The Defense Forces of Ukraine added another vehicle of the russian occupation army to the list of the newly destroyed weapons of the russian army - footage of the enemy Plastun-SN tracked light-armored all-terrain vehicle destroyed by the Ukrainian military appeared on the network.
This is the first recorded loss by the occupiers of such a vehicle, which recently entered service with the russian army. In particular, at the end of October this year the russia’s Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of the first batch of vehicles in the amount of 14 units from the total ordered batch of 50 all-terrain vehicles.
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The Plastun-SN (SN stands for "special purpose" in russian) is based on the Plastun civilian all-terrain vehicle with the same name, which the occupiers adapted for military needs. It is known that there are two versions of such all-terrain vehicles in the "military version", a vehicle with an 82-mm mortar and a reconnaissance vehicle with an optical-electronic station. In addition, this all-terrain vehicle can be used to evacuate the wounded.
The russians report that this all-terrain vehicle is supposed to be able to withstand the impact of 7.62 mm bullets. The peculiarity of this all-terrain vehicle is that it does not have a hard roof - its role, if necessary, is played by an ordinary awning.
The manufacturer of the vehicles is the enterprise "Russkie mashiny "Plastun", the production rate is 50 vehicles per year or 4-5 vehicles per month, the plans are to increase production to 200-250 vehicles per year.
Tactical and technical characteristics of the Plastun-SN all-terrain vehicle:
• weight — 3.8 tons;
• track width — 500 mm;
• ground clearance — 500 mm;
• cruising speed — 30 km/h;
• maximum speed — 50 km/h;
• landing party — up to 8 people when moving on land and up to 6 people when overcoming water obstacles.
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