Russian specialists are developing several options for expanding air defense capabilities. On the base of the armored car "Typhoon-VDV", it is planned to create a complex to combat UAVs, said Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the complex of conventional weapons and ammunition of Rostec.
The use of 57-mm or 30-mm artillery shrapnel rounds with controlled remote detonation based on the "Derivation Air Defense" and "Typhoon-VDV" complexes is being considered
Technical characteristics of the armored car "Typhoon-VDV":
- Increased anti-mine protection (withstands the detonation of a bomb under the wheels up to 6 kg in TNT equivalent)
- Wheel formula 4 by 4
- Diesel engine, power not less than 258 hp
- Machine gun 6P7K caliber 7.62 mm
- Possibility of landing with parachutes
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