Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
BMP-2 obr. 1986 – Late-production model with new BPK-2-42 sight instead of the BPK-1-42. BMP-2D (D stands for dorabotanaya – modified) – Fitted with additional spaced type steel appliqué armour on the hull sides, under the driver's and commander's stations, and 6 mm thick appliqué armour on the turret. Owing to the added weight, the ...
BMP-2 "Sarath" Infantry fighting vehicle: 2400 [126] [127] India Soviet Union: Status: In service. [128] All BMP-2/2K vehicles are to be upgraded to BMP-2M standard. [129] Manufactured locally in India by Ordnance Factory Medak. In March 2024, MoD signed an initial contract with AVNL to upgrade 693 units to BMP-2M configuration. [130]
Upgraded to BMP-2M "Berezhok" variant, which comprises four 9M133 Kornet-E anti-tank missiles, an AGS-30 30mm automatic grenade launcher, a 30mm 2A42 main gun designed for the BMP-2 and a PKT 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. [8] A total of 760 such turrets were bought for upgrades, 400 were ordered in 2005 and 360 in 2014. [7] BMP-2 Soviet Union
A development program to completely address the shortcomings of the BMP was started at the same time resulting in four prototypes, all of which had two-man turrets. Ob'yekt 675 from Kurgan - BMP-1 hull, armed with a 2A42 30 mm autocannon. This eventually became the BMP-2. Ob'yekt 681 from Kurgan - BMP-1 hull, armed with a lengthened 73 mm gun.
[120] [121] [55] As of 17 July 2024, at least 1,522 (1,325 BMP-2(K), 17 BMP-2D, 37 BMP-2M, 136 BMP-2 675-sb3KDZ and 7 BMP-2M 675-sb3KDZ) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An additional 198 losses in the list that are either BMP-1 or BMP-2, but for which a definitive classification as either cannot be made.
The BMP’s escape maneuver, however, further exposed its thinner side and rear armor to the Bradley’s shells, and the BMP blunders into the blast radius of a 155-millimeter cluster munition ...
In the 1970s, the plant was re-tooled for larger-scale military vehicle production. New power supplies were brought in, and the working area was increased by a factor of five. From 1983, the plant produced the BMP-2 model, and in 1987 began the manufacture of the BMP-3. [7] In 2007 the company's revenue was $231 million. Export share was 20%. [10]
BMP-1-Carrier Mortar Tracked license produced/assembled infantry combat vehicle; BMP-2 – license produced/assembled infantry Combat Vehicle; DRDO light tank – Cold war era infantry fighting vehicle; TATA FICV – Infantry Fighting Vehicle and Engineers Fighting Vehicle [53] Mahindra FICV – Infantry fighting vehicle And engineers fighting ...