Russia tries to keep BMP-3 relevant with new weapon options
A modified BMP-3 fitted with the AU-220M (Heavy Series) Version 02 turret armed with a 57mm gun and sporting a roof-mounted stabilised sighting system. (Photo: Burevestnik)
New iterations of a 57mm gun system highlight a push towards multi-role turrets capable of countering armour, drones and aerial targets.
The Russian Central Research Institute Burevestnik, based in Nizhny Novgorod, has continued to develop its 57mm AU-220M series of Multipurpose Gun Mounts for Land Forces (MGMLF) with the first new model being the AMU-220M (Light Series) Version One.
The complete system known as the 2S38 with the actual 57mm weapon being designated the 2A90.
This remote-controlled turret (RCT) is armed with a 57mm automatic gun with 80 rounds of ready-use ammunition and a 7.62mm 6P7K coaxial machine gun (MG) mounted externally on the right side with 1,000 rounds. The main armament has a cyclic rate of fire of 80 rounds
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