1969 --
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The engineering machine of removal of obstacles "IMR" has been developed in design office of transport mechanical engineering (KBTM) OKB-174 in Omsk under direction of A.A.Morova and accepted on arms in 1969.
IMR-2 it is made on the chassis of tank T-72A.
It is better to make one IRM-1 on chassis T-55 up to 2020 to not borrow slots.