A rare BMD-3 was spotted on a tank carrier during the transfer to the SMO zone.
The BMD-3 is a rare creation of the Volgograd Tractor Plant, produced in a series of 137 vehicles from 1990 to 1997.

It is designed to transport airborne troops personnel, increasing their mobility, armament and protection on the battlefield.
The BMD-3 layout is the same as the BMD-1/2 with an exit above the engine, but it had a 2-seater turret installed. And the vehicle was generally more spacious.

It is interesting to note that the vehicle's engine, manufactured at the Chalyabinsk Tractor Plant, the 2V-06-2 has a strong relationship and important similarities with the development of the famous A-85-3A engine for the T-14 Armata tank.

I have heard that the 2V-06-2 is X-shaped, but as far as I understand this is wrong, being a V arrangement but at 120 degrees, which is easy to extend therefore to an X if you want to enlarge it.

Well, you can also follow mainstream western ‘experts’ like LaserPig and say that they put a German Sla16 diesel engine in the Armata ...

Important note:
The BMD-3 engine is the one used in the BMD-4, so any theory that says the BMD-3 is not used in Ukraine because of a non-functioning engine and tries to link it to problems in the Armata engine simply does not make sense.

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Some additional pictures of the Helmet Mounted Display System shown by Dmitry Korzinin, head of the optical-electronic systems department at the Sukhoi Design Bureau.
According to the information given, the Russian helmet weighs less than 2 kilograms.

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Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces demonstrate the flag of the Russian Empire in the village of Zelenovka, confirming the confident control of the settlement by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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"Краб" or the Ukrainian modernization of the T-64 BM2 with a 6TD ("6ТД") engine.

"In 2020-2021, the Kharkov Armored Plant ("ХБТЗ") carried out work to install a 6TD engine with 1000hp instead of the standard 5ТДФ on the T-64 BM2 Bulat, for which it was necessary to lengthen the chassis and raise the turret slightly."

They didnt say how much it cost to re-weld the rear end and how much the car weighs after the upgrades...
It is known that the cross-country ability worsened.

This option was already being worked out in 2002 and was rejected, but in 2019, someone decided to “dig up the stewardess” and bring the project to life.

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