At the 9th International Exhibition of Military Equipment, Arms and Ammunition “Russian Exhibition of Arms. Nizhniy Tagil-2013”(Russia Arms EXPO 2013), one of the leading Russian manufacturers of trucks, the Ural automobile plant, presented several interesting new products intended for Russian law enforcement agencies. We are talking about a family of multifunctional armored vehicles "Typhoon-U" created on the basis of a modular principle, super-blast-resistant Ural-53099 vehicles, as well as Ural-VV vehicles for the Internal Troops. We are talking about the creation of a tactical family of vehicles of various wheel formulas, which will be distinguished by high unification.
The Russia Arms EXPO 2013 exhibition was traditionally held in Nizhny Tagil from 25 to 28 September. Within the framework of the exhibition, the novelties of the Ural were not only shown, but also demonstrated their unique ability to overcome obstacles (within the framework of a dynamic display). The basis of the exposition of the automobile plant was the family of multifunctional well-protected armored vehicles "Typhoon-U", which are designed to solve a wide range of tactical tasks, transport special cargo, towing trailed systems on all types of terrain and roads. This is a promising family of new generation armored vehicles, which is distinguished by enhanced protection of the crew, main components and assemblies, cargo from bullets and shrapnel, as well as a unique mine protection system. A number of innovative design solutions were implemented in the machines presented at the exhibition.
The Typhoon-U car is a mobile platform that allows, from a set of certain modules (power plant, control module, axle, etc.) to create cars with different wheel formulas, different levels of security, while the car is based on a bonnet arrangement … This design, with a sufficiently large mass of armor protection of the vehicle, allows for optimal distribution of the load on the ground, which provides the Typhoon with excellent cross-country ability. At the same time, cars of the Ural family, in contrast to their counterparts, have a high level of unification in terms of component and aggregate base.
Typhoon-U
This year, the Russian armed forces should receive the first experimental-industrial batch of tactical multipurpose armored vehicles "Typhoon-U". These machines must take part in the program of state and military tests. In total, according to the site rosoboronpostavka.rf, 30 units of this equipment were to be produced, the total cost of the batch will be 1 billion 74 million rubles.
The development of these armored vehicles is a kind of technological breakthrough for the Russian defense industry, since, despite the urgent need for such vehicles since the war in Afghanistan, our army was content with only trucks with local armor. If such military equipment had appeared in the Russian army earlier, then, perhaps, it would have been possible to avoid so many casualties in the protracted conflict in the Caucasus and various peacekeeping operations that have been carried out by the Russian army over the past two decades. At the same time, the Russian designers did not sit idly by, even in the conditions of scarce funding, work on the creation of promising military equipment was carried out, but for quite understandable reasons these machines were not purchased by the army.
Just a couple of years ago, information appeared that in Russia, in Naberezhnye Chelny and Miass, new cars of the promising Typhoon family were developed. The KamAZ variant received an addition to the main name in the form of the letter "K", and the cars from the Urals received the designation "Typhoon-U". The very first public display of these modern armored vehicles caused a storm of delight, even among those people who are far from military equipment. Many recognized the fact that the presented cars are in no way inferior to modern Western models.
Indeed, the well-protected Typhoon-U armored vehicle has a fairly substantial weight, about 24 tons. Its armor protection uses the most advanced world technologies. The issue of increasing mine resistance has been radically resolved. In addition to the already traditional V-shaped bottom of the machine, it itself is made of multilayer, a special anti-mine pallet is used. In addition, the floor inside the car is made on special elastic elements, and the troopers are placed in the car on special shock-absorbing seats, which are equipped with belts and head restraints.
Within the framework of the Nizhny Tagil exhibition, the public was shown for the first time a protected armored vehicle "Ural-53099", presented in a modification with a 4x4 wheel arrangement. The car is distinguished by the presence of an armored one-volume hull for transporting 10 people. This car is completely unified with 6x6 vehicles. A torquey and quite maneuverable car, equipped with a 350 hp engine. with. will be used to recruit command posts and command posts, deploy a variety of weapons. More than two dozen leading defense companies of the country took part in the creation of this armored car. In particular, the resistance to detonation and armor protection of the car were calculated by the specialists of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Nuclear Physics, the All-Russian Research Institute of Nuclear Physics.
Another novelty is the well-protected Ural-VV vehicle for the Russian security forces, which was designed according to the terms of reference of the Russian Interior Ministry's main command. Ural-VV meets all the tasks set by the customer as much as possible and has no analogues. The armored car with a 6x6 wheel arrangement has a one-volume armored body in which you can safely accommodate up to 17 soldiers of internal troops in full armor and has a strong anti-mine protection. The layout of the armored car is free, which makes it possible to install on it various variants of combat modules and equipment, depending on the assigned operational tasks. The powerful YMZ Euro-4 engine and the well-proven chassis of the Ural-4320 multipurpose vehicle provide the new product with high reliability and a modern technical level. This car will become the basis for a whole family of tactical protected vehicles with a high degree of unification and differing in different wheel formulas. The car can be used by all, without exception, Russian power structures.
Ural-53099
Basic in the family are multifunctional all-wheel drive protected three-axle vehicles "Ural-63095" (Typhoon-U) and "Ural-63099". The samples presented at the exhibition have been modernized. Ural-63099 (wheel arrangement 6x6) is a modern armored vehicle with a single-volume hull, which provides good protection for the crew, main components and assemblies, small arms cargo, and is also equipped with mine protection. The single-volume body of this car is designed to transport 12 people.
The frame armored vehicle "Ural-63095" (wheel arrangement 6x6) is a bonnet multifunctional modular vehicle. Its functional module has 16 seats. The car's cabin is three-seater, armored, it has a folding berth. Both vehicles have independent suspension with adjustable ride height and are designed to transport personnel and special cargo on any type of road. Up to several dozen different weapons systems, as well as military equipment for the Airborne Forces, Ground Forces and other security forces, can be installed on these armored vehicles.
These cars are equipped with an automatic 6-speed gearbox, engines of increased power - 450 hp, which are produced by the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, which is part of the GAZ Group, as well as a mechanical 2-speed transfer case. The vehicles are equipped with a double-acting power steering. While solving combat missions, vehicles are able to overcome almost two-meter fords, vertical walls up to 0.6 meters high and rises up to 60%.
Ural-VV
Both new items are equipped with 2 fuel tanks with a capacity of 210 liters each, which exclude the possibility of fuel outflow and ignition. The range of vehicles is more than 1000 km. Armored vehicles are equipped with a modern electronic control system with an open architecture, this system is highly reliable. This system not only displays to the driver all the necessary information about the condition of the units and components of the machine, but is also able to perform the necessary diagnostics. If necessary, it can automatically inform the CP about the condition and location of the machine, as well as connect to external control systems. At the same time, research is underway on factory samples to study robotic control of armored vehicles without human intervention.
At the exhibition, a wide delegation of Russian and foreign military personnel got acquainted with the products of the engineers of the Miass automobile plant. In addition, the exhibition was visited by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, with whom came Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Dmitry Manturov and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Ural Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh. All of them got acquainted with the products of Russian and foreign manufacturers presented at the exhibition, talked with developers and designers of military equipment. And then, at the test site, they were able to watch the demonstration of military equipment.
