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Tigr-M armored car with remote-controlled Arbalet-DM module enters Russian Army inventory
The Tigr-M armored car mounting the Arbalet-DM remotely controlled fighting module has entered service with the Russian Army.The Tigr-M armored car equipped with the Arbalet-DM remotely controlled fighting module was introduced into the Armed Forces inventory in late January based on its passing of the official tests that proved the Defense Ministry’s requirements specification.
     
The Tigr-M armored car mounting the Arbalet-DM remotely controlled fighting module has entered service with the Russian Army.The Tigr-M armored car equipped with the Arbalet-DM remotely controlled fighting module was introduced into the Armed Forces inventory in late January based on its passing of the official tests that proved the Defense Ministry’s requirements specification.
AMN 233114 Tigr-M with remote weapon station Arbalet-DM (Photo credits Vitaly Kuzmin)
     

The military is keen on having the Arbalet-DM fitted to the armored wheeled vehicles of the Taifun family, MT-LB multipurpose tracked platform and newly developed BT-3F tracked armored personnel carrier in addition to the Tigr.

The Arbalet-DM-furnished Tigr-M was unveiled at the Victory Day Parade on May 9, 2016. The module can equip wheeled and tracked armored vehicles, surface ships and stationary security posts. It packs the 12.7-mm KORD machinegun with the 150-round ammunition load or the 7.62-mm PKTM machinegun with 250 rounds of ammunition.

The module locks on and tracks targets at the halt and on the move, and its TV and thermal-imaging cameras allow target identification at a distance of 2.5 km and 1.5 km respectively. Its sight has an integral laser target rangefinder.
     
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