The armor is strong: Russian “Tigers” were equipped with a remote-controlled combat module
At the end of January, the Russian army adopted the Tiger-M armored vehicle with the Arbalet-DM remote-controlled combat module.
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About it told in an interview with TASS CEO of the company that created the module “Weapon Workshops” Dmitry Galkin.
According to him, in addition to the Tigers, the Russian Ministry of Defense is interested in installing the Arbalet-DM on armored vehicles of the Typhoon family, MT-LB multi-purpose transporter tractors, as well as on the recently developed BT-3F tracked armored personnel carriers.
The Arbalet-DM combat module can be installed on wheeled and tracked armored vehicles, surface vessels and stationary security posts. The module is armed with a 12,7 mm Kord machine gun with 150 rounds of ammunition or a 7,62 mm PKTM machine gun with 250 rounds of ammunition.
“Arbalet-DM” can capture and automatically track targets from a standstill and in motion, and the television camera allows you to recognize a target at a distance of 2,5 km, and the thermal imaging camera – up to 1,5 km. The sighting system is also equipped with a laser rangefinder.
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