Russian Wheel Machines on the Unified Battle Platform “Boomerang” will get the items printed on a 3D printer. The production of complex parts for promising armored personnel carriers has already mastered. This was reported in Instagram Military Industrial Company.
“Most recently, for an experienced production in LLC” Military Engineering Center “(included in the military-industrial complex), the production of a number of the most complex parts for a unified wheel armored platform” Boomerang “using an industrial 3D printer was mastered – the Director-General of the military-industrial complex Alexander said Krasovitsky.
The Director of the MCC emphasized that 3D printing will reduce the cost of manufacturing prototypes of technology. Also, a new method will give the opportunity to speed up the process of creating complex parts for machines.
In August, the member of the board of the military-industrial commission, Mikhail Osyko, announced the start of the tests of the machines on the BMERANG platform. He stressed that the K-16 armored personnel carrier and infantry k-17 combat vehicle was released.
In July, The National Interest magazine called “Boomerang” by an example of the weapon of the future. The publishing noted the front location of the engine, which allowed to equip the car with a wide landing hatch.