Various areas of modernization of the Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle will be presented on October 28-31 in Thessaloniki (Greece) at a specialized exhibition of land, sea and air defense systems "Defense-2010" (DEFENSYS 2010). This was reported to the ARMS-TASS correspondent in the press service of the Corporate Governance Company LLC Tractor Plants Concern.
During the exhibition, it is also planned to hold a presentation of the BMP-3M. According to the source, the experience of operating in various regions of the world and taking into account modern requirements for combat equipment allowed the specialists of the Special Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering and OJSC Kurganmashzavod to increase the firepower, mobility, security and ergonomics of the BMP-3. In particular, the use of a new fire control system, the installation of a new generation gunner's sight and an additional thermal imaging sight, an ATGM loading mechanism, a more powerful UTD-32 engine, an automatic gear shifting system, as well as additional armor screens made it possible to raise the vehicle to a qualitatively new technical level. All this will be demonstrated during the "Defense-2010".
The press service emphasized that the equipment of the machine is made in accordance with the wishes of consumers. Potential customers will be able to see this at the exhibition. According to the source, the specialized enterprises of the Tractor Plants concern today are capable of creating modern models of equipment that meet the highest demands of the military throughout the world. This work is carried out within the framework of the comprehensive "Program of innovative development and technological modernization of the holding's enterprises, calculated for the period 2010-2016".
