Image source: Photo: Bulletin of Mordovia
The Russian army has accepted and is receiving various modern equipment, including the UBIM universal armored engineering vehicle. The material "Nobody without us!" Alexey Vesnin's article on this topic was published in the latest issue of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
In an interview, the head of the engineering troops of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky, on the day of his professional holiday, spoke about participating in a special military operation and about the changes taking place.
New universal minelayers on tracked and wheeled chassis, heavy-duty robotic mine clearance systems, and various weapons concealment and imitation kits are reported. It also mentions the completion of the development of promising remote mining tools and new ammunition for them.
Image source: Photo: Bulletin of Mordovia
As for UBIM, this development can perform various tasks under enemy fire, including overcoming minefields, making passages in rubble, filling ravines and craters, evacuating equipment, etc.
For this purpose, there is a powerful bulldozer blade, a boom with a maximum load capacity of 7,500 kg with an excavator bucket or a hydraulic hammer.
A remote-controlled combat module with a 12.7 mm 6P49 Kord machine gun, with television and thermal imaging channels, as well as a laser rangefinder is mounted on the roof. It was reported that these weapons can be used to shoot mines lying on the ground. There is a video review system.
Image source: Photo: Bulletin of Mordovia
Weight - 54100 kg. The engine power is 1130 hp. The maximum speed is 60 km/h. The fuel reserve is 500 km. Calculation: 2 people, besides them there may be three more fighters inside.
Roman Katkov
