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BMR-3M ENGINEER VEHICLES
Armoured Mine-Clearing Vehicle
Mission
protection means.
The BMR-3M armoured mine-clearing is designed to clear landmines encountered by friendly forces moving in convoys.
Equipment The vehicle mounts enclosed 12.7mm NSVT anti-aircraft machine gun. In addition, fighting compartment’s side and rear walls are fitted with embrasures for combat engineers to fire.
Features BRM-3M is derived from the T-90 MBT’s chassis, features reinforced armour protection of the bottom under fighting compartment and is equipped with the KMT-7 combined mine roller/plough which provides usage of EMT electromagnetic add-on device to handle proximity-fused landmines. In addition, vehicle is fitted with combat engineer equipment to detect and destroy landmines and spot cables, as well as combat engineer individual
BMR-3M mounts ERA and nuclear blast wave, radioactive fallout and chemical agent protection system to protect the crew and internal equipment. It is fitted with self-entrenchment and fording tools, smoke generator and smoke dischargers to set smokescreens, and fire-suppressant equipment to fight fire both inside and outside the vehicle. To generate special wideband signals to jam landmine fuse control devices, vehicle is outfitted with the RP-377IV wideband signal generator. BMR-3M mounts a cargo platform to carry the KMT-7 mine roller/plough sections. To load them onto cargo platform and unload them from it, vehicle is provided with a derrick crane fitted with a manually-driven winch. The vehicle has a crew of five: commander, driver and three combat engineers. BMR-3M has two compartments for housing troops and the power plant.
Basic specifications Weight, t: vehicle 43 vehicle with KMT-7 mine roller/plough 51 Crew 2+3 Armament 12.7mm remotely-controlled MG Sight PZU-7M Engine: type 12-cylinder V-type multi-fuel diesel power, kW/hp 618/840 Specific ground pressure, kg/sq. cm 0.97 Speed, km/h: mine clearing 5-12 trench digging 8-12 max road 60 Fuel endurance, km 550
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