Russia fulfills one-year contract for Rakushka armored vehicles

7 December, 2024 A BTR-MDM "Rakushka". Russia.

2016. Source: Sputnik

The Russian defense industry has fulfilled a one-year contract to supply the army with Rakushka armored vehicles. The High Precision Complexes Company reported that the vehicles had been retrofitted before delivery. The latest batch was equipped with additional protection kits, thermal and radar spectrum reduction cape and upper hemisphere protection.

The Rakushka BTR-MDM multi-purpose armored personnel carriers are designed to transport up to 13 troops. They are also used to transport various supplies. The vehicle crew consists of two people.

BTR-MDM "Rakushka" (June 2020). Photo credits: Russian media

Rakushka can move on a highway at a maximum speed of at least 70 km/h, and its average speed on a dry dirt road is 45 to 50 km/h. The water jets can provide for crossing water obstacles at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.

The added "Nakidka" set of conspicuity reduction equipment is a set of covers made of radio-absorbing material and sections to cover the combat vehicle.

A "Nakidka" camo kit on a BMP-2.

Russia.

2023. Photo credits: goszakaz.tv

The Rakushka-M armored personnel carrier is the only armored vehicle created in modern Russia that has developed the technology of airborne assault with a crew on board. In 2023, a trophy "Rakushka" was restored for the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Thus, these Russian armored vehicles also entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in limited quantities.

BTR-MD Rakushka.

Photo credits: Twitter/Padre

At the same time, the Russian military is losing such equipment quite quickly.

Recently, in the area of Chasovyi Yar, while repelling an enemy assault, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 8 Russian armored personnel carriers.