The High-Precision Systems holding (part of Rostec) has begun the state testing phase of the new BT-3F amphibious armored personnel carrier, based on the BMP-3. The combat vehicle has critical shortcomings that it inherited from its predecessor, according to the Telegram channel "Military Informant."
The authors noted that the BT-3F has very low mine protection, inconvenient embarkation/disembarkation of troops due to the engine's location, and rather weak armor.
And if nothing can obviously be done with the layout, it would be right to provide this APC with at least an adequate standard set of additional armor, increasing the protection of the vehicle and the survivability of those sitting inside, when the BT-3F will cross water obstacles.
According to them, by the time the BT-3F reached state tests, it had already become outdated based on the experience of the modern battlefield.
If in 2016, when the first vehicles appeared at exhibitions, it could look like a pretty good marine armored personnel carrier, then after almost 10 years and more than 3 years of combat experience, this vehicle is no longer a discovery - only, on the contrary, a consolidation of existing flaws and conceptual errors.
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