Kurganez-25

Variant of the team transport car, Object 693

Variant of the Object 695 armored personnel carrier

Kurganets-25 ( Russian Курганец-25 ) is the name of a planned Russian armored personnel carrier and crew transport vehicle .

The tank is to be produced at Kurganmaschsawod in Kurgan . The Kurganez-25 is to replace the armored personnel carriers BMP-2 , BMP-3 and the airborne tank BMD . It was first shown to the professional audience at the Russia Arms Expo 2013 military exhibition and publicly during the Victory Parade on May 9, 2015 in Moscow .

procurement

In December 2018, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Ivanovich Borissov announced that the Kurganez-25 and the T-14 main battle tank would not be mass-produced until further notice. He did not give reasons for this. In the West, financial bottlenecks or electronic and mechatronic problems in highly complex projects are assumed.

Web links

Commons : Kurganez-25 - collection of images, videos and audio files

Nicholas de Larrinaga: Russia's armor revolution. In: janes.com. IHS Jane's 360, May 16, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 .

Individual evidence

↑ Christopher F. Foss : Russia rolls out BMP-3 replacement with new weapon system. (No longer available online.) In: Jane's International Defense Review. December 23, 2013, archived from the original on February 3, 2014 ; accessed on March 31, 2014 (English).
↑ Russia Arms Expo-2013. new concepts and new markets. Voice of Russia, September 26, 2013, accessed March 31, 2014 .
↑ Sergei Mamontov: Russia's new Armata tank is supposed to arrive at the 2015 Victory Parade. RIA Novosti, accessed March 31, 2014 .
^ Rolf Hilmes: Armata and Kurganetz not in series. In: esut.de. European Security & Technology, December 19, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 .

[janes-1] Christopher F. Foss : Russia rolls out BMP-3 replacement with new weapon system. (No longer available online.) In: Jane's International Defense Review. December 23, 2013, archived from the original on February 3, 2014 ; accessed on March 31, 2014 (English).

[2] Russia Arms Expo-2013. new concepts and new markets. Voice of Russia, September 26, 2013, accessed March 31, 2014 .

[ria2013-09-24-3] Sergei Mamontov: Russia's new Armata tank is supposed to arrive at the 2015 Victory Parade. RIA Novosti, accessed March 31, 2014 .

[esut-4] Rolf Hilmes: Armata and Kurganetz not in series. In: esut.de. European Security & Technology, December 19, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 .