Armored personnel carriers BTR MDM. BTR-MDM: airborne "Rakushka". BTR-MDM in the Russian Armed Forces
To participate in hostilities, she was born some time after its creation. Back in 1897 in Russia, the inventor Dvinitsky proved the possibility of installing a rapid-fire small-caliber gun on a vehicle. Despite the fact that this was later confirmed by successful tests, the commission from the Artillery Committee did not recommend the construction of even a prototype of a new combat vehicle. How and when did the first armored vehicles appear? What were the early car models and what are they like today? More on this later in the article.
Historical facts
The first combat-ready armored vehicle was the “military motor car.” It was demonstrated in London in 1902, on April 4th, by an engineer from England, Simms. This project was developed by the summer of 1898. The car was protected by a six-millimeter open-type armored hull, and three machine guns were covered with shields. The power of the four-cylinder engine, running on heavy fuel, reached 16 hp. With. However, the British War Ministry was as short-sighted as the Russian one in rejecting Simms' idea. But in the same year, 1989, a French company built a batch of semi-armored armed trucks.
The first armored personnel carriers of Russia
The construction of these machines from the First World War was led by Dobzhansky. They were designed at the Russian-Baltic plant. The carrying capacity of the vehicles reached two tons. The colonel was familiar with the production process of armored trucks at the French Creusot plant. Moreover, Dobzhansky even participated in their design. In Russia, armament and armoring of vehicles was carried out at that time near St. Petersburg, in Kolpino, at the Izhora plant. Due to the fact that the front needed protected vehicles, the chassis of serial trucks was simply sheathed with chromium-nickel katana, which could not be penetrated by a pointed bullet from two hundred steps. The protection was attached to the body with rivets. During construction, it was necessary to abandon the use of three heavy machine guns of the Maxim system as weapons. They were installed in the embrasures of the frontal sheet and sides.
Special purpose vehicles
Chassis
The Rakushka-M machine is equipped on each side with four support and five support rollers. They are covered with fine-link caterpillar tracks with rubber-metal hinges. The support rollers are mounted on air springs. The Rakushka-M armored personnel carrier has a variable three-mode ground clearance: maximum, working and minimum.
Conclusion
There are several modifications of the car. The basic one - "BTR-MD" - is designed on the basis of the "D" model combat vehicle. A modernized version has been developed and designed on the basis of the BDM-4M airborne combat vehicle. Two units of this equipment were delivered to the airborne troops in 2013. Before the end of the first half of the current year, 2014, ten Rakushka-M armored personnel carriers should be transferred to the Airborne Forces.
At first I started the test drive with the air of an expert. Of course, I drove a BMP-3, I already know everything. I set the manual throttle, pressed the starter and start button... The Barnaul diesel V10 UTD-29 roared from behind. It comes from the 80s, but is still relevant. And don’t rush to wince! It seems that if it were not for environmental and economic considerations, then ordinary civilian vehicles would still have old, time-tested motors, made according to the principle of no replacement for displacement.
Maximum power is 500 horsepower, and it’s a diesel! The driver warns: “There are a lot of horses in the car, and it’s light, so you need to release the brakes smoothly.” Of course, I still let go too quickly and get a well-deserved impulse to the back of my head... No wonder I miscalculated my strength – the BMP-3 with the same engine has 18.7 tons of combat weight, but here – 13.2. With 500 diesel horsepower, the Rakushka does not become a sports crossover, but for a tracked vehicle it is still extremely fast.
Airborne armored personnel carrier
BTR-MDM "Rakushka-M" developed by the design bureau of the Volgograd Tractor Plant on the basis of the BMD-3 to replace the BTR-D airborne forces. The development of a modernized version of the BTR-MDM on a chassis began in 2008 by SKBM Kurgan Machine-Building Plant (chief designer until October 2014 - S.S. Salnikov). The release of the series for military tests was carried out in 2014 by Kurgan machine-building plant(Kurgan).
In 2013, the first two BTR-MDM were delivered to the Airborne Forces for testing. The tests were planned to be completed in 2015. The first production batch of 12 BTR-MDM "Rakushka" was transferred to the Airborne Forces of the Western Military District on March 3, 2015.
It is expected that by 2025 the Airborne Forces will receive more than 2,500 Rakushka armored personnel carriers of various modifications.
BTR-MDM in the Russian Armed Forces
The first Rakushka-M BTR-MDMs were delivered to the Russian armed forces in 2015. According to Western data, as of 2018, the Airborne Forces have at least 30 BTR-MDMs.
Armored personnel carrier design
The body is made of welded armor plates. In the front and middle parts of the hull there is a wheelhouse with the crew and landing force of the armored personnel carrier. There are special niches above the tracks. At the rear of the car is the engine and transmission compartment. In the aft part of the cabin there is a hatch for dismounting the crew. The driver's seat is located in the front of the car. To the left and right of it there are seats for two members of the landing force. In the roof above the landing and driver positions there are three hatches for exiting the vehicle.
The chassis of the vehicle consists of five support and four support rollers on each side. The rollers are equipped with fine-linked caterpillar tracks with rubber-metal hinges. The track rollers are mounted on air springs. The ground clearance of the armored personnel carrier is variable and has three modes: minimum, working and maximum.
Booking: bulletproof. The armor of the hull and turret is capable of resisting enemy small arms and fragments of mines and shells. For additional protection of the crew and troops, an anti-fragmentation protection kit is installed in the vehicle.
Engine:
Diesel UTD-29 four-stroke, multi-fuel, liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated with a power of up to 500 hp.
Crew- 2 people + up to 13 landing troops (depending on the layout) Length- 6085 mm Width– 3150 mm Height– 2700 mm Clearance– 100-500 mm Combat weight– up to 13.2 t Maximum speed:- 70 km/h (on the highway) - 45-50 km/h (on a dirt road) - 10 km/h (afloat) Power reserve:- 500 km (highway) - 350 km (dirt road) Obstacles to be overcome:- ditch - 1.5 m - wall - 0.8 m - rise - 35 degrees.TTX BTR-MDM
BTR-MDM "Rakushka-M" during military tests in the Airborne Forces, 2014 (photo - Alexander Ryumin, http://itar-tass.com)
7.62 mm PKTM machine gun located in the commander's turret Ammunition - 8 x 250 rounds Front-mounted 7.62-mm machine gun PKTM installed in the left front part of the body with a sighting device TNP3VE01-01 Ammunition - 2 x 1000 rounds with a common power path Smoke screen mortars- 4 x 81-mm mortars for launching smoke grenades on the front plate of the armored personnel carrier hull.Armament
BTR-MDM "Rakushka-M" at the ArmsEXPO-2013 exhibition (photo - Vitaly Kuzmin, http://vitalykuzmin.net)
The armored personnel carrier is equipped with a digital information and control system IUS-Sh. Sighting and observation equipment: three periscopic devices on the driver's hatch (the central one can be equipped with a night vision device). A sighting system was also installed for firing a machine gun and monitoring the terrain.Equipment
Modifications:
Object 955 / BTR-MD "Shell"- a basic model of an armored personnel carrier developed on the BMD-3 chassis.
BTR-MDM "Rakushka-M"- modernized version on the chassis.
BMM-D- armored medical landing vehicle / armored ambulance transporter - BMM-D1. A variant of the vehicle for a medical platoon is the BMM-D2.
"New Defense Order. Strategies"
, at the beginning of January, at the Slobodka Airborne Forces training ground, this is the base of the Tula Airborne Forces, rig tests of the newest armored transporters entering the Russian troops since 2013 took place.
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“Object 955”, also known as the MDM armored personnel carrier, was developed at VgTZ as part of the Rakushka design and development project. Design and technical specifications, multi-purpose amphibious high-speed armored airborne and air-transportable tracked vehicle for solving transport problems of amphibious assault units and airborne troops. Unlike the popular BMD-BTR-D family used by the troops, the airborne BTR-MD differs from the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle in its slightly increased hull dimensions and the absence of a turret.
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BMD-BTR-D, BTR-MD airborne armored personnel carrier
, were tested in order to ensure the timely equipping of the Airborne Forces with modern weapons. For the landing force, this type of equipment has a unique armored, super-maneuverable tracked vehicle “Minibus” for use in conditions of direct enemy influence. In addition, the vehicle commander now has the ability to fire a machine gun on the move in a 360” sector without putting his life in danger.
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During controlled military operation, regular crews of units, under the control of representatives of the manufacturer, test the latest technology in conditions close to combat.
Let's watch a selection of videos from MDM Shell.
This machine has recently been tested. All crews are exclusively contract military personnel. Latest designs military equipment Armored personnel carrier MDM "Shell" armored personnel carrier photo
come within the framework of the state defense order.
Mdm armored personnel carrier Shell photo
At the Slobodka Airborne Forces training ground, the delivery of airborne combat units and evacuation from operation sites was demonstrated, regardless of the complexity of the terrain or the combat situation on the BTR-MDM. At the same time, combat vehicles carried out automatic fire in defense from standard weapons, passed a tank route with shooting, overcame a rutted bridge, scarp, anti-tank ditch, mound, slope, mine-explosive obstacles, etc. In addition, the capability of the predecessor of the “Rakushka” - the BTR- D, which has been in service with the Airborne Forces since the 1970s.
Shell armored personnel carrier Slobodka base of the Tula Airborne Forces
Tactical and technical characteristics of the armored personnel carrier MD
Armored personnel carrier modifications
- BTR-MD - basic modification based on the BMD-4 airborne combat vehicle
- BMM-D - armored medical landing vehicle (armored ambulance transporter - BMM-D1, armored medical platoon vehicle - BMM-D2
- BTR-MDM - a modernized version based on the BMD-4M airborne combat vehicle
newest armored personnel carriers photos
On this moment there are about 30 units in military units "Armored personnel carrier Shell photo", about 10 more MDM armored personnel carriers will enter service in 2015 as part of the state defense order.
New airborne armored personnel carrier "object 955" created on the topic "Shell" based on the chassis of an airborne combat vehicle BMD-4. In various sources it has unofficial designations: BTR-D-3, BTRD-3 or BTR-MD. In the future, this armored personnel carrier should replace BTR-D. It is a multi-purpose, high-speed armored amphibious airborne and air-transportable tracked vehicle for solving the transport tasks of units and units of the airborne troops and amphibious assault forces. He has increased efficiency and operational characteristics, and the design meets all modern requirements for air transportability, airborne landing and landing from naval landing ships, as well as quickly overcoming large water obstacles. The dimensions of the hull in terms of length and width are chosen to ensure the characteristics of the vehicle in terms of high mobility and cross-country ability, as well as transportability, and in height to ensure the requirements for maximum buoyancy reserve and the required carrying capacity.
BTR-MD has a cabin-type hull with high side plates and flat roof, occupying the anterior and middle part to the motor septum. It is made in cross section with a widened upper part having internal fender niches. At the rear of the cabin there is a longitudinal opening with an inclined hatch for the crew to exit. The body has devices for attaching landing gear. The lengths of the control compartments, the middle compartment and the logistics department are in the ratio 2.1:2:1.9.
In the bow of the car in the center there is a driver's seat with controls (including an adjustable steering column), and to the right and left of it there are two universal seats (all seats are placed on an elevated floor), and in the roof there are three upper ones hatch. The driver's middle hatch has three periscope observation devices; the central one can be replaced with a night vision device. In front of the right hatch there is a sight-observation device for conducting aimed fire from a directional machine gun mount (7.62 mm). On the roof of the hull on the left, on the running device, there is a turret with an autonomous closed machine gun mount with a 7.62 mm machine gun, with an external power supply system, sighting and instrument systems and an illuminator. She has lifting mechanism, as well as a universal commander-operator seat connected to the upper shoulder strap and an upper hatch.
In the middle compartment along the sides of the car in the lower part there are double side seats that recline towards the side, three per side. There are brackets and removable devices for installing and securing multi-tiered stretchers with wounded along both sides of the vehicle, as well as devices for securing various cargo (boxes with ammunition, containers with liquid substances, etc.) using seat belts with locks. At the top in the central part there are two longitudinal rectangular hatches with covers. In the aft part, on the left there is a compartment with an autonomous power unit, on the right there is an air duct with a retractable air intake pipe, to which a pipe can be connected to ensure air intake in conditions of roughness of the water surface up to three points. The external air purification system with a filter and ventilation unit is located on the starboard side. Each side of the troop compartment has one lockable loophole with a ball mount for firing personal weapons.
In the engine-transmission compartment there is a turbocharged boxer diesel engine located along the axis of the machine, with an ejector-fan cooling system and in the same block with it a central gear and rotation mechanism, which has a reversible hydromechanical twin-shaft gearbox. Water-jet propulsors with an impeller with a diameter of 340 mm are made with spring-loaded dampers and on-board ejection pumping devices. The drive to the water cannons is carried out from the reversible shaft of the gearbox.
Chassis BTR-MD with a rear drive wheel, consists (on board) of five single-pitch support rollers and four support rollers. The air springs of the suspension, located inside the body, have a hydraulic device for steplessly changing the vehicle's ground clearance with fixed clearance positions: minimum, working, maximum. Each air spring has a hydraulic shock absorber built into it. The caterpillar is small-linked, with sequential rubber-metal hinges.
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Left front view of the BTR-MD in the stowed position (top) and left front view of the body of the armored personnel carrier:
1, 3, 4 – landing hatches in the roof; 2 – antenna; 5.9 – ejectors of the engine cooling system; 6, 7 – spare parts boxes; 8 – devices for attaching landing equipment; 10 – drive wheel; 11 – caterpillar; 12 – support roller; 13 – support roller; 14 – on-board ball valve; 15 – viewing device; 16 – guide wheel; 17 – commander’s cupola hatch; 18 – commander’s cupola on a ball bearing; 19 – machine gun mount searchlight; 20 – remote machine gun installation; 21 – driver’s hatch; 22 – wave-reflective shield; 23 – bracket for installing a forward machine gun; 25 – roof sheet; 26 – aft hatch opening; 27 – cover of the air intake compartment; 28 – tank-roof; 29 – removable roof sheet; 30 – back sheet; 31 – hole for installing a fan; 32 – hole for water flow pipe; 33 – hole for final drive; 34 – cover of the electrical unit compartment; 35 – middle side top sheet; 36 – side bevel of the bottom (redan); 37 – lower side sheet.
a1, a2, a3, a4– angles of inclination of the lower sheets of the body to the horizon; L– body length; VC– body width; Nk– body height; N– body height in MTO.