Russia has delivered additional BMP3 armoured infantry fighting vehicle to Kuwait 10110151

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Russia has delivered additional BMP3 armoured infantry fighting vehicle to Kuwait.
Russia has completed the shipment of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Kuwait, Albert Bakov, first vice president and co-owner of the Tractor Works Concern, the manufacturer of these machines, told TASS, September 30, 2015.
     
Russia has completed the shipment of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Kuwait, Albert Bakov, first vice president and co-owner of the Tractor Works Concern, the manufacturer of these machines, told TASS, September 30, 2015. Kuwait Army BMP-3 armoured infantry fighting vehicle at military parade in Kuwait City.
     
"The shipment is completed and the last lot has gone to the customers," the interlocutor told the Agency. He did not specify the number of machines shipped.

Bakov noted that the Kuwaiti colleagues expressed a desire to continue cooperating with Russia in defense equipment procurement.

Kuwait made the first purchase of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles from Russia as early as 1994. Currently, Kuwait Land Force has a total of 120 BMP-3s.

The BMP-3 is a Soviet tracked amphibious armoured infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2, which entered service with the Soviet army in 1990.

The first export customer was United Arab Emirates, which placed an initial order for 330 vehicles which were delivered between 1992 and 1995.

The main armament of the BMP-3 is a 100mm 2A70 semi-automatic rifled gun / missile launcher, which is stabilised in two axes and can fire either 3UOF HE-FRAG rounds or 3UBK10 anti-tank guided missiles. Effective range for the HE-FRAG round is 4,000m.

Second armament of BMP-3 includes one 30 mm 2A72 coaxial cannon and one 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun. One 7.62 mm PKT machine gun is mounted either side of the hull, firing forwards and these are operated by one of the front three crew members.