They aid track the movements of abroad armies, detect chemical contamination or radioactive radiation. There are 38 of them in the Polish Army. And while the combat reconnaissance wagons BWR-1 do not belong to the newest ones, they do their occupation well. For example, most of them have undergone a partial modification in fresh years.
The past of BWR-1 dates back to the early 1970s. It was then that the russian military began investigating a brand-new reconnaissance vehicle. It was codenamed Object 676. The tests were successful, so shortly the series production began. The first copies were called BRM-1, followed by BRM-1K. Their plan included all the technological innovations available at the time. The vehicles so had a PSNR-5K radio-location station, thanks to which the crew could track even individual tanks, transporters and enemy trucks from a distance of 15 km, and its footing subdivisions – at a distance of 6 km. Additionally, reflection instruments with laser rangefinder DKRM-1 and 3 different types of radio stations – both stationary and portable. The vehicle's armaments were 73-millimeter 2A28 Thunder cannons with a supply of 20 rounds, coupled with a device weapon PKT 7.62 mm. any of the vehicles were besides equipped with a tiny 1 anti-tank rocket launcher.
The BRM-1K crew consisted of six soldiers. The seats in the front of the vehicle were occupied by the driver and operator of the TNA-1 navigation apparatus (or TNA-3 in a newer version of the wagons), there were positions for the commander and the gunman in the tower, and 2 scouts sat in the rear. BRM-1K had a UT-20 diesel engine with a capacity of 300 hp, could swim, and the safety of the soldiers was to supply armor built from steel plates with a thickness of 6 to 26 mm. In the establishment of the BRM-1K, he was to operate in the surroundings of the world's first combat infantry wagons BMP-1, in Poland commonly referred to as bewupy. russian planners assumed that they would supply protection for scouts.
BRM waves entered russian army equipment. However, the Soviets had long refused to export the car – even to allies from the Warsaw Pact. any countries patiently waited to change their minds, others took matters into their own hands. Czechoslovakia, for example. In 1984, the general staff of the local army commissioned its constructors to start work on a reconnaissance vehicle whose plan would be based on BMP-1. Effect? In the late 1980s, the Czechoslovakian military began utilizing vehicles with parameters akin to the latest russian construction.
Around the same time, Moscow changed its mind, which Poland, among others, benefited from. More than 20 BRMs were sent to the soldiers, which received the BWR-1D designation over the Vistula River. At the same time, the Polish Ministry of Defence bought respective vehicles from Czechoslovakia. They were defined by the abbreviation BWR-1S. And although it's been over 3 decades since then, BWRs inactive service in land troops. There are 38 of them. However, it does not mean that they are identical vehicles as at the time of purchase. A fewer years. subsequent BWR parties undergo modernisationfor which experts from Military Motorization Plant in Poznań. The trucks are equipped with fresh communication and reflection systems. The changes besides include exploratory instrumentation. Their list is simply a long one. Examples? In a twelve cars, PSNR-5K radio-location stations were replaced with US SR Hawk (V) 2E combat radars. They let tracing and then tracking enemy vehicles from a distance of 32 km, and even individual soldiers from a distance of 12 km. Old laser rangefinders gave way to ZIG-T-2R optical-electronic heads produced in Poland. They have 2 tv cameras, a thermal camera and a laser rangefinder with a scope of 10 km. BWRs have besides received fresh navigation and positioning systems, miniature MImid mine detectors and an automatic AP4C chemical contamination detection device.
In February last year, another modernisation agreement was signed. The last wagons in the fresh installment should scope the soldiers next year.
For now, BWRs will stay in the equipment of the Polish Army. According to the establishment of the defence department in the future, they are to be replaced by caterpillar reconnaissance transporters Żuk, built on the basis of BWP Borsuk.
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