TSAMTO, January 27. Three new sanitary armored vehicles of the tactical link of the Lens family have been delivered to the units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan.
The equipment delivered to the compound is intended for medical units stationed in the Dushanbe and Bokhtar military towns.
The Lens armored car is designed to search, collect and evacuate up to six wounded servicemen from the battlefield. The car was created on the basis of KAMAZ Typhoon with a 4x4 wheel formula and is equipped with a modern engine that provides a car weighing about 16 tons with a speed of more than 100 km/h.
The machine protects against all types of small arms, withstands an explosion of up to 8 kg in TNT equivalent under the wheel. The wheels are also armored, a car with a damaged wheel can drive up to 50 km more over rough terrain.
The cars will be tested by Russian servicemen for their intended purpose during tactical and special exercises at the Lyaur and Sambuli training grounds, the press service of the Central Military District reports.