State trials of the Atlet Armoured Vehicle, Russia’s latest armoured vehicle, will begin in the spring of 2021 and continue until late summer, the CEO of the MilitaryIndustrial Company (VPK), Alexander Krasovitsky, told TASS on Friday.
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"By now, Atlet has fully completed preliminary trials and is about to enter state trials. They will begin in the spring of 2021 and will continue until late summer of the same year," he said.
Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg Salyukov told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on December 9 that Atlet state trials will be completed next year.
The next-generation Atlet armoured vehicles have been developed by Military Industrial Company (VPK) on order from Russia’s Defence Ministry as part of the Atlet R&D work. The Atlet armoured vehicle was unveiled to the public at the Army-2019 international arms exhibition outside Moscow in June last year.
The Atlet armoured vehicle features a 4x4 wheeled platform and is designated to carry personnel and military cargoes providing the required level of protection, as well as to tow trailers and mount armament, military and special hardware.
In their standard configuration, the vehicles are equipped with anti-trauma seats for all crew members and with an air conditioning system. The armoured vehicles’ ballistic protection in its basic configuration corresponds to the 2nd level by general technical standards.
As compared to the Tigr armoured vehicle produced by Military Industrial Company (VPK), the Atlet armoured vehicle features an increased lifting capacity of up to 1,600 kg and anti-mine resistance enhanced threefold, a more powerful YaMZ-5347-24 Russian-made diesel engine with a maximum capacity of 240 hp.
Source: TASS
