Borusk 3¶
| Type | Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Poland, Earth, Sol |
| In service | 2185 |
| Used by | Polish Land Forces, various militaries |
| Wars | None |
| Designer | HSW Consortium |
| Designed | 2178 |
| Manufacturer | HSW |
| Unit cost | Block 4: 1.25 million € (used) Block 5: 2.5 million € |
| Produced | 2183 |
| No. built | 5.340 |
| Operator | Polish Land Forces Various |
| Variants | Various |
| Mass | 42.4 metric tons |
| Length | Standard Chassis length: 8.2 m |
| Width | 3.5 m |
| Height | 3.2 m |
| Crew | 3 (Commander, Gunner, Driver) 8 PPA armoured troopers |
| Armor | 4th generation cermet composite armour with reactive exterior lining |
| Main armament | Main Armament in full rotation remote controlled turret: - ZMT 50mm coaxial Helical Rail Gun (2000 shot) - 4x Anti-Armour wire guided missile |
| Secondary armament | Commanders Weapon Station: - ZMT 12.7mm Rapid fire Helical railgun 6x Zeiss point defense lasers 1MW 4x heavy drone launch bays (loitering munitions) 2x recon drone launch bays |
| Main Communication System | Link 24 Multimodal Decentralised Combat Information & Communication System - Multiband Radio & Microwave Comlink - LASER line of sight Comlink - Satellite Comlink (Radio, Microwave & Laser) - Smart Dust Short Range Comlink |
| Sensor System | Phased Multiband Radar with C-RAM capabilities Multiband LIDAR Multispectral Imaging Systems |
| Power Source: | Multi-fuel FuelCell Superconducting battery |
| Engine | 2x high torque electric motor à 2.500 kW |
| Power/weight | CLASSIFIED |
| Transmission | Non-Applicable (direct electrical power) |
| Suspension and Motive Group | linear electromagnetic shock absorber/motive accelerator pistons Floating electromagnetic multiple roadwheel suspension system |
| Ground clearance | 0.9m with suspension lifted to maximum elevation |
| Fuel capacity | 15 year active lifespan with unlimited endurance over same period, so long as maintenance is performed. |
| Operational range | Indefinite over operational lifespan / FuelCell needs to be refuelled after 1 week of combat operations |
| Maximum speed | Road: 114.3 km/h (governed) Off-road: 76 km/h |
The Borusk 3 is the third iteration of the well known Borusk Infantry Fighting Vehicles originally designed during the early 21st century for the Polish Armed forces and produced by the local HSW Consortium to replace old Soviet era technology.
It is based on the Borusk 2, incorporating experiences from decades of operation and with an eye of increasing trooper survivability in urban combat situations, with a secondary goal of increasing viability in interstellar operations. As such, the Borusk 32 was designed to operate in gravitational fields from 0.25 to 2 times Earth standard gravity, in low pressure atmospherics and under a variety of other environmental environments.
The Borusk 3 was also designed to increase serviceability in the field, with a small fabricator for small repairs on internal systems.
In 2220, the Block 4 variant of the Borusk 3, the majority of its systems and its training material were made 'open source' and added into the Library of Alexandria. As such the Borusk 3 and its subvariants are some of the most popular tracked IFV used by Terragen settlements within Local Space, even though it is two generations behind bleeding edge IFVs.