Will the Vityaz all-terrain vehicle overcome bureaucratic obstacles?

ATV "Vityaz" began to plow the expanse of the snow-covered tundra and conquer impenetrable landscapes of the Kola peninsula in the seventieth year of the last century. Its creators are Soviet military engineers who used the idea of the captain of the royal army Zagryazhsky. She ripened for him a hundred and fifty years ago. In his name, a patent for the invention of a "cart on a metal caterpillar intended for off-road driving" was registered. As it followed from the description, its wheels themselves paved the way for them to roll.

The combination of the old idea and the development of modern scientists has resulted in an unusual military vehicle - the Vityaz all-terrain vehicle. He can swim at a speed of four kilometers per hour, drive a vertical barrier two meters high, move through four-meter ditches and ravines. The equipment was intended, first of all, for operation in the regions of the Far North, Siberia and the Far Eastern regions. There is a lot of snow around the marsh and a terrain crossed by mountain landscapes, and the temperature boundaries in winter reach -50 ⁰ C, and in summer-up to + 40 ⁰ С. Previously, these were the most vulnerable places where it was most difficult to ensure the country's defensive capability.

The creators proudly declared that "Vityaz" was an all-terrain vehicle, which inferior only to a helicopter in passing. At the same time, he can protect himself from all sides, including from an air attack. Its weight in full combat equipment reaches twenty-eight tons with a payload of thirty tons. The calculation includes an engine with a power of more than seven hundred horsepower. Capacities for fuel reserves are calculated for at least five hundred kilometers off-road at speeds reaching forty kilometers per hour.

The Vityaz off-road vehicle consists of two trailer trains. Its engine compartment, heating, ventilation, cabin, in which there are five places for the crew, are in the avant-garde part of the car. For the cargo compartment there are various options for use - from the transportation of goods and equipment to the installation of antiaircraft guns. It is remarkable that, having provided both parts of the vehicle with the opportunity to have its own turn, the developers got an amazing opportunity to strengthen the grip of equipment with the ground while driving along the longitudinally vertical landscape of the mountainous terrain.

Today, Vityaz all-terrain vehicles are not strictly military equipment, because they take out harvested forest from hard-to-reach arrays, provide rescue assistance during floods in flooded areas and serve as an indispensable mode of transport in areas where particularly difficult climatic conditions remain for most of the year.

Today only old machines are used, there are no new developments, production is at a decreasing level. In this regard, engineers are very sorry that, knowing how to overcome any enemy and protect themselves from the enemy on the ground, in water and in the air, the Vityaz all-terrain vehicle can not overcome one single obstacle - the bureaucratic one. There is an opinion that it is not a priority for further development, improvement of qualities and equipping with new technical capabilities. Therefore, there is no financing for such developments.