Marder in the Armed Forces: How did the German BMP show itself in the fight against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

90 BMP Marder 1 A3 was transferred to Ukraine together with spare parts and ammunition. The plans are to transfer another 30 cars, which is stated on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Germany. Marder gun caliber is 20mm, which is less than that of Bradley M2A2 BMP and BMP Strv 9040. As with BMP Bradley, the Armed Forces received the most recent modernization of the Marder BMP. The car itself was developed in the 1960s, and mass production began in 1971.

During this time, several modifications were created and 1 A5A1 is the latest. The A3 version is the most massive in the German army. The Marder 1 A3 version is the development of 1989. The weight of the machine increased by 1600 kg. This is due to the improvement of BMP booking. From now on, it can withstand a 30-mm projectile from the Soviet BMP-2 caliber of 30mm.

Also, the plates on the roof of the case and tower were installed to increase the protection against the elements of cassette ammunition. It is known that additional booking was made by Thyssen-Henschel and Kuka, it was either welded or screwed into a combat vehicle. The additional protection tests showed that the 30mm projectile left only a small dinner mainly. The board of the case withstands 14. 5 mm of ammunition. Marder weapons are presented with a 20mm RheinMetall MK20 RH-202 automatic gun.

Despite a smaller caliber than classmates, this is enough to defeat Soviet lightly armored vehicles. The initial speed of the shot is 1110 m/s, and the speed is 800-1000 shells per minute. The main disadvantage of the machine is an unstable gun, which makes it impossible to shoot on the go. Also, thanks to refinement, the machine received perfect sight devices with a ballistic computer, a laser rangefinder. There are day and night channels for fire at any time of day.

In addition to the 20mm gun, there is a MG-3 machine gun and Milan PTRC. However, to shoot anti -tank rockets, you need to move out of the tower, which can be dangerous to the military. The Germans created the Marder BMP to work with the Leopard Tank 1. The main task was to accompany tanks, cover and transportation of infantry, as well as suppress enemy infantry and enemy's light -hearted infantry.

"It's like moving from Zhigul to Mercedes," says a military report on a report of journalists about the Marder BMP. 6 paratroopers can be placed in the landing compartment. Ukrainian journalists did not make many stories about German BMP. It is known that machines have been arranged by one of the airborne assault brigades. The power plant is represented ton. The maximum speed of the MARDER BMP is 65 km/h.

Taras Chmut, the director of the Foundation "Taras Chmut in the video on" Militar "stated that German combat vehicles are better than Soviet. For crew and landing, but noticeable. The weapons complex is more balanced as infantry and armored vehicles. The gun is a firing, which with sub-caliber shells can punch 20 mm armor at a meeting corner up to 60 degrees. This allows you to fight 60, 70, 80, 82 and plus minus from BMP-1 and BMP-2 to board, but in the forehead-in question.

While holding a blow from BMP-2, "Chmut said. Bundesver now has a BMP Puma, which is purchased for replacement Marder. The new project has been developed since 1996 on the basis of the NGP project (new armored platform). Serial versions of the car began in the Bundesver since 2015. The decision to buy a new car is due to Marder already exhausted modernization potential and needed a more protected machine. Puma has a gun already 30mm caliber, SPKE-lr PTRC blasting on a mini.