In another video from russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, we can see a column of russian military equipment with 10 BMPT "Terminator" tank support vehicles, in fact, all of the units of this type available to the russian army. The information comes from Polish Defence24.
The video below apparently shows russian movements in occupied Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine.
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On the part of Defense Express, we should note that russians have been looking for an opportunity to use them in Ukraine once more since they got hastily repaired. As a reminder, the only known episode of them being used in real combat was the day three of them got damaged by Ukrainian artillery without a chance to do anything on the battlefield.
So, back in early October, the most likely way for the Terminators to go was south of Ukraine in order to resist the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yet, as indicated by this recent footage, the russians seemingly have not decided where to deploy these overhyped fighting vehicles.
Meanwhile in russia, the defense industry is already bearing plans on modernizing the BMPT Terminator. According to Defence24, the russians want to equip the vehicle with an AU-220M "Baikal" "unmanned" combat module with 57mm cannons, initially designed for the T-15 "Armata" heavy IFV.
The "Baikal" module has a declared firing range of up to 14.5 km, and a declared rate of fire of 80 rounds per minute with ammunition storage for only 80 shells. It seems that the russians hope that the installation of such an "unmanned" module will solve the basic problem of the Terminator: due to the incorrect layout of standard equipment inside the vehicle, the Terminator is less effective in battle than even the BMP-2.
Though what they are going to get is just a tank with a 57mm cannon and strictly limited ammo stock. In some way, the concept reminds of what Algeria demonstrated on a military parade this July, which was a T-62M chassis equipped with a "Berezhok" combat module from BMP-2M.
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