I think we could get quite a few of them since they’re all equipped with different capabilities, not that we need all of them, but each one will likely have different BR’s.
BMP-3M Dragoon | BR 9.7-10.3
Thermals for Commander and Gunner.
Unique changes and applique armor.
3UBR8 APDS or 3UBR11 APFSDS-T (not available at the time but could be a possibility and affects BR).
Prototype vehicle.
BMP-3 w/ 688A-C66-2KP | BR 9.7
688A-C66-2KP cage armor addon.
3UBR11 APFSDS-T rounds.
Production vehicle.
BMP-3 obr. 2021 (Berezhok Module) | BR 10.0
BMP-3 w/ Berezhok Module, same as BMP-2M.
3UBR11 APFSDS-T rounds.
Prototype vehicle.
BMP-3 (Arena) | BR 9.7
Arena hard-kill APS.
3UBR8 APDS rounds.
Prototype vehicle.
BMP-3 Karkas-I ERA Kit (4S20) | BR 9.3
No thermals on this vehicle.
3UBR8 APDS rounds.
Prototype vehicle.
BMP-3 Karkas-II ERA Kit (4S24) | BR 10.3
Modern BMP-3, Sodema sight included.
3UBR11 APFSDS-T rounds.
Production vehicle.
BMP B-19 | BR 10.0
Modern turret and heavy armament.
LShO-57/AGS-57 57mm automatic gun, 5-shell belts.
Unknown 57mm ammunition, not the same gun as the 2A90 57mm gun.
Thanks for the correction. I thought so but I grabbed the image from a source that said it was the B-module while I was on break from work real quick. I’ll adjust it shortly.
The original BMP-3 with the Bakhcha-U module would only be like 9.0-9.3 since it only has 3UBR8 as its best round and would be comparable to the existing BMD-4. The BMD-4M would be 9.7 since it would have 3UBR11 APFSDS-T.
Adding onto this, has anyone heard anything new on the BMP-3 ‘Manul’? I heard it was as supposed to be in production but nothing came of it as far as I know.
They want to make an uodated version with better protection against drones, basically to give it cage armour, maybe more depending on what army wants from it.
Additionally, I dont know if to believe it for not, but they noted the vehicle will UTD-32T engine producing 816 HP.
And about it’s future: it hasnt been even tested yet, but army seems to be interested in it, hence the reason for updated version.
But for certain they’re not accepting it anytime close during the war and it the testing itself can take several years. I am hopeful it gets accepted, but that’s it for now.
A light attacker is not going to operate in a threat enviornment. It is not going to need to go defensive because it is dropping bombs on dudes with AKs in Hiluxs
T-90M tanks will finally receive T09-A6-1 Arena-M active protection systems (APS).
TASS reports this with reference to contracts concluded on the sidelines of the Army-2024 forum.
"The corresponding state contracts for the supply of the modernized BM-2 combat vehicle, the modernized TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system on the T-80 base chassis with the development of design documentation, T-90M tanks with the T09-A6-1 active protection kit were presented on the sidelines of the Army-2024 forum by the head of the Main Directorate of Armaments of the Russian Armed Forces Anatoly Gulyayev to the deputy general director of Uralvagonzavod Dmitry Semizorov - the publication reports.
We hope that the Arena-M KAZ will be delivered in a modernized version to combat drones, the modification of which was discussed (Telegram: Contact @milinfolive) in February of this year during the visit of the former head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu to the Machine-Building Design Bureau in Kolomna, since the key threat to armored vehicles on the modern battlefield is FPV drones, and only then “classic” RPGs and ATGMs.
