Armored Vehicle Lovers Group
Hobbies & Interests
this is a group, (like the tank and aircraft lovers) is dedicated to the IFV (infantry fighting vehicle) like the BMP-2 the M2A2 bradly and so on and so forth, from made up to real life, and anything in between. from treads to wheels to hover, this is for all you people who enjoy those rumbling rolling armored vehicles, that when on the target drop their ramps to emit a large group of infantry. (header image done by vlado32).
Time to enhance the APC/IFV Lovers Group with some new photos. This a next-gen Russian APC concept the "Bumerang" which is supposed to at least partially replace the aging and ineffective fleet of BTR-70s and BTR-80s in the Motorised Rifles Regimetnts. Some information:
"Machines based on the platform will enter service in medium brigades in the Army. Armored personnel carrier on the basis of the FSM "Boomerang" are designed to transport infantry and fire support. Presumably, the "Boomerang" is an amphibian, and can independently negotiate water obstacles. The engine will be located in the front of the machine that will allow landing and landing from the stern. Presumably in an APC system "Boomerang" will be used achievements obtained during the design of the BTR-90. Details of the Russian armored vehicles were still unknown in 2012.
On the basis of the new APC, replacing the module will create a SAM launcher, reconnaissance vehicle, ambulance, car anti-tank systems, infantry fighting vehicles in the wheel version. To replace the BTR-82A, this machine will be developed on the basis of the secondary wheel base unified platform, "Boomerang." This machine is designed to transport infantry and support the fire department during the battle. Ensures the maintenance of all types of motorized infantry fighting compartment, suppression of enemy infantry, combat armored vehicles peers, defeat tanks and helicopter gunships, protect the crew and troops from small arms fire, shrapnel, autonomy of operation of the crew and troops for three days in isolation from the main forces. "Boomerang" is intended for self-overcoming water obstacles".
Info taken from Globalsecurity.org website. Apologies if this is a re-post.
Still, BTR design seems more practical to me. What are the advantages of this machine over the BTR-90?
BTR has the engine compartment in the rare and the passenger one is in the middle. Passengers can get in and out throgh small doors on sides wich is impractical and dangerous. This is the reason for the troops to sit on the vehicle as seen on many photos from chechnya and other local conflicts where btrs were used.
History of BTR and it's evolution Youtube.com
A typical propaganda show from our TV. BTR-90 utilizes generally the same design of BTR-80, the huge drawback of which was pointed above.
Not to mention the ever feared threat of soldiers being taken by the wheels when disembarking on action.
@ Reborn:X - Isn't this why soldiers train how use their machines? =) I mean, there is two ways to use a machine - the intended way and the wrong way. In order to use it properly one must be trained to do so no matter the type of equipment we're talking about =)
Looks like a Slav copy of the Patria.
At least it doesn't have the "you'll die in this mobile metal coffin" the BTR series have.