru
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