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The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, ... The Ob. 688's original weapon configuration consisting of an externally mounted Shipunov 2A42 30 mm ...
BMP-3 – mounted in between 2A70 100 mm gun/launcher and PKT coaxial MG; ABM-M30M3 – remote Weapon Station made by Impulse-2, for Uran-9 or different armored vehicles. ABM-M30M3 Vikhr – another remote weapon station made by Impulse-2. TRT-30 – remote weapon station. [8] The 2A38 and 2A38M are 30mm twin-barrel autocannons, Gast-type.
The Ob. 688 weapons configuration—an externally mounted 30 mm gun and twin Konkurs ATGM launcher—was rejected; instead the new 2K23 armament system was selected. The resulting BMP-3 was developed in the early 1980s and entered service with the Soviet Army officially in 1987.
The 2S31 consists of a 120mm 2A80 rifled gun-mortar mounted on the chassis of the BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle. [1] It was developed by Joint Stock Venture "Plants of Motovilikha" (Russian: ОАО "Мотовилихинские заводы"). The 2S31's turret is equipped with digital automated fire control system, navigation system, and ...
It is a larger version of the BTR-80 vehicle, fitted with a BMP-2 turret. Armour protection is improved compared with the BTR-80, giving protection from 14.5 mm projectiles over the frontal arc. It is armed with a 2A42 30 mm auto cannon , a coaxial 7.62 mm PKT machine gun, an 9M113 Konkurs ATGM, as well as an AGS-17D 30 mm automatic grenade ...
[117] [118] [51] As of 17 July 2024, at least 854 (780 BMP-1(P), 49 BMP-1AM, 22 BMP-1 675sb3KDZ and 3 BMP-1U Shkval) 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. [51] BMP-2: Infantry fighting vehicle ...
A Russian BMP-3 with embarked infantry. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [ 1 ] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [ 2 ] The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe defines an infantry fighting vehicle ...
Arena was also mounted on the BMP-3M modernization package, developed by the Kurganmashzavod Joint Stock Company, although the package has received no export orders. [36] Arena was to be fitted on the Russian Black Eagle which debuted in 1998. [37] As of 2011, Arena had not entered quantity production. [38]