Russia says goodbye definitively to its powerful flamethrower combat vehicle: “It not only loses in numbers, but also in unique systems”

Beyond the almost 1.2 million casualties (dead, injured and missing) Russia has experienced since the beginning of the Ukrainian war according to the records of the , the country chaired by Vladimir Putin It is also suffering a great loss of military material.

According to the Ukrainian media , Moscow has lost on the battlefield all (or almost all) units of its BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicle.

In that sense, the military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko has stressed that “the effective disappearance of this type of equipment means that “It is not only losing personnel, but also unique systems that cannot be restored quickly”. He cost of each unit of BMO-T is estimated at between 400,000 and 500,000 dollars (between 339,000 and 424,000 euros, at the current exchange rate).

The BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicle is one of the rarest and, consequently, best protected by the Russian army. The military specialist has highlighted that his loss “confirms once again that “Not even the most protected Russian equipment can withstand modern warfare with drones and precision weapons.”

Oleksandr Kovalenko has indicated that, taking into account the information available, the Russian forces could today have a single operational BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicle or even none.

Almost unmatched armored protection

The BMO-T was used to transport flamethrower unitsone of the most dangerous. For this reason, the BMO-T outperforms most vehicles in regards to the armored protection.

Only the ‘Terminator-2’ BMPT vehicle has superior armor protection to that of the BMO-T. In fact, according to Kovalenko, both vehicles are based on the T-72 tank chassis.

Throughout the armed conflict in Ukraine, it is confirmed that at least three Russian BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicles have been destroyed and one has been captured by Ukrainian troops.