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R-145BM1 Command post and communication center vehicle

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Description

The R-145BM1 is a Russian made command post and communication center armoured vehicle based on the chassis of BTR-60 wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier. This a an uprgade version of the R-145BM.

Variants

R-145BM: first version of this command post vehicle

Technical Data

Armament

There is no armament. The R-145BM1 is always equipped with a small turret as the standard BTR-60PB, but the machine gun is removed, and on the front side there is a big telescopic antenna.

Design and protection

The layout of the R-145BM1 is very similar to the BTR-60PB. The hull of the R-145BM1 is of all-welded steel armour which provides a protection against small arms firing and shell splinters. The driver and commander are sitting at the front of the hull, the open-topped personnel compartment behind them and the engine compartment at the very rear of the hull.

Propulsion

The R-145BM1 is powered by a new Diesel engine same as for the BTR-80, mounted at the rear of the hull. The torsion bar suspension is similar to the BTR-60PB with the first and second roadwheels on each side provided with two hydraulic shock-absorbers and the third and fourth roadwheels with a single hydraulic shock-absorber.

Accessories

The R-145BM1 is equipped with a large range of communication radio system, radio stations P-168-100kA, R-168-25U, P-168-100U each with two sets. There is also a generator model T-290V for the power supply, and an emergency power supply 12ST-85RM. The R-145BM1 is fully amphibious and is propelled in the water by a single water-jet mounted at the rear of the hull. The R-145BM1 is also equipped with satellite navigation systems GLONASS and GPS.

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