The armies in the states were created to protect against various attacks and guard the borders, and military vehicles were called upon to help them in this. At the same time, both people and technology are very closely interconnected. It is impossible to provide technical support to the troops with inefficient equipment, as well as it is unrealistic to drive military vehicles to untrained people.
Each state seeks to surpass neighboring countries with its technical equipment, and the outcome of the battle often depends on vehicles and their fire support. Billions of dollars are allocated annually for the development and improvement of technology. World war machines are becoming more and more functional and dangerous every year. Those countries that, due to various circumstances, cannot develop or produce equipment for the army, apply the development of other states on a commercial basis. And Russian military equipment in some positions is in good demand, even its outdated models.
Armored personnel carriers and tanks
Undoubtedly, armored vehicles have a significant impact on the outcome of the battle with skillful action planning. And the better maneuverability and security the military vehicles have, the greater are the chances of victory with the least losses. To date, not a single country in the world has been able to surpass the modified T90 tank. And even the “Leopards” and “Shermans” lose to him in all the tactical and technical characteristics, despite his main drawback. But the main tank, which all potential opponents of Russia fear, is the Armata. It will begin to be put into service in 2015. Moreover, the “Almaty” platform turned out to be so successfully designed and versatile that it is planned to produce BMPs and armored personnel carriers on it.
Armored vehicles for the infantry and landing troops of the Russian Federation are in no way inferior to the vehicles of France, Israel, Germany or the United States. Among the armored personnel carriers, it is worth noting the BTR 82 and BTR 82A, adopted for service in 2013. Today, Russian military vehicles for infantry have no equal in the world at all - not a single country has been able to create an analogue of BMP-3.
Multipurpose Protected Cars
It should be noted STS "Tiger", which is in service with the Russian army. Already during development, the task of unifying most of the spare parts and assemblies with armored personnel carriers was solved, which simplified repair work in difficult field conditions. Although many questions arise: in comparison with the American Hummer and the Italian Iveco, the Tiger is clearly losing. First of all, engine power and fuel consumption. However, the torsion bar suspension allows you to go where other cars get stuck. These Russian military vehicles are intended for escorting convoys, tanks, delivering goods and soldiers to their destination, conducting reconnaissance and anti-terrorist operations. Although the capacity is not too impressive - up to eight people or up to 1.2 tons of cargo.
Armored Trucks
Between two lovers of army equipment there will always be a discussion about which military vehicles are better. At the same time, there will be no winner in the dispute - any car has its advantages and disadvantages. Three models are quite remarkable: the Russian Ural-63099, the Swiss DURO-3, and the American ones on the FMTV platform.
DURO-3 has a wheel formula of 6 x 6, is armored. It is used by the Swiss army, as well as in units of Germany, Venezuela, Malaysia and the UK. It has good protection against fire, mines and fragmentation grenades. Can carry up to 10 crew members.
Trucks on the FMTV platform are in service with the United States and Iraq. This group has many modifications for use for various purposes: transportation of goods, people, water, ammunition. Management has too much electronics, which can be a significant disadvantage in an emergency.
Ural-63099 has no analogues so far. Equipped with mine protection, as well as from shells. A single-volume housing provides protection for the transported cargo, components and assemblies. The car can also tow platforms regardless of the presence and condition of roads, overcome 2-meter water barriers, as well as vertical barriers up to 0.6 meters. Fuel tanks are protected against fire.
Tractors for Strategic Missile Forces "Topol" and "Yars"
But missile systems on wheels until today have not been able to develop, except for Russia, not a single country in the world. MZKT-79221 was developed since the days of the USSR and managed to survive the times when an agreement on nuclear disarmament was signed. The 8-axle tractor can move on roads of any complexity, for a turn it needs only 34 meters of free space, can overcome various obstacles. Such military vehicles (the photo is presented in this article), together with missiles, make you respect Russia.
KamAZ "Typhoon"
"Typhoon" is a whole family of armored army vehicles. These military vehicles are used for various purposes: transporting personnel, organizing a mobile headquarters, radio and biochemical reconnaissance, guarding and escorting convoys, conducting fire support, and conducting reconnaissance operations. In addition to the armored hull, the Typhoon family cars have high wheel and underbody protection from undermining - they can withstand an explosion of 8 kg of TNT.
"Terminator" - a tank support combat vehicle
The development turned out to be so successful that the Israeli military became interested in it. They didn’t buy it, but they could not develop their own version, similar to the Russian one.
Meanwhile, these military vehicles appeared after the storming of Grozny. Tanks are not very good at fighting in the city, so they need support. Twin T-90 cannons, a Kord machine gun, anti-tank missiles, two grenade launchers were installed on the platform from the T-90 tank. "Terminator" is able to replace 40 people and 6 infantry fighting vehicles.
Military engineering vehicles
Engineering troops and their equipment are used not only in military conflicts of local or global scale. Engineering military vehicles are also used to eliminate the effects of various natural disasters. So, today in the Russian army IMR-3 is used. It was created on the basis of the T-72 and T-90 tanks. An engineering clearing machine is capable of digging or falling asleep a foundation pit, removing blockages, making paths in the forest, and loading and unloading.
In the USA there is a similar technique - the M1 Grizzly Bear. It is also mounted on the chassis of the Abrams tank and is capable of performing certain operations, like the Russian IMR-3. However, for its maintenance, 3 people are needed (only 2 in the domestic one), it has not only machine guns, but also grenade launchers for creating a smoke screen. But the Grizzly Bears is not functional enough, so it was not even put into serial production.
Until recently, the fighting vehicles of the world surpassed the technology of the Russian Federation. However, internal conflicts in Russia led to the fact that the defense industry sectors not only began to develop, but also created equipment that equals world standards, and in many cases surpasses them and has no analogues in the world.