BAU -23 × 2 is a single-seat tower combat module of Ukrainian production, designed for installation on armored personnel carriers and armored vehicles weighing at least six tons [1] .
It is one of the first Ukrainian combat modules.
History
The combat module BAU-23 × 2 was developed by KHKBM them. A. A. Morozov [1] , is produced by the Kharkov plant named after Malyshev [2] .
The module was tested on the chassis of the Soviet armored personnel carriers BTR-80 , BTR-70 [1] , on the South African armored personnel carrier Ratel [1] , and later on the BTR-4 [3] . In October 2017, the Techimpex company presented the BTR-60 with the BAU-23 × 2 module at the Zbroy and Bezpeka-2017 exhibition.
As of 2018, the module was included in the list of weapons samples proposed for export [4] .
Description
The main armament of the BAU-23 × 2 combat module is a twin 23 mm artillery mount (two Soviet-made 2A7M rifled automatic guns ) [5] , which is capable of firing at ground and low-flying air targets at a distance of up to 2000 m. The ammunition of the installation is 200 shells . Additional armament is a 7.62 mm machine gun (PKT or its analogue KT-7.62 of Ukrainian production) with ammunition 2000 rounds of ammunition , also installed six 81-mm launchers of smoke aerosol grenades . The mass of the module is 1090 kg [6] .
The disadvantages of the module include a nasty review of the gunner-operator of weapons, limiting the effectiveness of the use of weapons [7] .
Operator countries
- Jordan : in 1999, for the armed forces of Jordan were ordered and in 1999-2000 - 50 BTR-94 armored personnel carriers equipped with BAU-23 × 2 combat modules were delivered [8] ; in February 2005, a contract was signed for the supply of another 190 [3] BAU-23x2 combat modules for the armed forces of Jordan [9] (106 of the 190 ordered modules were delivered to Jordan before the beginning of 2015) [3]
- Iraq : in August 2004, all 50 Jordanian BTR-94s were transferred under the program of military assistance to the new Iraqi army and entered service with the ground forces and the Iraqi National Guard
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Universal combat module BAU-23 Archived copy of October 26, 2015 on Wayback Machine // HCBM official site
- ↑ A. Tarasenko. Armored vehicles of Ukraine: results, potential, prospects ... // magazine "Technology and armament", No. 4, 2008. p. 28-35
- ↑ 1 2 3 Weapon station for armored vehicle // Ukrainian Defense Review, No. 1 (January - March) 2015. pages 24-31
- ↑ State concern "Ukroboronprom". Product catalog 2018. Armored and special technology. side 44
- ↑ Yuri Platonov, Ruslan Chumak. Afanasyev’s system // Kalashnikov. “Weapons, ammunition, equipment”, No. 1, 2009. pp. 58-62
- ↑ Konstantin Sidorov. It’s easier to buy from us in Ukraine. Tower installations for armored vehicles // Military Industrial Courier, No. 34 (451) of August 29, 2012
- ↑ “The BAU-23 combat module ... Yak a short one can mean a bad idea, look ahead, but I don’t allow victorious driving in half-time ”
O. I. Pokotilo, O. V. Ustimenko, V. I. Penkovsky, S. S. Gatsenko. Prospects for the re-election of the land forces of Ukraine from the armored personnel carriers of the military airborne troops // Zbirnik naukovyh praz ”, No. 2 (2), 2014. pages 6-12 - ↑ Konstantin Sidorov. Ukrainian armored vehicles // Military Industrial Courier, No. 31 (448) of August 8, 2012
- ↑ Plant them. Malysheva will manufacture 195 combat modules for armored vehicles of Jordan // UNIAN from November 3, 2006
Links
- Boyovy module BAU 23x2 (inaccessible link) / official site of GK "Ukroboronprom"