The new BTR-82A enter in service with Russian army unit based in the Republic of Abkhazia

Around 40 new BTR-82A 8x8 armoured vehicle personnel carrier will enter in service at the beginning of this summer with the Russian army units based on the territory of the Republic of Abkhazia. The BTR-82A will take part for the first time at the military parade on the Red Square in Moscow.

The new BTR-82A 8x8 armoured personnel carrier at rehearsal for the military parade of May 9, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Credit Photo Vitaly Kuzmin)

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Russian airborne troops will be equipped soon with Tigr-M SPM-2 and Kamaz Typhoon armoured

The Russian Airborne Troops (RAT) will be mainly equipped with domestically-designed armored vehicles, including Tigr-M, RAT Commander Col. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said. “Our brigade-level air assault units will have an armored car component based on Tigr vehicles,” Shamanov said at a news conference in RIA Novosti on Monday. “The deliveries of Tigr-M will start soon, and the first recipients of these vehicles will be special forces units.”

Tigr SPM-2 4x4 tactical armoured vehicle at Engineering Technologies defence exhibition in Moscow, Russia.

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The new Tigr-M GAZ-233114 multipurpose 4x4 armoured will enter in service with Russian army

The Tigr-M GAZ-233114 4x4 multipurpose armoured vehicle will enter in service with the Russian army during the first half of 2013, said the spokesman of the military-industrial Company (VPK) Sergei Suvorov. All tests on the vehicle were achieved by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and at the request of the Russian army, the manufacturer improved its ability to have more protection against land mines.

The Tigr-M GAZ-233114 was showed during Engineering Technologies 2012, defence exhibition in Moscow, Russia.

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