Zavet-D stands on threshold of mass production
Zavet-D artillery C2 vehicle. (Image: Russian MoD)
Russia still seems to prioritise modernisation of its airborne forces, as shown by the latest announcement about the Zavet-D artillery C2 vehicle.
Serial production of the new Zavet-D armoured vehicle for artillery C2 with the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) is likely to begin later in 2022, after state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported in early January that the platform has successfully completed acceptance and army trials.
Zavet-D manufacturer Ruselectronics (part of the Rostec defence conglomerate) is now negotiating a contract with the Russian MoD.
Serial production would ‘meet [the] VDV’s need for this type of equipment on short notice’, RIA Novosti quoted an MoD source as saying.
Zavet-D is based on BTR-MDM Rakushka APC and it is intended to replace the elderly
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