Vietnam is gradually upgrading the BTR-60PB armored personnel carrier, especially the vehicle's firepower system.
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| According to the People's Army Newspaper, the Military Mechanical Engineering Institute is currently conducting a research project to install electric gun turret drive systems and night observation and shooting systems on the BTR-60PB armored personnel carrier. |
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| The improvement of the electrical system that allows the turret to rotate automatically without human effort also significantly improves the ability to attack enemies in all directions. |
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| According to Russian media, there are currently some proposed improvement options such as equipping it with a 100mm gun to turn it into a wheeled tank like Cuba did, but the above configuration would lose its troop transport function. |
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| Faced with the new requirements, the Russian company Muromteplovoz has offered a very remarkable upgrade package. |
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| According to this upgrade package, the old gun turret was removed and replaced with a new MB-2 turret, which is equipped with a 30mm 2A42 automatic cannon, a 7.62mm PKTM machine gun, a 30mm AGS-17 grenade launcher and even a 9K35M3-K Strela-10M3-K air defense missile. |
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| In addition, the car also replaced the 90 horsepower GAZ-49B gasoline engine with a 195 horsepower YaMZ-236A diesel engine with a new gearbox and brake system. |
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| Although the maximum speed remains at 80 km/h, the operating range has increased from 500 to 800 km, this parameter is even more meaningful when the vehicle weight has increased to 13 tons instead of the original 10 tons. After modernization, the BTR-60PB has firepower that is not inferior to the BTR-82A, if not superior. |
According to Baodatviet
