Description
In the early days of the Afghan war, the Soviets began developing BMR series of mine clearing vehicles. Type BMR-1 (Su-122) entered service in 1982, Type BMR-2 (T-54) in 1985, and Type BMR-3 in 1995.
BMR-3 was based on T-72 tank chassis and fitted with KMT-7 mine roller and plow device.
The drum type mine roller could clear two channels in AT minefields 800mm wide at a speed of 12 km per hour, in waters up to 1m deep with a flow of 2m/sec. The vehicle is equipped with 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun.
BMR-3 was succeeded by Type BMR-3M (T-90) with ERA from 2000.
Item No | : 09552 |
Item Name | : Russian Armored Mine-Clearing Vehicle BMR-3 |
Bar Code | : 9580208095523 |
Scale | : 1:35 |
Item Type | : Plastic Model Armor Kit |
Model Brief | : Length: 298mm: Width: 126mm: |
Total Parts | : 1000+ |
Metal Parts | : copper cable , brass wire and chain: |
Photo Etched Parts | : 1 piece |
Film Parts | : n/a |
Resin Parts | : n/a |
Total Sprues | : 26 sprues , lower hull , upper hull and turret |
Released Date | : 2018-01 |
More Features | : The kit consists of over 1000 parts >the kit w/refined detail >multi-slide moulded lower hull >individual tracks >photo etched parts included |