Russian Army to receive over 400 armored vehicles this year
The Army will get advanced T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks, as well as infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, Russia's Defense Ministry says
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 12/01/2021
A T-90 tank. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T-90M.jpg
The Russian Defense Ministry announced this week that units of the country's Army will receive more than 400 armored vehicles in 2021. The Army will get T-72B3M, T-80BVM and T-90M tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), upgraded BMP-2M IFVs with the Berezhok combat module, and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, according to the ministry.
The Army Recognition website said that last year Army units were to receive more than 460 improved BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and upgraded BTR-82AM APCs, over 35 Msta-SM self-propelled artillery systems with an automated fire control system, more than 120 upgraded T-72B3M tanks, and over 30 Taifun 4×4 armored vehicles. So far, there has been no mention of T-14 Armata tanks and T-15 Armata IFVs.
The Army will get advanced T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks, as well as infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, Russia's Defense Ministry says
A T-90 tank. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T-90M.jpg
The Russian Defense Ministry announced this week that units of the country's Army will receive more than 400 armored vehicles in 2021. The Army will get T-72B3M, T-80BVM and T-90M tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), upgraded BMP-2M IFVs with the Berezhok combat module, and BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, according to the ministry.
The Army Recognition website said that last year Army units were to receive more than 460 improved BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and upgraded BTR-82AM APCs, over 35 Msta-SM self-propelled artillery systems with an automated fire control system, more than 120 upgraded T-72B3M tanks, and over 30 Taifun 4×4 armored vehicles. So far, there has been no mention of T-14 Armata tanks and T-15 Armata IFVs.
