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Long-term experience of employment of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vechicles in various parts of the world and modern requirements to the vehicles of this class have determined the necessity of complex BMP-3 upgrading. In result of upgrading the characteristics of the vehicle were considerably improved, including characteristics of fire power, mobility, protection and ergonomics, thus generally increasing combat efficiency of the BMP-3 IFV. The vehicle was named BMP-3M. Today Kurganmashzavod JSC is ready to deliver upgradedvehicles as well as to upgrade the ones that are already in service up to the level of the BMP-3M. 

Firepower 
In order to enhance fire power factor, BMP-3M is fitted with an automatic fire control system, which includes: 
SOZH-M main gunner's sight with integrated laser rangefinderand ATGM guiding channel VESNA-K sighting system with thermal imaging camera and AST-B automatic target tracker 
Commander's vision device TKN-AI 
Digital ballistic computer 
ATGM loading mechanism 
The new fire control system ensures target identification and effective aimed firing at great distances and speeds, provides decrease of target destruction time and considerable improvement of firing efficiency afloat. The commander's day-night vision device TKN-AI with active-pulse illumination is used within the system and provides increase of target detection range in poor visibility conditions (dust, smoke, fog, etc.).The BMP-3M is equipped with an automatic ATGM loading mechanism, which reduces loading time to 12 seconds. The mechanism ensures ATGM loading in automatic and operational modes at any angle of turret traverse relatively to the vehicle hull. 
Ammunition allowance of the BMP-3M is supplemented with new types of rounds:

1. 10O-mm high-explosive fragmentation shells 3UOF19,
2. anti-tank guided missiles9M117M1,
3. 30-mm armour-piercing discarding sabot shells.

The new 100-mm high-explosive fragmentation shell 3UOF19 features improved characteristics of fragmentation effect and better firing accuracy. The anti-tank guided missile 9M117M1 has a tandem warhead, which enhances armour-piercing impact and ensures piercing of explosive-reactive armc firing range is increased from 4 up to 5.5 km. The 30-mm armour-piercing discarding sabot shell features 80% better armour-piercing capability as compared with the standard armour-piercing shell. 

Mobility 
The mobility of the BMP-3M can be increased by installation of a new turbocharged UTD-32 engine that increases specific power and dynamic characteristics of the vehicle. Due to the forced cooling system the engine is fully adapted to operation in hot climate conditions. 
The upgrading program also includes installation of a new multipurpose (day-night) driver's vision deviceTVK-1, which broadens driver's capabilities during the vehicle movement at night, and also installation of APP-688 automatic gear selector to decrease the driver's fatigue. 

Protection 
To increase protection BMP-3M IFV can be equipped with additional armour shields, as well as with active protection or explosive reactive armour (ERA) kit. 
ARENA defensive-aid suite (DAS) provides protection against anti-tank guided and unguided missiles and anti-tank grenades used in various infantry ATGM launching systems and also in ammunition allowances ofhelicopters. 
SHTORA-1 system of protection against high-precision weapons ensures effective protection of the "MP-3M IFVagainst anti-tank guided missiles with semi-automatic guidance and laser target illumination, and against artillery armament employing fire control system with laser rangefinder. As opposed tc system, also against artillery armament employing fire control system which uses the principle of enemy ammunition destruction, SHTORA-1 system misleads guidance of enemy ammunition. 
Units of ERA kit cover49% of the BMP-3M frontal surface and 85% of its side surface. The reactive armour considerably improves protection of the vehicle against anti-tank hollow-charge shells.

Ergonomics 
The BMP-3M vehicle can be equipped with a chassis control system (IUSSH-688). The system is programmable with microprocessor control of chassis units and assemblies, parameters of their operation, delivery of current and warning information to driver's display and generation of voice messages. Thus IUSSH-688 serves to automate some of the functions, previously performed by the driver, to improve operational reliability of chassis units and assemblies, to control their serviceability in interactive mode, to warn about failures of chassis important elements. 

A system of electronic assistant for driver and operator (EADO) can be an alternative. As opposed to IUSSH-688 system, EADO system controls the parameters of both chassis and fighting compartment units. However installation of the electronic assistant requires no significant changes in the standard BMP-3 systems. 
The vehicle can be also equipped with KBM-3M2E air conditioner to provide comfort working conditions for the crewand troopers in hot climate with high ambient temperature.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS