In the near future, the newest flamethrower system "Dragon" will enter service with the Russian army. It will receive an 18-round transport and launch module in an armored casing on the chassis of a T-80BVM gas turbine tank.
This will allow the vehicle to move to firing positions, as well as leave positions to avoid being hit by enemy counter-battery fire approximately 1.3 times faster.
The steel or composite armored casing will protect the cassette with rockets in the TPK from fragmentation effects, as well as fire from 7.62-mm, 12.7-mm machine guns and large-caliber rifles. The upper frontal part of the chassis will be protected with equivalent resistance characteristic of T-80BVM tanks from APFSDS 650 - 700 mm and from HEAT projectiles - up to 1100 mm.
The vehicle's ammunition will be represented by equivalent resistance characteristic of T-80BVM tanks from APFSDS 650 - 700 mm and from HEAT projectiles - up to 1100 mm prospective unguided rockets TBS-3M with a range of 15 km. The "Sania" and "Lesochek" systems will be responsible for electronic warfare.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the famous 23-mm GSh-23 cannon from MiGs and "Sukhois" was spotted on an American Humvee armored vehicle.
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