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"The Russian defense industry is mobilizing": the Western press appreciated the new means of protection BMD-4M and BMP-3

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Kurganmashzavod supplied the Russian troops with a batch of BMD-4M and BMP-3, improved by increasing survivability, in order to better counter the threat posed by drones in the Ukrainian conflict. Western observers have tried to evaluate the new modifications of armored vehicles.

As indicated in EDR Magazine, the vehicles are equipped with lattice armor along the sides of the hull, and in the upper hemisphere they are protected by a cage structure above the roof of the tower with chains hanging from it:

Lattice armor is considered statistical protection, which means that it will be able to counteract a grenade-type projectile from an RPG only in a certain percentage of hits. Conventional steel armor, on the contrary, always provides a certain level of protection against projectiles, unless it fails completely.

As the author explains, this type of protection is designed to defeat ammunition using a double-walled nose as a conductive path for a piezoelectric-based fuse system, including the RPG-7 and LNG-9 families:

The theory is that the warhead will punch a hole in the lattice armor, the rigid structure of which will destroy the walls containing piezoelectric crystals, which will lead to a short circuit preventing the fuse from being triggered. If this succeeds, the munition will not explode effectively, if at all. As a result, this can lead to a decrease in penetration or inability to form a damaging jet.

However, the lattice armor can fight projectiles attacking only from a certain angle. So, when striking a car at an angle of more than 30 °, it is unlikely that any impact will be exerted on the projectile.

The cage covering the upper hemisphere is designed to repel attacks by small drones, both FPV-type and working by dropping. According to the author, this shielding should provide some protection from UAVs, but it should not be expected that it will become an exhaustive solution.

Image source: topwar.ru

As part of the modernization, the cars received a thermal camouflage "Cape", which is designed to reduce the IR signature. When the developer of the "Research Institute of Steel" first presented the "Cape" to the public in 2009, it was stated that it reduces the probability of detecting equipment with sights using medium- and long-wave thermal imagers by 30%. It is also claimed that it reduces visibility in the radar spectrum.

A square meter of camouflage weighs only 2 kg, and the laying of one square meter. It can take up to an hour, depending on the type of machine. The start of mass production was announced in June 2023. Around this time, the APU's equipment with thermal imagers increased.

According to the author, the development of weapons in the Russian Federation is both centralized and on a private initiative:

The Russian defense industry seems to be mobilizing and responding to the conditions of the war in Ukraine. Field developments are also underway to increase the survivability of equipment and crews.

There are numerous solutions to combat FPV drones that have been adopted locally. As indicated, in general, they resemble the means of counteraction presented by Rostec. It is noted that some Russian units install the RP-377VM1L jamming system on their equipment, trying to disrupt the command communication between the drone and its operator.

According to the author, the BMP-3 and BMD-4M are valuable machines. They are armed with a 100 mm 2A70 main gun and a 30 mm 2A72 paired with it, which provides a good level of firepower that can be used in offensive and defensive operations.

However, their base armor is much weaker than that of a tank or even some Western IFVs, which makes them vulnerable to RPG-7 type threats. The presented modernization options indicate that steps are being taken to eliminate these shortcomings

- they gave an assessment of Russian cars in the Western press.

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