Description
The crew and its accommodation inside the BMPT, an observation and sighting system, and armament suite provide early target detection and destruction at the halt and on the move, under low visibility conditions, day and night. The BMPT’s crew includes three operators which makes it possible to quickly detect and simultaneously engage three different targets at once. The targets are allocated between the crew members by the commander, who, if necessary, can open fire in duplicate control mode. When the vehicle was under development, particular attention was paid to protecting the crew from anti-tank weapons. The frontal arc protection of the BMPT is comparable to that of a tank, but, unlike the latter, it has no weakness zone due to the lack of a gun mantlet. Its hull and turret sides are protected by an ERA system placed across the entire sides, armoring of equipment compartments located on racks over tracks, and hull and turret armor plates. In general, the protection level is superior to that of the main battle tank. To protect the vehicle’s rear against light anti-tank weapons, bar-slat armor is additionally installed. As of today, none of combat vehicles has similar all-round protection against the most common anti-tank weapons.
