Romanian and US forces have been practising together on a training ground in Romania.
The MLI-84M1 – modernization of the BMP-1 fitted with a new Israeli OWS-25R overhead mount turret armed with 25x137mm Oerlikon KBA autocannon, two 9S415 ATGM launchers and a machine gun. It is also equipped with two banks of four 81 mm DLG 81 heat and smoke grenade launchers. Grenades leave a thermal curtain of fire around the vehicle for about five minutes, to confuse enemy missiles. MLI-84M1 vehicle also has a system that can disperse dense smoke over a radius of 360 degrees around the vehicle and at a distance between 300–400 metres (980–1,310 ft). Because mounting of the new turret increased the weight of the vehicle to 17.6 tonnes, a new more powerful engine was fitted.
The Romanian Ministry of Defense spent over 155 million dollars to upgrade 99 vehicles.
Credit: NATO / Natochannel
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MLI-84M is the insurance tank
Thats like sticking a ferrari body type over a toyota corrolla engine.
For the first time, I saw the United States and Romania working together! ðŸ‘
What makes it "modern"? The turret on its top? ðŸ˜