“This is a forced decision made by the company’s management due to the refusal of the military acceptance of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to allow operation in the armored personnel carrier BTR-4, the corps of which are made of armor made by EU and NATO countries,” Ukroboronprom reported on Facebook.
The concern noted that the situation was due to a discrepancy in the standardization of armor standards. They called absurdity a declaration unsuitable for use by products of EU and NATO countries.
"Ukroboronprom" emphasizes that the prevention of the production of European bronestali will entail critical problems at other factories armored cluster of the concern, as well as in private companies, "- said in a statement.
Last year, it was reported that the Kiev Armored Plant manufactured an experimental BTR-3DA case from armored steel produced by one of the NATO countries.