BMP-3
The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for boevaya mashina pehoty (боевая машина пехоты, literally "infantry combat vehicle").
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The BMP-3 is one of the most heavily armed infantry combat vehicles in service, original version of BMP-3 has a turret fitted with a low-velocity 2A70 100 mm rifled gun, which can fire conventional shells or 9M117 Bastion ATGMs (AT-10 Stabber). 40 100mm-rounds and 8 ATGMs are carried. A 2A72 30 mm dual feed autocannon with 500 (300 HEI and 200 APT) rounds and a rate of fire of 350 to 400 RPM, and a 7.62mm PKT machine gun with 2,000 rounds, all mounted coaxially in the turret. The main gun elevates from −5° to +60°. There are also two 7.62mm PKT bow machine guns, again with 2,000 rounds each. The BMP-3 is capable of engaging targets out to 5,000–6,000 meters with its ATGM weapon system 9K116-3 "Basnya". With conventional ammunition, such as the HE-Frag shell 3OF32, the 2A70 gun has a range of 4,000 meters.
Mass: 18.7 tonnes (18.4 long tons; 20.6 short tons)
Length: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
Width: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, driver) / 7 troopers (+ 2 additional seats)
Main armament: 2K23 turret with 100 mm gun/launcher 2A70 (able to fire shells or the 9M117 Bastion ATGM), 30 mm autocannon 2A72 and 7.62mm PKT machine gun or Bakhcha-U turret (2A70, 2A72, PKMT machine gun, and a new fire control system) or B05Ya01 Berezhok turret with 2A42, AGS-30 grenade launcher, Kornet-EM, and PKT machine gun or AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station turret with 57 mm BM-57 autocannon and 7.62mm PKMT machine gun
Secondary armament: 2 × 7.62 mm PKT machine guns
Armor: Aluminium alloy + steel, 35mm+ frontally, all around small arms fire protection up to 12.7mm
Engine: UTD-29M diesel - 500 hp (375 kW)
Power/weight: 27 hp/tonne
Suspension: torsion bar
Operational range: 600 km (370 mi)
Maximum speed: 72 km/h (45 mph) (road) or45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) or 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water)
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BMP-3
Description
Type
Role
Country of Origin
Introduction
Note
The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for boevaya mashina pehoty (боевая машина пехоты, literally "infantry combat vehicle").
The BMP-3 is one of the most heavily armed infantry combat vehicles in service, original version of BMP-3 has a turret fitted with a low-velocity 2A70 100 mm rifled gun, which can fire conventional shells or 9M117 Bastion ATGMs (AT-10 Stabber). 40 100mm-rounds and 8 ATGMs are carried. A 2A72 30 mm dual feed autocannon with 500 (300 HEI and 200 APT) rounds and a rate of fire of 350 to 400 RPM, and a 7.62mm PKT machine gun with 2,000 rounds, all mounted coaxially in the turret. The main gun elevates from −5° to +60°. There are also two 7.62mm PKT bow machine guns, again with 2,000 rounds each. The BMP-3 is capable of engaging targets out to 5,000–6,000 meters with its ATGM weapon system 9K116-3 "Basnya". With conventional ammunition, such as the HE-Frag shell 3OF32, the 2A70 gun has a range of 4,000 meters.
Technical data and Packaging
Mass: 18.7 tonnes (18.4 long tons; 20.6 short tons)
Length: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
Width: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, driver) / 7 troopers (+ 2 additional seats)
Main armament: 2K23 turret with 100 mm gun/launcher 2A70 (able to fire shells or the 9M117 Bastion ATGM), 30 mm autocannon 2A72 and 7.62mm PKT machine gun or Bakhcha-U turret (2A70, 2A72, PKMT machine gun, and a new fire control system) or B05Ya01 Berezhok turret with 2A42, AGS-30 grenade launcher, Kornet-EM, and PKT machine gun or AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station turret with 57 mm BM-57 autocannon and 7.62mm PKMT machine gun
Secondary armament: 2 × 7.62 mm PKT machine guns
Armor: Aluminium alloy + steel, 35mm+ frontally, all around small arms fire protection up to 12.7mm
Engine: UTD-29M diesel - 500 hp (375 kW)
Power/weight: 27 hp/tonne
Suspension: torsion bar
Operational range: 600 km (370 mi)
Maximum speed: 72 km/h (45 mph) (road) or45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) or 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water)
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