The technique was spending a lot of money.
The newly born and the firing platform “Terminator” Russian production is actually not the first of its kind. To create BMPT tried in the Soviet Union. But after the collapse of the USSR was not until the development of new promising models of military equipment, but something in this direction in the last decade of the XX century managed to do.
1. “Object 781”
The first development was made in the USSR.
First experimental Soviet support combat vehicle BMPT or the tanks just. It was designed in the Bureau of the Chelyabinsk tractor plant in the mid 80-ies of the last century. The machine had powerful weapons, mounted on two independent modules. He was shooting from a helicopter, two 30-mm automatic cannon, coaxial machine gun 7.62-mm bore setup with six ATGM ATGM “Kornet” and “Konkurs-M”, and 40-mm grenade launcher “Cormorant”. The crew of this car was 7 people. In the late 80s, the machine has successfully passed tests and was to be adopted, but not grown together.
2. “Object 782”
Attempt to create a heavyweight option.
Experienced fighting machine, which the designers have created on the T-72 was supposed to be a car fire support with a high level of protection. As the main caliber used 100-mm gun. She was with a coaxial 30-mm automatic cannon. In addition, the machine was installed 5 machine gun and two 40 mm automatic grenade launcher.
Sometimes skips the name “Mountain tank” against “782 -“. And indeed it is. The machine was developed based on the fighting in Afghanistan and was able to take the maximum possible angles of weapons. By the way, originally in the base T-72 all I wanted the designers – not climbed, but because she was subjected to significant changes.
3. “Object 787”
The option of the 90-ies, which rejected the user.
Implemented the project “Object 787” at the Chelyabinsk tractor plant was in 1996. Car created on the basis of the T-72AV, which tower was removed 125-mm gun. Instead, the BMPT has two 30mm automatic cannon and a launcher patch for the rockets. Subsequently, the trays were replaced by Б8В20 aviation NUR s-8, this was done to reduce the cost of construction. The car has received 4 machine guns 7.62-mm PKT machine gun and 2 12.7-mm NSVT. The car fared well on the tests, with the exception of firing missiles. Ultimately the project was closed.
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