This was followed by a second batch of 45 units with the total requirement being for up to 85–110 units. Īccording to Russian information, the Russian Army placed an initial contract for 15 2S25 SPATG in three batches of five vehicles each in 2005. One of its first trials took place on May 8, 2001, on the 'Prudboy' tank firing range located North Caucasian military district for the representatives of the power ministries of Russia and foreign military and diplomatic corps from 14 other countries of Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America. As far as it is known, production of the 2S25 self-propelled anti-tank gun is still being carried out at the Volgograd tractor plant. Recent information has indicated that production of the BMD-4 airborne combat vehicle has been transferred to the Kurgan Machine Construction Plant, where production of the BMP-3 armored fighting vehicle and its variants are currently undertaken for the local and export markets. In mid-2001, it was stated that the Volgograd tractor plant had been working on the 2S25 for about seven years. The turret was developed in Yekaterinburg artillery plant number 9. After the completion of the chassis modification, it received the index 'Object 952'. The plant was also the designer and manufacturer of the BMD-1, BMD-2, BMD-3 and latest BMD-4 airborne combat vehicles that are used by the Russian Air Assault Divisions. In the early 1990s, the Volgograd tractor plant created a new self-propelled tank destroyer based on a modified prototype light tank classified as Object 934. As of 2014 the South Korean and Indian militaries have expressed interest in acquiring the 2S25 Sprut-SD.

As of 2011 the only operators of the 2S25 are the Russian airborne troops with 24 of these vehicles in service. The 2S25 can be used by units of ground forces and naval infantry as a light amphibious tank. This allows the 2S25 firepower to be as powerful as a main battle tank and as maneuverable and amphibious as airborne infantry combat vehicles. Its main armament, the 2A75, is capable of firing APFSDS, HE-Frag, HEAT and ATGM ammunition. The Sprut-SD is designed to defeat tanks, hard-skinned material and enemy manpower by airborne and amphibious landing forces, as well as by specially designated units of ground forces. In mid-2001, the Volgograd tractor plant revealed that the development of the 2S25 had lasted several years. The 2S25 Sprut-SD ( Russian: 2С25 «Спрут-СД» 2S25 'Kraken-SD') is a self-propelled anti-tank gun developed and to be manufactured by the Volgograd Tractor Plant to meet the requirements of the VDV.

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