The Kurganets-25 is a new generation of armored fighting vehicles designed to replace the BMP-2 and MT-LB vehicles in motorized units of the Russian army. With outstanding power in firepower, electronic weapons and mobility, this is considered one of the best multi-purpose armored vehicles in the world.
The military parade on May 9 in Russia’s Red Square had the participation of many weapons that have undergone major modernization. Among them is the promising armored fighting vehicle on the Kurganets-25 platform – this year for the first time appeared in public with the BM “Epoch” turret. Its main feature is armed with a 57 mm automatic cannon, which is effective against both light armored vehicles and small UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
From the observations of analyst Andrey Kots, it can be seen that the Russians displayed a new variant of the Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicle with the 57 mm BM “Epoch” turret – different from the 30 mm cannon in the reviews. former soldiers. According to analyst Ryabov Kirill, the LShO-57 differs from the well-known 57 mm 2A91 cannon in a number of features including a shorter barrel (barrel length 40 times the size) and no recoil compensation. This design makes the ballistics more stretchable, but at the same time, it also requires the development of new ammunition such as fragmentation explosive ammunition (suitable for the requirements of anti-UAV combat as mentioned above) and armor-piercing ammunition.
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