This diesel engine is a turbocharged unit outputting 500 horsepower and this is the same powerpack that will be featured in the upcoming Kurganets-25 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) currently under development as well and detailed elsewhere on this site. Road speeds are estimated to reach 95 kmh and each wheel is suspended for improved cross-country travel.
As with other historical Soviet APCs / IFVs, the Bumerang is designed with an inherent amphibious quality. A folding rectangular plate is set on the extreme nose of the vehicle and opened prior to water entry. Propulsion in water sources is through a pair of water jets set to the lower part of the hull rear.
The powered turret is a small-profile design and remotely-operated (i.e. unmanned) by the crew from within the safety of the vehicle hull. Primary armament is set to become variable based on mission need but will deploy a 7.62mm Medium Machine Gun (MMG) at the minimum. Plans are to include a larger version of the turret fitting a 30mm autocannon or larger caliber main gun along with a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. The basic 7.62mm machine gun could very easily be replaced by a 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun system as needed or even an automatic grenade launcher. Turret options are also being developed with an Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) launcher support in mind, adding a definitive anti-armor capability to the Bumerang. Smoke grenade dischargers will allow for an on-call, self-screening quality and an onboard digital countermeasures suite will alert the crew to incoming dangers as well as automatically react as needed.
As with other vehicles of this class, the standard Bumerang design will form the basis of other related battlefield vehicles including an armored ambulance, Command Post (CP) vehicle and mortar carrier (among others). Beyond the Bumerang APC and Kurganets-25 IFV will be the T-15 "Armata" Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle (HIFV) joining the inventory of the Russian Army - giving commanders a high level of tactical flexibility. The T-14 "Armata" is set to become the spearhead of Russian armored divisions when it comes online itself - serving in the thousands as the primary Russian Army Main Battle Tank (MBT).
Deliveries of the Bumerang were set to begin in 2015.
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