Watching the footage of the parade I thought I might have a look at a few items of hardware that appeared. These caught my eye. The Tigr (Tiger) has been seen a lot in the Ukraine but I haven't seen the turret configuration seen here before and couldn't find an references on my initial search. I'm guessing that the cannon is 23 or 30mm and is similar to the attempt to put a 25mm gun on the HMMWV (unsuccessfully). Compare to the normal Tigr turret with what appears to be the cannon from the new turret in the background. A good view of the turret of a BMP2M showing the 2 banks of 2 9M133 Kornet (AT14 Spriggan) missiles. 540 BMP2M/BMD2Ms were ordered in 2017. The infamous T14 Armata. Note that the commander is positioned in the hull (along with the driver who is visible and the gunner who is not). Interestingly all the artillery and missile units (whicj I'm not up enough on to identify) appear to be being lead by a BTR82 in the role of command vehicle. Looking superficially at first glance like a BTR50, these are airborne BTR-MDM Rakuskas an APC based on the BMD4M that can carry 3 crew and 12 troops (I am guessing replacing the troop carrying BMDs on a 1 per 2 basis as these carry only 5 dismounts). This one has me stumped. If anyone can help identify this I would be grateful. The BTR-7829 K-17 Bumerang IFV ordered in 2011/2 for delivery in 2013 to replace the BTR-80 and BTR-82. Delays resulted after initial in service trials and changes were made to the main body with final trials finishing in 2021. Unlike earlier Russian vehicles it has reversing mirrors!
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