Unique weapon of Russia. They destroyed her in seconds

Ironically, a Russian BTR-80 with an attached UMZ minelaying system was first damaged by a mine and later left the battlefield by a drone strike. We explain the capabilities of this device.

According to the Ukrainian Defense Express portal, the Russian army has lost a very rare weapon. The BTR-80 armored personnel carrier is not actually a stand-alone vehicle on the frontline, but in conjunction with the UMZ mine-launcher One can talk about rare and important equipment for Putin.

The machine, designed to throw mines, was ironically damaged after running over a mine. A moment later, the immobile vehicle was attacked from the air – the drone dropped ammunition with the UMZ module on the BTR-80, which dealt the final blow, resulting in The unique weapon of the Russians was immediately destroyed.

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The basis of the UMZ mining block is the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier, which has been used by the Russian Army since 1984. Since then, the vehicle has undergone several modernizations to enhance its utility on the front end. On the BTR-80 chassis, e.g. 120 mm 2S23 Nona-SWK and several versions of armored ambulances.

The machine is 7.6 m long, almost 3 m wide and approximately 2.3 m on the ground in the basic version. km/h and reaches a height of 9 km/h in water. The maximum range that can be achieved on one tank of fuel is not more than 600 km.

Standard weapon 14.5 mm KPWT large caliber machine gun 500 rounds and PKT rifle, cal. 7.62 mm With 2000 rounds in stock.

In turn, against the backdrop of the unique nature of the BTR-80 destroyed in Ukraine, it UMZ launcher for dispersing mines. Designed in the late 1970s, the system allows the launch angle and rotation to be manually adjusted before the mines leave each of the 30 sections.

Depending on the type of mines used in the UMZ, The launcher can hold 180 copies (PTM-3) to 1,440 (POM-1) or 11,520 mines. (PFM-1S). The former has a maximum range of 600 m, while the smallest PFM-1S can reach a distance of over 3 km.