Lviv Armored plant has successfully completed the testing of Armored Recovery Vehicle (BREM) "Lion" and ready for its serial production, According bmpd.
A car, created on the basis of T-72, designed for evacuation and towing faulty military equipment in combat, of its current and medium repairs in the field.
According to the manufacturer, ARV is equipped with a winch (200 m), tractive effort to 25000 kgf (with optional pulley block - up 75000 kgf); welding equipment; crane jib maximum lifting capacity 12 t. It has a loading platform for the transport of spare parts.
Machine weight - 41 t, maximum speed - 60 km / h, power reserve - 460 km. crew - 3 man. Armament - gun NSVT (CT 12.7).
As the resource, actually "Leo" is the next one "bronetyagacha" BTS-5B (It is an analogue of ARV-1 of Soviet design), which was manufactured at the Lviv factory for deliveries abroad.
The main difference from the BTS-5B BREM-1 is, that the Ukrainian prime mover is not a new production machine, as it manufactured on the basis of previously produced T-72 tanks.
Recently, Lviv plant has a new director - Victor Androshchuk. The former - Roman Tymkiv - held criminally responsible for the embezzlement as part of a criminal group 14 million. state hryvnia.
