Zhivov: The BMP-3 is increasingly being referred to as a morally outdated platform.
Photo: Official website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia mil.ru June 9 – IA SM.News. The realities of modern local conflicts and the Special Military Operation (SMO) compel military experts to rethink the concept of the Soviet BMP-3, which is rapidly losing its relevance on the battlefield. Developed in the late 1980s with an eye toward global maneuver warfare and river crossings, the vehicle has become a hostage to its own design compromises. Today, its weak mine resistance, vulnerable aluminum hull, and overly complicated layout of the troop compartment are facing harsh criticism from participants in the SMO and experts. In conditions of total dominance by FPV drones and artillery, the BMP-3 is increasingly referred to as a morally outdated platform that requires not just modernization, but a radical replacement with new heavy armored vehicles. "Our defense industry continues to deliver BMP-3s to the troops with minor changes and electronic warfare systems. Even without additional armor. Two years ago, I would have been surprised by this," said war correspondent Alexey Zhivov. However, according to the expert, all public texts and proposals from war correspondents about the problems at the front are useless, as the recipients in the leadership completely ignore them. "Moreover, if no one wants to restore the old anti-aircraft systems, then where is the praised 'Derivation of Air Defense,' which was 'specially developed against drones'? Apparently, they are working in tandem with the 'Coalition'," Zhivov concluded. The expert hints that in reality, there are no significant quantities of these machines at the front, despite the fact that FPV drones and reconnaissance UAVs have become the main threat to infantry and armored vehicles. The latest self-propelled artillery system (SAU) "Coalition-SV" is another example of "piece" weaponry that has long existed mainly in the media and in testing. Old Soviet systems (for example, the classic anti-aircraft guns AZP-57 of the S-60 system or old modifications of "Shilkas") are also reluctantly restored and equally reluctantly modernized centrally.
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