The St. Petersburg company 'Russian All-Terrain Vehicles Plastun' produces tracked all-terrain vehicles 'Plastun-SN' (for special purposes - www1.ru editorial note) for the Russian Ministry of Defense. This was reported by the company's CEO Erik Sagymbaev.
'Russian All-Terrain Vehicles Plastun' presented the army all-terrain vehicle 'Plastun' in 2023. The equipment was developed according to the needs of the defense department, its testing was carried out at the NAMI Testing Center.
According to Sagymbaev, 'Plastun-SN' is a lightly armored all-terrain vehicle for evacuation. However, it can also be used for other tasks, including reconnaissance and as a fire platform on which an 82 mm caliber mortar is mounted.
Given the model has combination protection (Br3, Br4 classes), it lacks a rigid roof. Because of this, the 'Plastun-SN' crew can make a quick entry/exit, load stretchers, deploy observation devices.
The total number of passengers on board the all-terrain vehicle is 8, during evacuation there can be 4 rescuers and two victims (lying on stretchers).
The weight of 'Plastun-SN' is 3.8 tons, the width of the all-season track is 50 cm. The all-terrain vehicle moves at a maximum speed of 50 km/h.
Earlier, www1.ru wrote that Russian developers presented the unmanned all-terrain vehicle 'Kaluzhanin' for snow and swamp riding. Its serial production will begin in early 2024.