GAZ Vodnik Version 2 ???

[Midnight_o9]

Holy necro batman...

[Cassius]

[Brainlaag]

Butbut, them Vodniks man. Rip coolest vehicle 2005-2009.

[MaSSive]

The old Vodnik in reality or GAZ 93971

The Vodnik is fitted with the same BPPU turret, designed in late 1970s, as the BTR-80 on the top of the vehicle towards the rear. The turret is fitted with the 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine gun and 7.62 mm PKT coaxial light machine gun. The main gun is not stabilized (neither in the BTR-80 nor the BTR-80A), so accurate fire on the move is limited (only at low speeds), and the rotation mechanism is manually operated. The gunner sits in a roof mounted chair located above the flat floor behind the driver/commander and two passengers, and before the passenger bench. The gunner's station is basic, but uncharacteristically uncramped for a Soviet armored vehicle. The gunner is equipped with both 1PZ-9 (daytime) and TPN-3 or TPN-3-42 "Kristall" (night) sights. There are six 902V "Tucha" 81 mm smoke grenade launchers mounted of the rear of the turret.

The new vehicle that replaces it is GAZ TIGR



There is nothing wrong with the old one currently used in PR, except of a fact that its missing KPVT cannon turret, proper optics for day/night operations, and smoke shell launchers, and has 12.7 Kord instead on the top only.