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Defence & Security News - Russia
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| Production of Russian Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled gun to begin in 2018 | |||
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The full-rate production of the upgraded Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled antitank (SPAT) gun for the Russian Airborne Force will start in 2018, Mikhail Chemeza, deputy chief of military hardware department, Tractor Plants, told TASS on Wednesday February 10th
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 The new Russian-made Sprut-SDM-1 at Army-2015 defense exhibition |
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"Its factory and official tests are slated for 2016. Based on the outcome, the weapon is to enter service and be productionized in [the Russian city of] Volgograd. We expect its series production to commence in 2018," Chemeza said.
The commander of the Russian paratroops, Vladimir Shamanov, had said previously that the military planned to receive its first six examples of the upgraded combat vehicle in 2016. The Sprut-SDM1 SPAT gun features the 2A75M gun, which characteristics match those of the 2A46M2 tank gun. The Sprut fires all of the rounds designed for the T-72 and T-90 main battle tanks. Its ammunition load comprises 40 rounds, of which 22 are in the mechanized round rack and 18 in extra stowage. The organic ammunition load includes 20 blast-fragmentation and 14 armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot rounds and six antitank guided missiles that can be replaced with six high-explosive antitank rounds. The weapons suite includes the PKTM coaxial machinegun. The SPAT gun can be equipped with remote-controlled fighting module housing another PKTM on the roof of its fighting compartment. The Sprut-SDM1 also mounts six 902V Tucha smoke dischargers. The gunner’s combat station is provided with the Sosna-U primary and PDT backup sights. |
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