Trumpeter 09554 Russian BREM-1M Armoured Recovery Vehicle (T-90)

The BREM-1 was a Soviet, and is currently a Russian, Cold War and modern evacuation vehicle. Probably the first examples of this vehicle entered service in the Soviet Army in 1975 and still remain - after modernization - in the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The length of the wagon is about 9.53 meters with a width of 3.37 meters. The weight of the vehicle in the basic version oscillates around 41 tons. The vehicle is powered by a diesel engine V-46 o 780 hp. The operating range of the M60 AVLB is assumed to be up to 700 kilometers. Most of the cars are armed with a single 12.7 mm machine gun.

The BREM-1 vehicle was developed for the needs of the Soviet Army, which, along with the large-scale deployment of the T-72 tanks, needed adequate evacuation vehicles and technical facilities. This led to the development of the BREM-1 vehicle, which, moreover, was based on the hull, chassis and many components of the T-72A tank. It is worth adding that the cars were in service The BREM-1 was also used to provide technical assistance to the T-64 and T-80 tanks. It should also be added that the main task of this type of vehicle is to pull damaged tanks from the battlefield and tow them to the place of repair or further transport. It is worth adding that the BREM-1 vehicles were exported to many allied countries, which also used T-72 tanks.