If necessary, UBIM is able to pull out stuck equipment and evacuate it. UBIM is designed to ensure the advancement of troops and the performance of engineering work in the conditions of enemy fire, including in contaminated areas.

The UBIM universal combat engineer vehicle combines the functions of the IMR-3M barrier vehicle and the BAT-2 track-laying vehicle.

The Russian defense industry is also developing an MTU-2020 bridge-laying tank to replace outdated models, in addition, it has completed the design work on the ISDM remote minelaying system and the first vehicles have already been delivered to the troops. The Russian Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported that the new universal combat engineer vehicles is designated “to provide for the troop advance and the fulfillment of engineering work amid enemy fire, in particular, to ensure the advance of assault units in urban and industrial areas and liquidate the consequences of natural and man-made disasters. Russian Army UBIM Universal Combat Engineer Vehicle Work is underway to develop the IMR-ShR multi-purpose robotic assault and obstacle-clearing vehicle to bolster Russian troop mobility. The delivery of two UBIM equipment sets to the engineering troops is scheduled for 2023, the general specified. The new vehicle is outfitted with a combat module to strike enemy manpower and light armored hardware.

The assemblies of the armored engineering vehicles has been developed and is being accepted for service instead of the IMR-3M obstacle-clearing engineering vehicle and the BAT-2 tracklayer. Two UBIM multi-purpose armored engineering vehicles based on the T-72B3 tank will arrive for Russian army engineers this year.

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