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BMP-3 Dragoon – New IFV version with an unmanned turret which can be armed with a variety of combat modules, including standard BMP-3's Bakhcha-U turret with a 2A70 100 mm cannon, a 2A72 30 mm autocannon and a PKTM 7.62 mm machine gun, the AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station module with a 57 mm BM-57 gun and a module with a 125 mm 2A82-1M ...
The TATA Kestrel, also known as the IPMV (Infantry Protected Mobility Vehicle), [3] a variant of DRDO developed WhAP, is a family of armoured personnel carriers developed by Tata Advanced Systems and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It was developed to replace Soviet-era BMP-1 and BMP-2 and APCs in service with the ...
The resulting BMP-3 was developed in the early 1980s and entered service with the Soviet Army officially in 1987. At the moment the BMP-3 is the most modern, in service, tank of the BMP series while it is supposed to be replaced by the BMP T-15 Armata which is currently in the prototype stage.
The order will be split between the lowest bidders, L1 (2,55,128 units) and L2 (1,70,085 units). The carbine mass must be within the range of 3-3.5 kg and must have a range of more than 200 m and a cyclic rate of firing 600 rounds/min. The procurement is under Buy 'Indian' category, that is the guns must have more than 60% indigenous content.
6–8 km/h (3.7–5.0 mph; 3.2–4.3 kn) (water) The ZBD-04 or Type 04 (industrial designation WZ502 ) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] is a Chinese infantry fighting vehicle . It bears some external resemblance to the BMP-3 , particularly with regards to its turret and main armament; However, the chassis and internal subsystem possesses a different layout.
A BMP-3 destroyed on Azovstalska St. in Mariupol in April 2022, before the city’s captured by Russian forces. Note the two guns on the turret, 30- and 100-millimeter caliber.
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]
Although not much is known about the composition of the K21's armour, the frontal armour of the vehicle is specifically designed to protect against large caliber automatic cannon rounds, primarily the 30 mm APDS munitions (30×165mm) for 2A72 automatic cannon used on BMP-3, which has approximately 50 mm (2.0 in) armour penetration at ranges of ...