Flamethrower-heavy fighting vehicle (BMO-T)

BMO-T is the Russian heavy combat vehicle of flamethrowers, the main purpose of which is to transport personnel of the flamethrower squad in direct combat contact with the enemy. The car was adopted in 2001. Flamethrower fighting vehicle was created on the basis of the main combat tank T-72. Due to this, frontal armor provides a good level of protection for the crew of the main tank. In total, the machine is capable of transporting 9 people (2 - crew, 7 - landing). The cost of one BMO-T in 2009 prices was 12 322 050 rubles. The machine was shown at the International Exhibition of High-Tech Equipment and Arms in Omsk this year, while no information was provided about the machine, it was not exhibited in a static exhibition.

The BMO-T is made on the basis of a tank chassis, without significant alteration of the hull, except for the crew compartment and the roof. A special box-shaped armored superstructure was mounted around the control and combat compartments, the walls of which together with the control compartment form the habitable compartment in which the crew seats are located: the driver and the commander, as well as the grenade throwers of the 7 man. The ammunition set of launch pipes RPO "Bumblebee" is 32 units, which are stored in the habitable compartment and additional packing on the left fiddle shelf. RPO occupy a significant amount and during transportation are stored in special racks with quick release fasteners.

The armor protection of the frontal part of the BMO-T hull is made at the T-72 MBT level, the side superstructures are made separated with the installation of dynamic protection, fuel tanks and auxiliary equipment. The side walls are extended from the stern to the logging part and have internal sections for various transportable equipment. On the sides of the hull can be installed additional power screens, equipped with dynamic protection. Heavy combat vehicle flamethrower has armor on the level of modern MBT, low silhouette and low complexity of the alteration of the base tank chassis. The mass of the machine is 43,9 tons.

The BMO-T provides flamethrowers with a higher level of protection, comfort, and ergonomic working conditions compared to machines that were built on the basis of the BMP-1 / 2. The BMO-T can be used as part of tank formations and motorized infantry brigades in the fight against well-fortified enemy firing points, including pillboxes. In this case, the machine can be used autonomously, carrying out the tasks of destroying individual enemy groups and their temporary defensive structures. The BMO-T provides the assault force with the ability to land safely in combat conditions, through the landing hatches located in the aft part of the armor superstructure, at the same time the landing in front and from the sides is covered with an armored superstructure, side walls and raised doors.

Description of construction, booking

The basic tracked chassis is the chassis of the T-72 with its engine-transmission compartment, undercarriage and armored hull with dynamic protection and control compartment. The driver's hatch has an axial location. The BMO-T hull, instead of the roof of the fighting compartment of the tank, has an armor superstructure covering its sides, which, together with the front head-plate, sides, bottom and engine bulkhead, forms a combined control compartment with a landing compartment in which the vehicle commander and flame throwers are located. On the roof of the superstructure, with an offset to the left, there is an opening with an on-board propulsion system - a pivot-mounted device, on which is mounted a rotating commander's turret with a hatch and an installed anti-aircraft machine-gun unit with remote control.

On a fixed pursuit of a turntable through the brackets inside the compartment, the seat of the vehicle commander is mounted. To the sides of the chassis body are attached flamethrower seats. Ammunition of flamethrowers is placed in a traveling manner in spaced racks having a quick-release fastener. One rack is located to the right of the commander's seat in the transverse plane of the BMO-T, the second one is to the left of the commander's seat along the board, shifted towards the control compartment. The third rack is located in the longitudinal section of the machine between the seats of the landing.

Hatches for landing are located on the superstructure's roof and in its rear part. Spring-loaded steps are installed on the aft sheet of the BMO-T hull, which provide more convenient landing and landing of flame throwers. In order for the paratroopers to observe what is happening on the battlefield, surveillance devices were installed in the roof of the superstructure.

The greatest protection is provided in the frontal projection, where the frontal hull of the hull of the base tank passes into the front wall of the superstructure with spaced armor, built-in dynamic protection and combined armor packages. In the frontal projection of the BMO-T has an ordering reservation. If we talk about the protection from the sides, then it is provided by side plates with dynamic protection, as well as cavities filled with fuel tanks, batteries, filtering unit and control gear. On the inner side of the detachment of the assault force installed anti-splinter podboy According to the developers of the BMO-T, the onboard booking reliably protects the crew and the landing force against most of the modern anti-tank weapons used by infantrymen in the melee.

weaponry

To combat the enemy's manpower and self-defense against low-flying air targets, a BMN-T is equipped with a closed-type 12,7-mm machine-gun unit with remote control. As the main armament used anti-aircraft 12,7 mm. machine gun NSV. Its ammunition is 1000 cartridges. In addition to the machine gun, the machine carries 32 units 93-mm flamethrower RPO-A "Bumblebee". Also for the installation of smoke screens 12 81-mm grenade launchers of the 902A system from the structure of the electro-optical active protection against high-precision armament “Shtor” are used.

The basic one weapons the BMO-T assault force is a Bumblebee rocket infantry flamethrower, created in 1976 in the Tula Instrument Engineering Design Bureau. The flamethrower was put into service at the end of 80-ies, replacing the troops of the RPO "Lynx". RPO-A "Bumblebee" is a disposable flamethrower. Its barrel-container is used to transport and launch a single capsule, after a shot the container can be thrown away. Inside the barrel is a capsule containing an incendiary mixture and a powder engine. During the shot, the powder engine accelerates the capsule in the barrel bore and, separating from the charge, flies back along with the powder gases from the shot. The flight of an incendiary capsule is stabilized with the help of its tail unit. The flamethrower has a sighting device of the frame type with a fully mobile, sighting range of shooting is 600 meters.

The main type of charge is thermobaric. This charge is intended for the destruction of sheltered fire means in the field, in the city, in the mountains, as well as for the destruction of various shelters, the destruction of automotive and lightly armored vehicles. An RPO-A ammunition in an open area creates an overpressure of 0,4-0,8 kg / cm2 at a distance of 5 meters from the epicenter of the explosion and up to 4-7 kg / cm2 - in a room of up to 90 cubic meters. A shockwave from an explosion may “leak” into shelters, trenches, etc. In the zone of detonation transformations of the thermobaric mixture, oxygen is completely burned out, and the temperature reaches 800 degrees Celsius.

Means of observation and communication

To monitor the situation on the battlefield, the commander of the machine has the following observation devices:

The observation device electrical heating TNPO-160;
Surveillance device commander TKN-3;
The illuminator OU-3GK, which has an infrared filter.

At the disposal of the driver of the machine are the following observation devices:

The device monitoring TNPA-65;
The device of observation of the driver electrically heated TNPO-168В;
Infrared headlight FG-125;
Night surveillance device mechanic driver TVNE-4B.

The paratroopers have a TNN-2 surveillance device 65, a TNP-2 surveillance device, and a 165 rearview surveillance device TNPT-3.

To ensure communication in the car uses the radio station P-174.

Engine and chassis

The multi-fuel engine B-84-1 or B-84М is installed on the combat vehicle of the flame throwers as a power plant, which develops power up to the HP 840. and is able to accelerate the car to 60 km / h when driving on a highway and to 30-40 km / h when driving on rough terrain. BMO-T has several fuel tanks. The volume of the nasal is - 347 liters, the volume of the onboard - 961 liter. Cruising on the highway is 712 km. An 2-speed air cleaner with ejection removal is used to remove dust from the dust collector. In it, the role of the 1-th stage is played by the cyclone apparatus, and the role of the 2-th special cassettes.

The main system is the air launch system, which is duplicated by the electric one. In addition, intake air heating systems and a nozzle oil and coolant preheater are used to facilitate the injection. The AK-150CB two-cylinder piston compressor is used as the air system of the power plant; its working pressure is 120-160 kgf / cm.

The power transmission is made mechanical with a step-up gearbox, coaxial gears and onboard gearboxes. The boost reducer has drives for the starter, compressor and cooling fan. Manual transmission with hydraulic clutches. The BMO-T has 8 transmissions - 7 front and 1 rear.

The BMO-T uses the T-72 tracked tank propulsion unit. Driving wheels are at the back. The track is made of metal with two types of hinges: metal or rubber-metal. Each track consists of 97 links. Two-disk skating rinks with external shock absorption act as support rollers, there are 6 rollers on each side. Single-support rollers with internal depreciation are used as supporting ones - on the 3 roller to each side.

The suspension is made individually torsion, on the 1, 2 and 5 track rollers are paddle hydraulic shock absorbers.

Comments

[vadimus]

And what is not the outcome? We have half of Siberia forced by the old technology. He built a factory and riveted a mixture of super technologies on old tracks. And you can patch up jobs and gaps

[Vadivak]

Quote: vadimus

We have half of Siberia forced by old technology

I did not understand that I'm from St. Petersburg myself then we have in Siberia, you are from St. Petersburg and probably live in Siberia?

[vadimus]

With us, this is in Russia. And Peter and Siberia are all Russia, right?

[Vadivak]

Will you be in Kolyma ....

[ereke]

For such combat vehicles, the main tank factory is inappropriately and there is no need to build a new one either. They are created in other countries at tank repair plants at minimal cost. There are many tank repair enterprises in the Russian Federation, including Siberia.

[dred]

I agree with the last komentom. Old equipment converted into new equipment.

[Alexey Prikazchikov]

This is suitable only for some homeless, but not for us.

[ereke]

About two years ago, more precisely three. For fun, I studied the technical condition of the tank fleet of the Russian Federation (only tank, and technical condition, not combat qualities)

From various sources, it follows from memory- Of the 10 and a half thousand tanks, about 4 thousand were in service (2008), and another 100 thousand were stored in reserve with 3% combat readiness, for a total of 7 thousand. The remaining 3,5 thousand. in warehouses, in conservation. So, if according to the years of production of tank equipment, then -60% of the tanks are produced in the 80s, the remaining 70s. and a little, from 2004 to 2006, began to produce in small batches of T-90 different modifications. (in the 90s, tanks were produced in Russia for export)

All tanks that were really outdated and worn out in the Russian Federation were sent to metal in the early 90s under an agreement between the USA and the USSR-Russian Federation on reductions in strategic nuclear weapons (it is clear that nobody will be given back to metal cutting and re-melting, recently or relatively recently released tanks)

So if you take a likely adversary of Russia, the United States. then there are tanks of the same year of manufacture, only most of them are of the 4th generation and not of the 2-3rd generation, as in the Russian Federation, and in the best technical condition. the poor technical condition of the tank fleet of the Russian Federation is explained not by the deterioration and not the natural obsolescence of the metal of the equipment, but by the poor maintenance and routine maintenance in operation and storage conditions, or even the absence thereof for a long time

[Artemka]

And what to do for the new there is no money, or rather they are stealing them.

[Sergh]

On top of the armor, another ten people sit down. For transportation, why not equipment? Yes, sometimes the crew carries any belongings with them. I don’t understand what you still don’t have enough to fly yet.

[potterz]

Sergh to fly even nEzEnko? +)))

[karnics]

An excellent combat vehicle, in the conditions of the city it will give odds to 10 tanks that are completely unsuitable for urban battles, an assault battle reinforced by a platoon of flamethrowers will replace 100 tanks

[ereke]

Adoption and mass production, was a fortunate coincidence. One general of the Chemical Forces, who were organizationally part of the units subordinate to him, took care of the flamethrowers.
This combat officer he served in Afghanistan and under Grachev rose to the general chem. troops, you see from old memory, Pavel Grachev and picked it up (Grachev himself commanded units of the Airborne Forces in Afghanistan in the early 80s and very successfully received the highest awards of the USSR)

The general went through the first Chechen company, and in one of his inspections of the flamethrower unit entrusted to him, he saw how, literally the day before, before his inspection, the Czechs knocked out an BMP-2 with the calculation of flamethrowers on the road, acting in small groups of 2-3 people, the Czechs planted RPG in the BMP-2 passing in the convoy, loaded with "Bumblebees" (and there are 30 of them) and landing flamethrowers. It was not difficult to pierce a thin-skinned BMP with an old RPG-7 from a long distance, but fireworks turned out wonderfully. not only that the BMP exploded, scattered to pieces along with everyone sitting in it, so from the blast wave. went to the "Urals" driving nearby, at the same time injuring and burying some of the soldiers-drivers from the auto-battalion unit along with their "Urals" Who knows what a bumblebee is, he will understand, but just in case I will say, the capsule inside which contains a combustible mixture, a powder engine with an accelerator enclosed in a container (such a tube made of cheap composite materials), disposable, fired and this tube can be donated to someone as a keepsake. It's clear if there are a lot of such bumblebees in the BMP and they are folded together, one touch of the cumulative jet from the RPG from the RPG, then the New Year's fireworks! you are guaranteed

When the general with his retinue rode up he saw a depressing picture - from BMP-2 there were smoking remains (like from a horse gnawed by wolves). They see a general who, although he has seen a lot in his life, was shocked by this, a picture of Aivazovsky, with oil to the core. But the fact remains that the general overestimated his current values ​​on the role of equipment for the infantry. And with this in mind, I walked through the boundless territories of Russia in search of security that was suitable for the account.

The case was not long in coming, at the armament exhibition in Omsk in 2000, among other super-duper novelties of armored vehicles, Bypassing with his retinue, various exhibits of new weapons, the general saw ... what he had been looking for several years already! It was redone from the T-55, BTR-T tank taken out of service. The general, as befits him, exclaimed, I WANT SUCH SAME! BUT BETTER !. According to his requirements, the car was adjusted to the desired level and on the basis of more modern T-72s.

Moreover, the general that promised Omsk from OZTM, then did one thing. Running through all the offices of adjacent ministries (including the finance one) personally without his retinue and using his old-new connections, the general managed to get the new development into service, not only knowing that everything is done in mother Russia through jo-poo, (they didn’t accept it, but they didn’t produce it, as always there is no money) he managed to break through the money for the project completely and its serial production is up to a penny. But the truth still came out through jo-poo, the money was allocated, But ... only for the production and provision of fire-detectors of the chemical forces of the Russian Federation with such machines

No, the general was not kind to his soldiers and "the uncle of the most honest rules", that is, decent (people in ranks and shoulder straps took and enriched themselves then all over the CIS countries).

He just was everything else combat officer and like all the officers who had passed fire and water, he thought implicitly, sometimes drawing attention from cabinet intrigues as a military officer. that is, it doesn’t matter, a new one from scratch and whether it’s a cool-looking novelty weapon, or is it an old one that is responsible for the effectiveness in using and solving weapons problems. Like any combat officer who is used to thinking during combat Yes, even a new optical sight put on a 30-year-old Lee-Enfield rifle, the main thing is that it works smoothly and as needed and necessary to complete the tasks

And this general, too, can be understood, and spoiled for his successes (not for us but for you Russians)

[Comrade]

The car is good, but for flamethrowers I would adapt the wheeled tracked vehicle technique to a little heavy and slow. I would give this car to motorized rifles for armament ... they need it.

[zmey]

Well done general, at least someone takes care of ordinary soldiers!
but put forward the engine so that the fighting compartment was faster designers wouldn’t have thought of it (such as such a task was not posed ?!)
and yet, and that there are no drawings of "Dragon" left? and recycle for new missiles and new electronics WELL NOT AN OPTION ????
I marvel at the oddly one-sided fantasy of the military.

[Zlyden.Zlo]

zmey,
I think everything rested on financing.

[romuchik]

All is correct. They will make Armata and make BMO-T at its base, and there will be a motor in front and rear doors and all that is needed. But BMO-T is needed now, and rightly so, what they did on the basis of the t-72. Fast and efficient. And already there. That would be such a car in Syria.