The fighters of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed LNR reanimated the existing single copy of the vehicle for providing crossings (MOP) "Holder".
She took part in the parade dedicated to the 76th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The development of the MOS was carried out in the 80s. To establish its mass production at the Lugansk diesel locomotive plant prevented the collapse of the Soviet Union.
For a long time, the prototype was at the manufacturer, but a couple of years ago it was mobilized for service in one of the divisions of the NM.
The "holder" is made on the basis of the armored floating conveyor PTS-3, which was also produced in this city. In the design of its undercarriage, elements from the Kharkiv T-64 main battle tank were used, so it has good cross-country ability and can develop up to 35 km / h in such conditions.
On the highway, the maximum speed reaches up to 60 km/h, and when forcing water obstacles - up to 15 km/h.
The 710-horsepower Chelyabinsk V-46-5 multi-fuel diesel engine has a fuel reserve of about 500 km.
A rotating turret with a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun was mounted on the roof of the sealed, protected cabin on the right side.
Since the 25-ton machine had a load capacity of 16 tons, it was equipped with excavator and bulldozer equipment, a hydraulic monitor, a motor drill and a winch. All this allows you to effectively perform various tasks in the interests of the engineering troops.
Alexey Moiseev
