BMPT arrival in the Russian Armed Forces

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Tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) produced by the Uralvagonzavod State Corporation Rostec entered the 90th Guards Tank Vitebsk-Novgorod twice Red Banner Division of the Central Military District. This is the first delivery of BMPTs to the Russian Armed Forces as part of the execution of the state defence order. Delivery was officially confirmed on the 1st of December 2020. 

Developed by the design engineers of the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering of the Uralvagonzavod concern, the tank support combat vehicle can be successfully used in resolving conflicts of any tension to defeat anti-tank weapons and effectively suppress enemy manpower. It can easily remove everything from the path: from grenade launchers and lightly armoured vehicles to tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers. Large aiming angles for automatic cannons makes them capable of hitting targets on the upper floors of buildings, fire at low-flying aerial targets such as unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters or even airplanes. 

The combination in one vehicle of powerful multichannel weapons with a large ammunition load - perfect means of search and detection of targets, all-aspect protection provides the BMPT with a significant military-technical superiority over the BMP. In terms of its combat effectiveness, one BMPT will replace two BMPs and a motorized rifle platoon. 

The high mobility and manoeuvrability of the tank support combat vehicle are provided by - a V-92S2 diesel multi-fuel supercharged engine with a capacity of 1000 hp. manufactured by the ChTZ-Uraltrak company of the Uralvagonzavod concern.

The BMPT was adopted by the Ground Forces of the Russian Armed Forces in 2018.

Taken from: Rostec

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