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During the tests, the armored car "Kozak-2" manufactured by Ukrainian private enterprise "Scientific-Production Association" Practice "fired bullets of 5.45 mm caliber Kalashnikov Ak-74 bullets of 7.62 mm sniper rifle SVD and PKM. At the same tested not only the body armor Ukrainian armored "Kozak-2", and bulletproof glass. As a result of the experiment, "Kozak-2" confidently stand the shelling, said the National Guard of Ukraine.
Then, to simulate the detonation of a landmine National Guard engineers prepared two powerful managed TNT charge that blew up under the bottom and the front wheel of the armored car, "Kozak-2".
Armored Car "Kozak-2" was thrown, as predicted by the designers, he lost a wheel, but the crew kept the integrity of the capsule ", - the press-service of the National Guard of Ukraine.
"We laid the two TNT charge weighing 6 kilograms each, the equivalent of an explosion of anti-personnel mines defeated by land mines to such technology the most devastating, so it is extremely important if a test explosion withstand mine protection armored vehicles.", - Said the head of the engineering service of one of the units of the National Guard of Ukraine .
The role of the crew during the tests in the passenger department "Kozak-2" played a mannequin equipped to NATO standards sensors at key points.
"Performance acceleration and pressure dummy by two spectacular explosions critical values of any one of the measuring points are not received in real combat conditions, this means the absence of deaths and serious injuries as a result of blasting.", - Reported the press service of the National Guard of Ukraine.
