IMZ-8.103 Gear-up Army Motorcycles
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| When analyzing armed
conflicts that place for the latest twenty years it is obvious that the identity of combat actions had dramatically changed. There are no more big armies involved use of heavy armored vehicles whilst no definite front line. Small and mobile elements act and mainly fight for various military or civilian sites or settlements being strong points. The great increase in mobility of elements in a today's fight can be achieved when you use such a specific transportation vehicle like motorcycle adequate to new scenery. This is why the professionals of IMZ-Ural Company engineered and tested the army modification of an off-road sidecar-drive motorcycle IMZ-8.103 GEAR-UP. The basic armament of the motorcycle is the machine gun of PK type (7,62-mm caliber). The open structure of the motorcycle provides for circular targeting and destroying the enemy man force effectively at the distance from 100 to 2000 meters. When equipped with a special stand or turret to mount the grenade launcher of KONKURS or FAGOT 9K113 type, the new GEAR-UP motorcycles can be effectively used with anti-tank sections. The target ability of anti-tank rockets launched at ground and low flying aims sidecar fender is not less than 90 per cent at the distance from 2000 to 4000 meters. The automatic grenade launcher of AGS-17 PLAMIA type (40-mm caliber) is one more arms type you can use with the motorcycle. |
Basic technical
specifications: Crew: 3(2) Engine: Carburetor, 4-stroke, cooled by contrary air flow Power, kw: 23,5 Fuel: Gasoline, Octane No. not less than 76 Transmission: Wheel formula: 3x2 * Gearbox: 4-speed and reverse Main drive: Propeller shaft * Rear drive: Conical reducing gear Sidecar drive types: Part-time 2WD, disengageable, without differential Running gear: Frame: Tubular, welded Front fork: Swing arm with hydraulic shock absorbers and springs Rear suspension: Swing arm with hydraulic shock absorbers and springs Wheels: interchangeable Tire size: 4,00-19" Circuit voltage: 12V, DC Performance Speed on paved road, km per hour: 105 Cruising range with one refueling, km -standard fuel tank: 240 -additional canister: 125 Dry mass, kg: 315 Dimensions, mm Length: 2650 Width: 1700 Height: 1100 Wheel base: 1500 * Clearance: 200 Basic armament: 7,62-mm PK machine gun Accessories: Pilot lamp, 10 L fuel canister, entrenching tool set |
