06/22/2026

A Spanish Guardian 30 turret on a Soviet-era BMP?

Ukraine’s 146th Separate Repair and Recovery Regiment posted photos of a Soviet BMP on transport wearing a Spanish turret it absolutely did not roll out of a Soviet factory with.

The original conical Soviet turret was gone. In its place: a Guardian 30 remote weapon station built by Escribano Mechanical and Engineering out of Madrid. Soviet hull. Spanish brain. NATO fire control.

In this video: why the remote weapon station upgrade matters more than the turret itself, how the Guardian 30’s 2A42 compatibility means Ukraine’s supply chain doesn’t have to learn anything new, and why a May 2025 meeting about local production matters more than the photograph.

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Apologies, I have a cold so I sound a little nasally in this video.