2017-07-29
As reports the Ukrainian portal Pages Ukrainian Military,
the Ukrainian private company "Court" is developing a new infantry
fighting vehicle, - said the President of the Association of manufacturers of
armament and military equipment of Ukraine Vadim Kodachigov, during a round
table in Kiev.A new concept of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which
received the name of "TOUR" (bison), is developed on the basis of
multi-purpose armored vehicle MT-LB. BMP "TOUR" - a light armored
vehicle, which is a significant improvement of the armored machines of the
series MT-LB. reads soobseniem will have a crew of three (commander, gunner,
driver) and will carry eight people. The machine will provide protection during
transit and mobility of infantry.
The turret seems to be the same model as on the
BTR-4
Armament
Gun : 30 mm
Coaxial machine gun : 7.62 mm
Automatic grenade launcher: AG-17 30 mm
Anti-tank missile : Barrier
Gun : 30 mm
Coaxial machine gun : 7.62 mm
Automatic grenade launcher: AG-17 30 mm
Anti-tank missile : Barrier
MT-LB Multi-purpose armored vehicle
The MT-LB is not really an APC, but an amphibious
multi-purpose tracked carrier which may be adapted to meet virtually any
armored support vehicle requirement. Its design is simple and basic but it has
proved to be highly adaptable.
First seen in 1970, the MT-LB was originally
employed as an artillery tractor but is now rarely encountered in this role.
Instead the MT-LB can carry up to 11 troops in its main load-carrying
compartment behind the two-man crew compartment. It may be armed with a 7.62-mm
MG, positioned in a small commander turret. However, the MT-LB can function as
a front line load carrier for anything from ammunition to fuel, or as a mobile
platform for numerous weapon systems and even as the basis for a self-propelled
122-mm howitzer. One variant, the MT-LBV, has extra wide tracks for operations
over snow and soft terrain.
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