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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]
The BMD-4 (Russian: Боевая Машина Десанта-4, romanized: Boyevaya Mashina Desanta-4, English: Combat Vehicle of the Airborne-4) is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) originating from post-Cold War Russia.
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [1] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle and armoured personnel carrier used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [2]
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.
All the chassis were repurposed for none-IFV variants, and the turrets reused and modernised and used on new Mk IIIb chassis. This variant is today completely retired. E30 turret (by Hägglunds Moelv AS, made under licence by Kvaerner Eureka AS) equipped with: [a] Mk44S Bushmaster II [b] MG3 (7.62×51mm NATO) [d] 4 × 3 smoke grenade dispensers
Bradley IFV fires at Russian BMP from close range. ... while a BMP’s can be made into Swiss cheese by armor piercing rounds from a Bradley’s 25-millimeter gun. That said, a BMP-2’s ...
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.
Built in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for rear-line anti-mine countermeasure and anti-sabotage operations. [253] [254] [255] Yenisei: Armoured train: 1 Russia Ukraine: Built in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for rear-line and front-line logistical and fire support. Accused of being built out of Ukrainian ...