Military vehicles of Russia and the world. Russian military equipment

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Armies in states are created to protect against various attacks and protect borders, and military vehicles are designed to help them in this. At the same time, both people and technology are very closely related. It is impossible to provide technical support to the troops with inefficient equipment, just as it is unrealistic to control military vehicles by people who are not trained in this.

Each state strives to surpass its neighboring countries with its technical equipment, and the outcome of the battle often depends on the vehicles and their fire support. Billions of dollars are allocated annually to develop and improve technology. The war machines of the world are becoming more functional and dangerous every year. Those countries that, due to various circumstances, cannot develop or produce equipment for the army, use the developments of other states on a commercial basis. And Russian military equipment in some positions is in good demand, even its outdated models.

APCs and tanks

Undoubtedly armoredtechnique has a significant impact on the outcome of the battle with skillful planning of actions. And the better maneuverability and security military vehicles have, the greater the chances of winning with the least losses. To date, no country in the world has been able to surpass the modified T90 tank. And even "Leopards" and "Shermans" lose to him in all performance characteristics, despite his main drawback. But the main tank that all potential opponents of Russia fear is the Armata. It will begin to be put into service in 2015. Moreover, the Armata platform turned out to be so well designed and versatile that it is planned to produce infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers on it.

Armored vehicles for the infantry and airborne troops of the Russian Federation are in no way inferior to the vehicles of France, Israel, Germany or the United States. Among armored personnel carriers, it is worth noting the BTR 82 and BTR 82A, which were put into service in 2013. Russian military vehicles for infantry today have no equal in the world - no country has been able to create an analogue of the BMP-3.

Multipurpose secure vehicles

It is impossible not to note the STS "Tiger", which is in service with the Russian army. Already during the development, the task of unifying most of the spare parts and assemblies with the armored personnel carrier was solved, which simplified repair work in difficult field conditions. Although many questions arise: in comparison with the American Hummer and the Italian Iveco, the Tiger is clearly losing. First of all, engine power and fuel consumption. However, the torsion bar suspension allows you to go where other carsget stuck. These Russian military vehicles are intended to escort columns, tanks, deliver goods and soldiers to their destination, conduct reconnaissance and anti-terrorist operations. Although the capacity is not too impressive - up to eight people or up to 1.2 tons of cargo.

Armored trucks

There will always be a discussion between two lovers of military equipment, which military vehicles are better. At the same time, there will be no winner in the dispute - any car has its advantages and disadvantages. Three models are quite remarkable: the Russian Ural-63099, the Swiss DURO-3 and the American ones on the FMTV platform.

DURO-3 has a 6 x 6 wheel arrangement and is armored. It is used in service with the Swiss army, as well as in the units of Germany, Venezuela, Malaysia and the UK. It has good protection against fire, mines and fragmentation grenades. Can carry up to 10 team members.

Trucks on the FMTV platform are in service with the US and Iraq. In this group, there are many modifications for use for various purposes: transportation of goods, people, water, ammunition. The control has too many electronics, which can be a significant disadvantage in an emergency.

Ural-63099 has no analogues yet. Equipped with mine protection, as well as against projectiles. The one-volume case provides protection of the transported cargo, components and assemblies. The car can also tow platforms regardless of the availability and condition of roads, overcome 2-meter water barriers, as well asvertical barriers up to 0.6 meters. Fuel tanks are flame retardant.

Topol and Yars tractors for Strategic Missile Forces

But missile systems on wheels until today, no other country in the world has been able to develop, except for Russia. MZKT-79221 has been developed since the days of the USSR and managed to survive the times when the nuclear disarmament treaty was signed. An 8-axle tractor can move on roads of any complexity, it needs only 34 meters of free space to turn around, and it can overcome various obstacles. Such military vehicles (the photo is presented in this article), along with missiles, make Russia respectful.

KAMAZ "Typhoon"

"Typhoon" is a whole family of armored army vehicles. These military vehicles are used for various purposes: transporting personnel, organizing a mobile headquarters, radio and biochemical reconnaissance, guarding and escorting columns, conducting fire support, and conducting reconnaissance operations. In addition to the armored hull, the vehicles of the Typhoon family have high protection of the wheels and the bottom from undermining - they can withstand an explosion of 8 kg of TNT.

"Terminator" - tank support combat vehicle

The development was so successful that the Israeli military became interested in it. They didn’t buy it, but they couldn’t develop their own version, similar to the Russian one.

Meanwhile, these military vehicles appeared after the storming of Grozny. Tanks are not very good at fightingin the city, so they need support. On the platform from the T-90 tank, twin 30-mm cannons, a Kord machine gun, an anti-tank missile installation, and two grenade launchers were installed. The Terminator is capable of replacing 40 personnel and 6 infantry fighting vehicles.

Military engineering vehicles

Engineer troops and their equipment are used not only in military conflicts of a local or global scale. Engineering military vehicles are also used to eliminate the consequences of various natural disasters. So, today the IMR-3 is used in the Russian army. It was created on the basis of the T-72 and T-90 tanks. The barrier engineering vehicle is capable of digging or backfilling a foundation pit, removing blockages, laying paths in the forest, and carrying out loading and unloading operations.

In the USA there is a similar technique - M1 "Grizzly". It is also placed on the chassis of the Abrams tank and is capable of performing certain operations, like the Russian IMR-3. However, for its maintenance, 3 people are needed (only 2 on the domestic one), it has not only machine guns, but also grenade launchers to create a smoke screen. But the Grizzly is not functional, so it was not even put into mass production.

Until recently, the combat vehicles of the world surpassed the equipment of the Russian Federation. However, internal conflicts in Russia have led to the fact that the military-industrial complex not only began to develop, but also created equipment that is equal to world standards, and in many cases surpasses them and has no analogues in the world.