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Tigr-M armored car with remote-controlled Arbalet-DM module enters Russian Army inventory 80703173.
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Defense & Security News - Russian Army
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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.
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 AMN 233114 Tigr-M with remote weapon station Arbalet-DM (Photo credits Vitaly Kuzmin)
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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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