Director General of the Military Industrial Company (VPK) Aleksandr Krasovitsky said in an interview with Russian TV channel ‘Zvezda.’ that Russian engineers will soon be working on a wheeled tank destroyer based on the Bumerang platform.
“It’s going to be a know-how. Based on the same platform [Bumerang], but with a heavy gun,” he said during an interview.
The new vehicle will be designed for operating within motorized units or quick reaction forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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Aleksandr Krasovitsky also noted that bases Bumerang platform is already available in the form of the K-16 armoured personnel carrier and K-17 infantry fighting vehicle, with the possibility of creating an entire family of vehicles based on the Bumerang’s chassis.
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The Bumerang is referred to as “a combat wheeled vehicle” because it will serve several different roles, similar to America’s Strykers.
