02.03.2014 9:43
OVERSEAS SERVICE FOR BTR-4
Indonesia planned to increase the capacity of their Marines through the purchase of a new Ukrainian and Russian armored vehicles . To equip the Marine Corps Navy Indonesia will purchase from Ukraine party BTR- 4 , and from Russia has delivered infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3F .
The first contract for the supply of five games Ukrainian BTR-4 will be signed in the near future , during the first quarter of this year - say the State Concern " Ukroboronprom ." Will perform his Ukrainian plants under the auspices of the state self-financing foreign trade enterprise " Spetstehnoeksport " Members of the GC " Ukroboronprom ." In turn, the Minister of Defense Purnomo Yusgiantoro of Indonesia said that just to be procured 55 Ukrainian BTR-4 . " Four" should replace the Soviet BTR- 50P, which is now in the arsenal of the Indonesian Marines more than 70 pieces. Armored personnel carrier BTR - amphibian -50P was based on a floating tank PT -76 and was made in the USSR in 1966 BTR -50P with two crew members can carry up to 20 people and is designed for airborne crossing water obstacles. But an impressive capacity for BTR -50P armored paying weak and limited fire capabilities .
In turn, the BTR-4 - a machine that is different and impressive armored protection , and fire potential. " Quartet " was developed enterprise « Kharkiv Machine Building Design Bureau them . Morozova " in 2007 Malyshev and manufacturing plants . The layout is different from armored vehicles previously created and mass-produced Soviet APC ( BTR-60/70/80 ) and the Russian BTR- 90 . In BTR-4 branch management taken in front of the body , the force from the engine compartment - the central part of the APC on the left side behind the driver , and provided with a passage on the starboard side , the troop compartment is at the rear . In 2012 this new wheeled armored version of BTR- 4E was adopted by the Ukrainian army. Crew of an armored personnel carrier - 3 people ( commander, driver , gunner ) . Marines - 8 people. On the BTR-4 can be fitted with various types of universal combat modules remotely operated weapon designed for light AFVs . The highlight of the Ukrainian combat units is the use of managed antitank weapons with a range missile launch up to 5 km . Weapon module manages gunner whose jobs - landing in office . The layout of the BTR- 4 allows to transform fighting and troop compartments without changing the layout solutions for the power plant and transmission for a wide family of machines - linear APC commander , sanitation , repair and recovery vehicle .
First the interest of Indonesia to the Ukrainian amphibious armored wheel formula 8x8 was announced in late 2012 Then after a meeting with Ukrainian arms exporters Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro of Indonesia stated that Ukraine and Indonesia are going to sign an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the defense sector. And soon visited Ukraine Defense Ministry official delegation of Indonesia to examine the capacity of Ukrainian military-industrial complex - including , and production of new armored vehicles . By that time, Ukraine has already been executed in 2009, signed a contract with Iraq for the supply of 420 armored personnel carriers BTR -4 and machines based on it . This contract was a serious challenge to the Ukrainian defense industry. Since 2009 most of the technological chain for serial production of the BTR- 4 in Ukraine was not simple. Supply of three years a large number of new APCs required considerable consolidation of the defense industry. That did not happen . By 2012 , as previously planned , the contract was not fulfilled - due to a number of organizational, financial and technical reasons . Its implementation is still going on .
In turn , the expected signing of a full contract with Indonesia gives you all the features of the Ukrainian " hone " technology to produce armored vehicles and demonstrate to both customers and market a real advantage in the new design. In what kind of configuration and in what " form " will buy BTR-4 Indonesia - is not yet known . When averaged price indices for 55 cars Ukraine may receive income in the range of $ 60 to $ 80 million replacement for the BTR -50P APC -4 Indonesian side plans to hold period 2015-2019 gg. But perhaps delivery Ukrainian BTR will be more concise.
Until 2019 Jakarta also plans to significantly increase the arsenal purchased from Russian BMP-3F . Marines fighting vehicle BMP-3F developed based on the BMP- 3 and is designed to improve mobility , armament , protection marine units . The design of the BMP-3F compared with BMP-3 is amended to increase the buoyancy and stability of the machine. Afloat machine can move at a level of excitement in 3 points and is shooting with the required accuracy at the level of excitement to 2 points . These parameters are , incidentally, comparable with " floating " BTR-4 capabilities .
First 17 BMP-3F on the contract in 2007 worth $ 40 million were delivered to Indonesia in 2010 Payment of the contract has been funded by a loan of $ 1 billion granted to Indonesia Russia to pay for deliveries of Russian military products . In 2012 Indonesia and the Ministry of Defence "Rosoboronexport" signed a second contract for the supply of 37 Russian BMP-3F in the amount of $ 114 million was also signed a technology transfer agreement , which allows to establish repair BMP-3F and their weapons at the facilities of the Indonesian state military-industrial association PT. Pindad. Manufacture of machinery at JSC " Kurgan Engineering Works" , which also trained Indonesian military marines. Produced were transferred to the Ministry of Defense BMP Indonesia in January 2014 At the ceremony of receiving the Minister of Defence of Indonesia said that all Marines country plans to have 95 cars of family BMP-3F - 81 BMP-3F linear ten commanding BMP- 3FK and four ARV - A . That, in fact , may be regarded as the announcement of another contract for the purchase of Russian BMP .
Indonesian marines now has two operational groups divisional structure ( brigade of marines with reinforcements ) and third marine brigade . New equipment export production will come to the arsenal of all three teams - as a replacement for the BTR -50P and light amphibious tanks of Soviet-made PT-76 , proven in Indonesian conditions. But part of the PT-76 will remain in the ranks. Especially those who have undergone modernization - with the installation of new engines , transmission towers and the Belgian company CMI (Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie) with 90 - mm cannon.
In 2013 it became known that the leading Ukrainian developer of precision anti-tank missiles - State Kyiv Design Bureau "Luch" CMI and the company implemented a very interesting joint project . Its essence is that the ammunition 90mm gun turret Cockerill , a new ammo - Ukrainian shot antitank guided missile Falarick 90 . The missile can be fired through the bore 90 -mm cannon and hit armored targets at a distance of up to 4 km , which is more than twice as far , compared to other standard shells boeukladki . Substantial increase in firepower with the PT-76 bashey Cockerill can be very interesting proposal for further modernization of the Indonesian amphibious tanks . And this is another one - but not the only - opportunity for Ukraine to expand its military presence in the Indonesian market , which every year becomes more and more capacious . And so - and more attractive ...
Volodymyr Tkach , Defense Express
