▁plant ▁produced ▁the ▁B MP - 2 ▁model , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁began ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁the ▁B MP - 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁company ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁purs uing ▁a ▁production ▁processes ▁optimization ▁programme ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁operations ▁more ▁efficient . ▁In ▁the ▁future ▁the ▁company ▁a ims ▁to ▁produce ▁" h undred s ▁of ▁vehicles ▁a ▁year , ▁rather ▁than ▁do z ens ▁of ▁vehicles ▁per ▁an num ", ▁both ▁for ▁the ▁Russian ▁Army ▁and ▁for ▁export . ▁ ▁K urg an m ash z av od ▁has ▁received ▁a ▁large ▁state ▁contract ▁worth ▁$ 2 5 0 ▁million ▁for ▁building ▁and ▁repair ing ▁an ▁un spec ified ▁number ▁of ▁B MP - 3 ▁vehicles ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁company ▁plans ▁on ▁invest ing ▁about ▁$ 4 0 ▁million ▁to ▁re - equ ip ▁its ▁facilities . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁reported ly ▁" bal ancing ▁on ▁the ▁br ink ▁of ▁full ▁sto pp age " ▁of ▁its ▁AF V ▁production ▁because ▁of ▁an ▁out standing ▁natural ▁gas ▁bill ▁of ▁ 5 5 . 5 ▁million ▁rub les ▁( appro xim ately ▁US $ 7 6 4 , 0 0 0 ) ▁to ▁Gaz prom ▁Me zh region g az . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Official ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁company ' s ▁military ▁products ▁Official ▁site ▁for ▁the ▁company