Russia’s Tractor Plants Group is planning to start testing armored vehicles based on the advanced Kurganets-25 tracked combat platform in 2017, the group’s press office told TASS. Currently, there is two variants of Kurganets-25, the BTR (armoured personnel carrier) and the BMP (armoured infantry fighting vehicle).
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| Kurganets-25 BTR armoured vehicle personnel carrier at military parade in Moscow, May 2016 (Credit photo Vitaly Kuzmin) |