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Russia plans to produce more than 200 BMP-3 by 2017 41009152.
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Russia plans to produce more than 200 BMP-3 by 2017 | |||
The Russian Ministry of Defence plans to acquire more than 200 BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicles by the end of 2017. According to Alexander Klyuzhev’s, the Executive Director of Kurganmashzavod, statement at TASS news agency, the contract was signed in the previous months. |
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Kurganmashzavod BMP-3 IFV
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In May, the Vice-President and Co-owner of the Tractor Plants consortium, Albert Bakov, had stated at TASS that an agreement had been reached for the supply of these vehicles under a three-year contract. He also added that the company would continue providing the BMP-3 until the completion of the Kurganets-25 development and the beginning of its production. It is estimated that the contract for the BMP-3 will allow the withdrawal from service of the legacy BMP-1 and BMP-2, in anticipation for the Kurganets-25. As of September 2015, only a handful of pre-production vehicles had been delivered to the Russian Army due to inadequate funding. Therefore, it is highly probable that the full-scale production could be pushed towards 2016. The new BMP-3 will increase the total fleet in Russian service to 920. More than 1,500 vehicles of the type have been produced and sold worldwide. They feature a strong set of armament, which includes the 2A70 100 mm gun/launcher capable of firing the 9M117 anti-tank missile, a 2A72 30 mm cannon and three PKT 7.62 mm machine guns. It can carry a crew of three and an infantry team of seven soldiers. |
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