How Russian BTRs Are Being Assembled

Right here we get an opportunity to peek contained in the manufacturing unit that assembles BTRs, Russian army reconnaissance autos. It’s a army oriented manufacturing unit, so there’s a particular controlling unit ensuring that you simply don’t seize in your viewfinder something they don’t wish to be seen, nonetheless we did get these images and I discover them fairly fascinating.

The meeting of a BTR begins with a totally pre-made physique. It comes from a manufacturing unit close by, already painted and

it has some suspension components and a number of the wiring is pre-installed.

Subsequent come the tires. They’re being placed on the rim manually.

Subsequent, the our bodies with wheels hooked up, go onto the manufacturing unit’s conveyor.

The principle wiring is being put in, and {the electrical} and digital gadgets are being put in.

The conveyor is totally guide. No robots, no automation – the whole lot is being assembled by hand. There is no such thing as a airtools or powered instruments, both, and the whole lot is strictly supervised.

BTRs are totally insulated from the skin environment, to be ready in opposition to fuel assaults, this door, for instance, is supplied with a fuel analyzer.

The conveyor belt beneath the autos strikes them ahead.

The engines come from KAMAZ autos. For those who don’t know KAMAZ, it’s a Russian truck manufacturing firm, well-known for profitable the Paris-Dakar rally a couple of instances. These are diesel engines they usually have two unbiased generators put in.

Right here we will see the vehicles with already put in engines.

So it’s time for tuning and checking.

Later, the autos go to the workshop for particular detailing and tuning. Moreover loads of inside trimming choices, some extra very important traits of the BTR might be modified. It may be made amphibious, capable of cross lakes and rivers or simply an off-water one. It may be transformed to be a particular communications middle or a commander’s automobile. There are additionally pick-up variations accessible.

Right here all the vehicles transfer beneath the ability of their very own engines, so staff inform you need to watch out to not end up of their manner.

Afterwards, all of the vehicles go on a trial rally. It’s a 100 kilometer (round sixty miles) route to check the vehicles for sturdiness.

Swimming pools are a part of this trial rally. BTRs can journey round like a ship.

Later, the BTRs are going to a particular state-organized checking level. Actually the whole lot within the automobile goes by means of a test.

And after these checks, the vehicles proceed their manner by means of the trial rally, now outdoors. It consists of the standardized impediment course, which the newly made vehicles ought to cross roughly, however not slowly.

Later, if the autos cross the course, they  are thought-about to be prepared for transport.

Thanks for the images to E. Golovach.