New Russian amphibious combat vehicle - tank destroyer 2S25 "Octopus-SDM1" - a powerful gun and a small mass, it actually turns it into a light tank with thin armor, writes American expert Mike Peck, in his article for the magazine The National Interest.
In Slovenia Pekka, Although Russia claims about the "Octopus" as an fighter tanks, he looks more like a light tank.
he says, that the price of powerful weapons and a small weight was the "thin skin" combat vehicle.
The expert points out, that the "Octopus" design no novelty, as the Russian concept of tank destroyer reminded him of the American machine M10 tank destroyer and M18 Hellcat, It started at the end of the Second World War.
Recall, 18-Airborne ton self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SD" is equipped with an engine capacity 500 hp, which car accelerates to maximum speed 70 km / h. Speed on the water - until 7 km / h. crew - 3 man.
Combat vehicle armed with smoothbore gun 2A75 caliber 125 mm and 7.62-mm Kalashnikov machine gun.
Developed by KB Volgograd Tractor Plant and the DB-9 (Ekaterinburg). Scientific management to TSNIITOCHMASH (Podolsk). The first prototype of the modernized "Octopus-SDM-1" was manufactured Concern "Tractor plants" in 2015 year.
