Trumpeter 1/35 Russian Armoured Mine-Clearing Vehicle BMR-3 09552 Plastic Model Kit

Description

In the early days of the Afghan war, the Soviets began developing BMR series of mine clearing vehicles. Type BMR-1 (Su-122) entered service in 1982, Type BMR-2 (T-54) in 1985, and Type BMR-3 in 1995.

BMR-3 was based on T-72 tank chassis and fitted with KMT-7 mine roller and plow device.

The drum type mine roller could clear two channels in AT minefields 800mm wide at a speed of 12 km per hour, in waters up to 1m deep with a flow of 2m/sec. The vehicle is equipped with 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun.

BMR-3 was succeeded by Type BMR-3M (T-90) with ERA from 2000.

Item No	: 09552
Item Name	: Russian Armored Mine-Clearing Vehicle BMR-3
Bar Code	: 9580208095523
Scale	: 1:35
Item Type	: Plastic Model Armor Kit
Model Brief	: Length: 298mm: Width: 126mm:
Total Parts	: 1000+
Metal Parts	: copper cable , brass wire and chain:
Photo Etched Parts	: 1 piece
Film Parts	: n/a
Resin Parts	: n/a
Total Sprues	: 26 sprues , lower hull , upper hull and turret
Released Date	: 2018-01
More Features	: The kit consists of over 1000 parts >the kit w/refined detail >multi-slide moulded lower hull >individual tracks >photo etched parts included