BMPT
Tank support combat vehicle
Producer: State-owned Enterprise
"Machine Building Plant "Uralvagonzavod"
The BMPT's hull is the same as that of
the T-72 battle tank. It is provided
with explosive reactive armor (ERA) on
the frontal armor plate, ERA-applied
screens to protect side plates, as well
as grilled shields to protect the hull
rear. The welded turret is provided with
a filler and built-in ERA.
The distinguishing feature of the BMPT
combat vehicle is its low-profile turret
mounted on a tank chassis. The turret is
equipped with up-to-date weapons for
defeating antiarmor-capable targets and
enabling tanks to advance, leaving close
antiarmor-capable targets for the BMPT
to take care of. The BMPT crew consists
of five men.
The BMPT armament can effectively defeat
both lightly armored ground and aerial
targets and heavily armored tank-type
ground targets.
Its main armament consists of the 30mm
2A42 automatic gun and coaxially-mounted
AG-30 or AGS-17A grenade launcher
stabilized in two planes, and the Kornet
ATGM system provided with a
semiautomatic jamproof laser-guided
system.
The BMPT is additionally armed with two
AG-30 grenade launchers or two 7.62mm
PKTM machine guns with an
electromechanical drive and a day/night
sight combined with the Agat-MR optronic
sight. The additional weapons are
arranged on fenders.
The turret-mounted 7.62mm machine gun
provided with an electromechanical drive
and the PNK sight serves as an auxiliary
weapon. The BMPT has a built-in dozer
equipment for digging in. The vehicle
can be equipped with the KMT-8 treadway
mine plow and the EMT electromagnetic
device.
A diesel-electric set rated at 5 kW is
installed in an armored compartment on
the right fender.
Modernization of the T-72-type battle
tanks into the BMPT combat vehicle can
change tactics of combat actions and
significantly increase fighting
efficiency of tank units.
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