Russia Offers BMP-1 Upgrade Package Suitable for Vietnam

31 Agustus 2018

Upgraded BMP-1 "Basurmanin" (Bastion Karpenko)

At the international military exhibition Army in 2018, Russia has demonstrated features of infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1 upgraded "Basurmanin" before the foreign delegation.

Currently, the Russian Army is carrying out a comprehensive program of upgrading its armor forces. In addition to the modernization of the T-72B to the T-72B3 or the T-80BV to the T-80BVM, Moscow is also very focused on infantry fighting vehicles (IFV).

Apart from the BMP-2M Berezhok upgrade package with the B05S011 upgrade package, Russia also offers a very interesting BMP-1 modernization project, which should be noted as a technical solution. Much simpler than BMP-2.

This upgrade package, called BMP-1 Basurmanin, has removed the old turret to replace the armament of the BTR-82A. In that turret a 30 mm 2A72 automatic cannon was attached with a 7.62 mm machine gun and camouflage smoke tubes.

Thanks to the integrated turret of the BTR-82A, the BMP-1's combat capability has increased significantly, providing high standardization and simplicity in ensuring technical logistics. Step by step integrate this combat module into all of their BTR-80/82 series.

BMP-1 of the Vietnamese Army (photo : Soha)

After the modernization, the basic parameters of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were virtually unchanged from the original, with a total mass of 13 tons, the maximum speed of 65 km / h good road, 600 km range, 3 crew members and 8 fully equipped foot soldiers.

Aside from serving the Russian military, the BMP-1 Basurmanin is also targeted at export markets as many countries in Asia and Europe are still staffing large numbers of infantry fighting vehicles for their armies.

The Russian introduced Basurmanin can be considered as a bright candidate for the modernization configuration of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles under the People's Army of Vietnam.

According to the current trend, the carrying of 73 mm 2A28 Grom guns is no longer suitable for IFVs because of shortcomings such as short range, slow firing speed, high ammunition mass, processing.

In the past it was suggested that the BMP-1 be modernized with the turret of the BMP-2 or that India be equipped with a 105 mm cannon to turn it into a light amphibious tank. However, in all technical solutions, it seems that the Basurmanin upgrade package is still the best option.

(BaoDatViet)