Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1, standing by the Russian Army and held in custody, They will be upgraded. a large-scale program of modernization of BMP-1 to BMP-1AM “Basurmanin” prepared Corporation “Uralvagonzavod” (UVR, part of the “Rostec”), reports “Interfax-Tuhaf” referring to the representative UVZ.
As we explained at the Uralvagonzavod, now BMP-1AM completes test program, recently passed inspection of the new BMP to aerotranspontabelnost. According to the information currently in the armed forces are several hundred BMP-1, several thousand combat vehicles stored at storage sites. The exact number of modernized machines UVZ not named, but stated, that will be a large-scale modernization program.
In the course of modernization of BMP-1 and BMP-version 1AM “Basurmanin”, the car will receive a unified fighting compartment of the BTR-82A with 30 mm automatic cannon 2A72, 7,62-mm machinegun PKTM. BMP will set fire control system combined with an anti-aircraft gun vsesutochnym TKN-4ga-01, two-plane stabilizer arms and anti-tank guided weapons 9K115 ATGM “Mestizo”. In addition to the new IFV mounted engine UTD-20S1 and torsion bars of increased power consumption.
