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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 ...
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
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]
BMP-2: Infantry fighting vehicle 2,100 [52] Soviet Union: 2,900 BMP-2 and 70+ BMP-2M in service. [115] Russia will upgrade several hundred vehicles. [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 ...
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]
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.
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 ...
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 ...