RN-94

In 1995, the first prototype of a promising wheeled floating armored personnel carrier (6 × 6) was developed in Romania, developed jointly by the Romanian company RAIMIL and the Turkish Nurol . When creating the machine, components and assemblies of the chassis of the Romanian BTR TAB-77 (a variant of the Soviet BTR-70 ) and BTR-80 (is in service with the Turkish army ) were widely used. The second prototype BTR RN-94 was built at a factory in Turkey , and later another five units were manufactured there for field trials. The tests were completed in 1999 , while the mileage of each RN-94 armored personnel carrier amounted to 18 thousand km along roads and rough terrain. It was expected that the Turkish ground forces will place an order for the supply of a large batch of RN-94 in 1999 , but the difficulties that arose caused a temporary suspension of work under this program.

The BTR RN-94 has much in common with the Romanian BTR TAB-77 , along with several significant differences: the 6 × 6 wheel arrangement (the BAB TAB-77 has 8 × 8), a new hull design (landing is carried out not through the top hatches, but through located in the aft part of the two doors and another one on the right side), the power plant is located in the middle of the hull to the left of the driver’s seat , which allows the commander to monitor through the free space the landing squad. The body of the armored personnel carrier is sealed, fully welded, made of steel bulletproof and anti-fragmentation armor. If necessary, the thickness of the armor can be increased, but the car will lose the ability to move afloat. In addition to a crew of two people, an armored personnel carrier is capable of transporting 11 fully equipped infantrymen, one of which is an operator of tower weapons. A small tower is located behind the engine compartment in the center of the hull.

The first prototype was armed with a Romanian turret with coaxial 14.5 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns (an analogue of the BTR-70 / 80 turret), in the back of which 6 smoke grenade launchers were mounted. On the left side of the tower is a universal sight that allows you to fire at both ground and air targets. The embrasures for firing small arms similar to the BTR-80 (6 on the sides and 2 in the aft doors) were also installed on this machine. One of the variants of the armored personnel carrier was equipped with an open turret with an automatic 40-mm Mk 19 grenade launcher made in the USA. Later in Turkey, another version of the RN-94 was made, armed with the Dragar tower of the French company GIAT . A 25-mm GIAT M811 cannon is installed in the tower (produced under license by the Turkish company MKEK ) and a 7.62-mm machine gun coaxial with it. Guidance drives manual. Probably, on this modification, the landing was reduced by two people, since the tower has a large turret compartment. Another difference is the lack of embrasures for firing by paratroopers, only periscopes for observation are preserved.

The two front pairs of wheels are steered. Independent torsion bar suspension with hydraulic shock absorbers . The turning radius is 8 meters. For propulsion, there are two propellers in the ring nozzles located in the aft part of the hull and using power take-off from the engine. Ahead on the upper frontal sheet there is a raised waveguard. The power supply system of the BTR is 24 V. The machine is equipped with a system of protection against weapons of mass destruction and air conditioning.

• RN-94 (prototype with 14.5 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns)
• RN-94 (prototype with a 40 mm Mk19 grenade launcher)
• RN-94 (prototype with GIAT Dragar tower)
• RN-94 (prototype with a tower of the Israeli company Rafael ) Modifications of the armored personnel carrier RN-94 on which the combat module (weapons complex) OWS-25 of the Israeli company Rafael was experimentally installed (a similar complex is installed on the Romanian tracked infantry fighting vehicle MLI-84 M) . The structure of the module includes: 25-mm automatic gun, coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun and launcher for two anti-tank missiles " Baby-2 " with semi-automatic guidance over the wires ( Russian production). All weapons moved outside the habitable compartment. The module is serviced by one person (operator-shooter), who has at his disposal an aiming and viewing device for day and night vision. At the same time, the landing capacity , mobility and other parameters of the armored personnel carrier did not change.
• RN-94 (120 mm self-propelled mortar)

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• NUROL 's RN-94 and RAIMIL 's RN-94 on Army Guide
• BRONETRANSPORTER RN-94
• BRONETRANSPORTER RN-94 (with OWS-25 tower) (inaccessible link)