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As of 2024 Russia is estimated to operate around 200 BMD-4M and 90 BTR-MDM vehicles. [58] Prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia operated 351 BMD-4 and 122 BTR-MDM. [59] As of 16 December 2024, Russia is visually confirmed to have lost at least 149 BMD-4M and 45 BTR-MDM in the War in Ukraine. [60]
Russia: Sniper rifle Customary-made in small batches. [25] Lobaev Sniper Rifle [26].338 Lapua Magnum Russia: Bolt-action sniper rifle The new batches of DXL-5, manufactured for the Russian army, are made under the Russian cartridge 12.7×108mm. [27] ASVK: 12.7×108mm Russia: Anti-materiel rifle: Used by special forces. [16]
The Kurganets-25 (Russian: Курганец-25) is a tracked amphibious, 25-ton modular infantry fighting vehicle and armored personnel carrier being developed for the Russian Army. The Kurganets-25 is planned to evolve into various models, gradually replacing BMP , BMD , MT-LB and other types of tracked Soviet armored platforms.
A number of modifications also had to be made to the engine placement, gearbox, transmission, and axles of the original BTR-40 design to accommodate the new hull. [1] This received the designation BTR-40P and was first trialed by the Soviet Army in the Black Sea that year. [ 1 ]
In mid-2011, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a requirement for a new modular wheeled family of armored vehicles instead of buying the BTR-90. Development of a new wheeled APC is being done alongside the new and similarly armed and armored but tracked Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicle and heavy T-15 Armata IFV. [6] [7]
It was shown for the first time in public during the 1990 Victory Day parade and was given the NATO code IFV M1990/1. [ citation needed ] The BMP-3 is designed and produced by the Kurganmashzavod ("Kurgan Machine Building Plant") some variants however are built by the Rubtsovsk Machine Building Plant (RMZ), for example the BRM-3K.
The Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was developed in part as a response to the Soviet Union’s BMP-series of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which combined troop-carrying capacity with ...
The water-jet allows amphibious travel with a speed of 10 km/h for 17 to 19 hours. A trim board, which is stowed under the nose of the hull when traveling, is erected at the front of the hull before entering the water to improve the vehicle's stability and displacement in the water and to prevent the water from flooding the bow of the BRDM-2.