Defense Ministry completed preliminary tests of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles on the Boomerang platform

Vitaly Kuzmin

Минобороны завершило предварительные испытания БТР и БМП на платформе "Бумеранг"

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Preliminary tests of prototypes of the armored personnel carrier (BTR) K-16 and infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) K-17 on the promising wheeled chassis "Boomerang" are completed. This was reported by TASS with reference to a statement by the Director General of the company "VPK" Alexander Krasovitsky.

According to him, preliminary tests of the latest armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles on the Boomerang platform were carried out jointly with the Ministry of Defense in accordance with the schedule for the Boomerang development. From the military department participated the Main Armored Directorate and research organizations.

Krasovitsky emphasized that the APCs and BMPs on the Boomerang platform confirmed the specifications stated in the statement of work. Currently, the company has begun assembling new BTR K-16 and BMP K-17 samples, which will take part in state trials.

(...) the assembly of new prototypes within the framework of the Boomerang R&D for conducting state tests has begun. (...) preparations were made for the production of armored hulls of a modified design. (...) a ready-made new armored hull is already located, on the basis of which a full-size mock-up of a combat vehicle will be assembled for ballistic tests and mine resistance tests
he declared.

Earlier it was reported that the tests of the Boomerang combat platform are on schedule. After the preliminary testing stage, the car will go through the state and only then will it go into series. However, specific dates for the commissioning of machines based on the platform are not called, as this is classified information. At the same time, enterprises are called where the production of new machines will be launched: Nizhny Novgorod, Arzamas, Vyksa and Bryansk.

To date, on the basis of the Boomerang platform, BMP K-17, wheeled BTR K-16 have been created, the option of creating a combat vehicle with heavy weapons (BMTV or "wheeled tank") is being considered. In the future, it is planned to create a whole family - BREM (armored repair and recovery vehicle), command vehicle, reconnaissance, anti-tank, depending on the request of the Ministry of Defense.

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