Russian vehicles

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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH

Russian UNITS 307 & 308 BTR-90 ROSTOK JAN 2003 modified to BTR-90 BOOMERANG, MODIFY to BTR-90M STANDARD with ICON and change date to ~JAN 2014. As just published in the big book in Jan. 2012 I give you the below first ref. The second ref is Russian very reliable and have used it several times for equipment submissions, besides the read note the "Enter Service" line. Remember the BOOMERANG info is new now in April.

http://weaponsystems.net/weapon.php?...3%20-%20BTR-80
http://www.military-today.com/apc/btr_90.htm
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120221/171439032.html

Pat

Here's the problem.

First off the two Rostok's are #308 and #309 but that's the simplest problem solved.

1/ None of the links you gave has any hard info about the vehicle that backs up what you asked me to change. Important information like armament is absent.

The first link ( weaponsystems ) is all about the BTR-80 ( great photos but... ) and doesn't even mention "Boomerang" .

The second ( military today ) is about the BTR-90 but does not mention anything about the "Boomerang"

The Third ( RIA Novosti ) link shows a very uninformative assembly line photo with zero real information other than " Russian Army to Get Boomerangs in 2013"


You ask me to modify the two Rostok's but don't say why both and not just one and delete the other then go on to ask me to "MODIFY to BTR-90M STANDARD with ICON and change date to ~JAN 2014

Well ........ the BTR-90M "STANDARD" is a vehicle with a 30mm AC AND a 100 mm gun.......The fact you said "with Icon" indicates to me that is exactly what you want but if that's the case why should I delete the existing BTR-90M in slot 207 just to change two other vehicles to that "STANDARD with ICON"

??

That makes no sense whatsoever.

Lets review........

You ask me to delete the existing BTR-90M only to change two other vehicles to that same standard with icon. You don't say why both of the Rostoks should be modified and you don't confirm if the 100mm gun is in use or not.

ON TOP OF THAT when I Google photos of "BTR-90 Boomerang" two of the three offered come from the Shrapnel forums and one of those showed up on a website as the BTR-82 . When I try to find any info on the BTR-90 "boomerang" on line I find out about as much as I just told you....... i.e. nada

So lets start at the beginning....... what do your sources say the armament of the BTR-90 is going to be ??




Don

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

Have to work and will have company for the next couple of days so...

1. Delete UNIT 207 BTR-90M- Never got out of the prototype stage. But save somewhere as this should/could be the START POINT for the BTR-100/Boomerang WITH MODIFICATION.

2. BTR-90 program cancelled in Oct. 2011. Limited numbers built and mostly only used by internal security forces. Egress of troops was a flaw in it's design so was not used widely by front line units. So you can keep it to represent type or delete at your discretion.

3. FORGET BOOMERANG FOR NOW except as noted in #1.

4. ADD BTR-82/82A these were designed to fix the issues of the BTR-90 but still incorporate major improvements over the BTR-80. This is the "bridge" mod from the BTR-80/90 series to thew new BTR-100 BOOMERANG. Have more on the BTR-82 in the APC Thread from what's noted in the previous post to yours and it is shown in that BTER-80 Ref you noted.

Gotta run!!!!!!

Regards,
Pat