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The BMP-3 is one of the most heavily armed infantry combat vehicles in service. The original version has a turret fitted with a low-velocity 2A70 100 mm rifled gun which can fire conventional shells or 9M117 Bastion Anti Tank Guided Missiles (AT-10 Stabber). It carries 40 100 mm rounds and 8 ATGMs.
Relikt is the 3rd generation of Russian ERA, and is claimed to be twice [3] [4] as effective as Kontakt-5. It can be installed on T-72B and T-90 tanks and was adopted in 2006. [5] [6] The Russian Army T-72B3M main battle tank incorporates Relikt. [7] Developed by NII Stali, Relikt uses a completely new composition of explosives to achieve ...
The BMD-4 (Russian: Боевая Машина Десанта-4, romanized:Boyevaya Mashina Desanta-4, English: Combat Vehicle of the Airborne) is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) originating from post-Cold War Russia. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Originally designated as the BMD-3M, the chassis of the BMD-4 is the same as that of the BMD-3 because ...
The advanced Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on this T-90S is arranged in pairs of plates, giving the turret its prominent triangular profile.. An element of explosive reactive armour (ERA) is either made out of a sheet or slab of high explosive sandwiched between two metal plates, or multiple "banana shaped" rods filled with high explosive which are referred to as shaped charges.
The BMP series were among the first production line infantry fighting vehicles. Included in the series are the mainline BMPs, the airborne variant BMDs, and licensed modified (i.e. MLI-84) and reverse engineered versions (i.e. Boragh, Type 86). BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты), meaning ...
A late production version had a new turret similar to the T-80U but with Kontakt-1 ERA. [3] [4] [6] There is a new gun 2A46M-1 with 9K112 Kobra system capable of firing improved 9M112M Kobra ATGM through gun barrel. T-80BVK – as per T-80BK but with ERA. First models were just T-80BK tanks with ERA.
In the 1970s, the plant was re-tooled for larger-scale military vehicle production. New power supplies were brought in, and the working area was increased by a factor of five. From 1983, the plant produced the BMP-2 model, and in 1987 began the manufacture of the BMP-3. [7] In 2007 the company's revenue was $231 million. Export share was 20%. [10]
The ACV-15 has also been fitted with the turret of a BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle, produced by KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia. The system is called ACV-SW. The system is called ACV-SW. The BMP-3 turret is armed with a 2A70 100mm semi-automatic rifled gun/missile launcher, which can fire either HE-Frag (High-Explosive ...