Russia Confirmed Sale of 2 BREM-1M ARV to Vietnam
10 Juni 2019
BREM-1M ARV (photo : Military Today)
The import of armored repair and recovery vehicle BREM-1 Armored Rocovery Vehicles may be aimed at ensuring the combat performance of 64 T-90S/SK tanks.
The portal of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) has published data recording Russia's arms exports in 2018, including Vietnam.
The United Nations report noted that in 2018 Vietnam received 64 T-90S and T-90SK tanks from the Russian Federation under a previously signed contract.
Notably, according to this report, in 2018 Vietnam received at least 2 BREM-1 armored repair and recovery vehicles from the Russian Federation. This contract has no signed, detailed information, however it is likely that they are purchased to serve as a combat guarantee for the T-90S.
Although designed from the 1980s for the task of securing T-72 forces, the Soviet Army and even Russia still took advantage of armored vehicles BREM-1 to serve T-80 tank forces. and T-90.
The import of armored repair and recovery vehicle BREM-1 Armored Rocovery Vehicles may be aimed at ensuring the combat performance of 64 T-90S/SK tanks.
The portal of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) has published data recording Russia's arms exports in 2018, including Vietnam.
The United Nations report noted that in 2018 Vietnam received 64 T-90S and T-90SK tanks from the Russian Federation under a previously signed contract.
Notably, according to this report, in 2018 Vietnam received at least 2 BREM-1 armored repair and recovery vehicles from the Russian Federation. This contract has no signed, detailed information, however it is likely that they are purchased to serve as a combat guarantee for the T-90S.
Although designed from the 1980s for the task of securing T-72 forces, the Soviet Army and even Russia still took advantage of armored vehicles BREM-1 to serve T-80 tank forces. and T-90.
The main role of BREM-1 is to recover damaged vehicles and armor on the battlefield. It can pull damaged vehicles to the nearest shelter, carry out assembly or maintenance and repair of parts.
BREM-1M ARV (photo : Vitaly Kuzmin)
BREM-1 designed on the T-72A tank chassis has been modified a lot. The turret was removed and instead of a new superstructure, it was equipped with a bulldozer in front, crane, winch and many other specialized equipment. The vehicle is operated by a crew of only 3 people including the head of the car, the driver and the technical officer.
BREM-1's crane is about 4.4 m long with a load of 19 tons if raised at a height of 2 m and 3 tons if raised to 4.4 m. It is used to lift damaged or stuck vehicles. In addition, cranes can be used to lift repair facilities.
If it is necessary to pull damaged armored tanks, BREM-1 is equipped with 200 m long durable winch capable of towing vehicles weighing up to 50 tons, moving continuously for 220 km, average speed when pulling tanks on dirt roads up to 12km/h.
On the top side, there is a 3.1 m wide bulldozer that is used to dig or clean up rubble, fill craters, sewer ditches. In particular, BREM-1 with this blade can prepare firing position for tank within 12-20 minutes depending on the type of soil.
Incredibly, BREM-1 also has equipment for welding repair, can carry 1.5 tons of goods of all types when needed.
Regarding the protection level, the BREM-1 uses the T-72 tank chassis, so the composite armor remains the same, but there will still be NBC radiation biochemical defense system and automatic fire suppression system. There is also a 12.7 mm gun emplacement and 840 bullets on the vehicle.
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