Future of Russian IFV/AFVs

I honestly thought they were already introducing this upgrade already to the Armed forces. Guess I was having a fever dream.

wasnt sure where to post this as it could easily have been posted in BMP-3, 2S38, or here sections. and apologies if already posted. mods feel free to relocate this elsewhere if needed.

while doing a bit of research came across a few things. first one was a Ukrainian attempt back 1998 to mount a S-60 57mm gun on to a BTR-80 apparently it wasnt well mounted and caused a few issues including having to be to loaded and fired outside of the vehicle. see pics below.



also a worthy mention was the upgrade to the PT-76 with the S-60 57mm gun. according to the article the PT-76 upgrade was more stable and effective at firing than the Ukranian attempt. Only handful were made the only thing that stopped the Russians from adopting the upgrade to PT-76 was the old chassis of the PT-76.



and finally pics of the early AGS-57. this took part in joint exercises with China and Russian airborne forces in 2005 and later on in the same year with joint exercise with India. (translation wasnt the greatest)

"in August-September 2005, the Russian military for the first time demonstrated (in the People's Republic of China, at the joint Russian-Chinese exercises "Xiao Lan-2005" / "Peace Mission-2005") a new 57-mm automatic grenade launcher complex AGS-57. The complex was demonstrated, being installed on an armored personnel carrier BTR-D (and for the installation of a grenade launcher on the BTR-D, it turned out to be necessary to drill holes in the armored corps (! !)). In October 2005, AGS-57 was also demonstrated at the joint Russian-Indian exercises Indra-2005, held in India in the Tar desert (Rajastan). The public (foreign, not demonstrated in Russia) was first demonstrated (along with other equipment of the Russian Airborne Forces) also in China, but already in 2006 it is given as proof that "Russia has not left the leading positions in the development of automatic grenade launchers."
The system, positioned also as a "light artillery complex" and (export designation) "light assault weapon / light assault weapon / gun" (which is associated with the alternative designation - LAW-57/LSO-57), is designed to solve most of the firing tasks of artillery in the interests of the battalion. It is stated that the AGS-57/LShO-57 “provides the possibility of effective destruction of various targets at a range of up to 6000 m,” and “significant mobility (dubious statement – the weight of the AGS-57 in combat position reaches 250 kg) ensures the suddenness of combat use.”
Power of the grenade launcher with ammunition - from "cassettes" (loading) for 5 shots each through a special feed unit located on top of the grenade launcher. The fire mode is single or automatic. The sight is optical. The two-wheeled machine is equipped with a guidance mechanism, which is driven by two rotating handles. It is known that in the creation of a 57-mm shot of increased power for the new AGS (the mass of the shot - presumably about 1.5 kg) was attended by the head of the ammunition department of the 30th branch (Central Design Research Bureau of Sports and Hunting Weapons / TsKIB SOO, Tula) of the federal state unitary enterprise "Design Bureau of Instrumentation" (KBP, Tula) Alexander Vladimirovich Bryzzhev, who, on the initiative, AGS-57 armor-piercing shot WB-57 to combat lightly armored vehicles.
Range of fire 6 km
Five rounds, semi-automatic.
The weapon is very simple to handle. We tried it at distances up to 5200m. and direct guidance and hinged.
The sight of PAG 17 was shot on the table.