BMP-3 Armed With a 57mm Autocannon (VIDEO)
The Russian UralVagonZavod company has published a test firing video of a BMP-3 IFV equipped with an AU-220M Baikal turret that hosts a 57mm autocannon capable of engaging targets located at up to 14.5 kilometer distance. The remote-controlled turret is made by a company called Burevestnik which is a subsidiary of UralVagonZavod.
According to TASS Russian News Agency, among other features of the system, the company officials specifically point out the remote controlled capability as well as its high precision and accuracy. Here is the description of the AU-220M automatic weapon station quoted from the manufacturer’s website.
AU-220M is designed for installation on future armored combat vehicles and modernization of currently deployed vehicles in order to increase fire power of motorized rifled and infantry units. AU-220M main armament can also be used to accomplish air defense missions thus expanding combat flexibility of armored combat vehicles. It is designed as a remote-controlled unmanned artillery module.
FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM:
The FCS controls the operations of target detection and identification, gun laying and firing of the 57mm automatic gun and 7.62mm machine-gun when firing from a halt, on the move and on the float in any combat enviroment.
The FCS is equipped with a sight unit, comprising a combined sight with thermal-imaging and TV channels, a laser-finder and independent dual-axis field of view stabilization.PROTECTION:
All-around fire – protection against 7.62mm bullets (~Level 3 acc. to STANAG 4569).Front arc – protection against 30mm bullets (~Level 5 acc. to STANAG 4569).
The conventional BMP-3 main armament consists of a 100mm 2A70 cannon with a coaxial 30mm 2A72 autocannon. In this case, the original turret was removed and replaced by the AU-220M Baikal turret which hosts the 57mm autocannon chambered in 57x348mm SR and a PKTM machine gun chambered in 7.62x54mmR. The turret also contains 80 rounds of 57mm ammunition and 500 7.62x54mmR cartridges.
UA-220M Baikal weapon station was first introduced during the ARMY 2015 arms exhibition.
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Sources:
“”Уралвагонзавод” опубликовал видео с испытаниями на полигоне боевой машины-робота “. (2018, June 1). TASS Russian News Agency. Retrieved from: http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5254707
Images from www.uvz.ru, www.burevestnik.com