Military railroad workers of the Southern Military District received the newest floating conveyors of the PTS-4 brand.
Confidently overcome any off-road will help the new amphibians-station wagons, developed on the basis of the T-80. Their delivery to the Southern Military District started the other day.
New amphibians are multifunctional. They are intended as a crossing over the water obstacles of various military equipment, for rescue operations during natural disasters. For example, when spilling rivers.
The crew of the car consists of two people. A remote-controlled large-caliber 12.7-mm machine gun is used as a weapon.
The new floating conveyor is built on the basis of the T-80 tank.
PTS-4 is the newest Russian floating conveyor. It consists entirely of domestic components. It is intended for transportation by water of personnel, artillery systems, wheeled and tracked vehicles and other goods. PTS-4 was developed in 2009–2011. PTS-4 was created to replace the outdated floating conveyors PTS-2 and PTS-3, produced in 1970-1980s at the Lugansk Diesel-Locomotive Plant based on the nodes of the T-64 tank. The machine is heavier than its predecessor (PTS-3) by 8 tons due to an increase in payload capacity and a bulletproof reservation of the headquarters.
