BMP-2
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The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, , literally "combat machine/vehicle [of the] infantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.
Key facts
- Weapon.engine_power
- 300 hp (225 kW)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 21 hp/tonne
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.name
- BMP-2
- Weapon.image
- Army2016demo-007.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- BMP-2
- Weapon.type
- Infantry fighting vehicle
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Kurganmashzavod, Ordnance Factory Medak, ZTS Detva
- Weapon.service
- 1980–present
- Weapon.number
- 20,000+ (USSR), 26,000–35,000 (licence-built variants included)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1979–present
- Weapon.wars
- See combat history
- Weapon.suspension
- torsion bar
- Weapon.speed
- (road) (off-road) (water)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 30 mm 2A42 autocannon 9M113 Konkurs ATGM,
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 7.62 mm PKT machine gun
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Development history
- Design
- Layout
- Mobility
- Weapons
- Countermeasures
- Service history
- Combat history
- Variants
- Soviet Union and Russian Federation
- Former Czechoslovakia
- India
- Israel
- Poland
- Finland
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, , literally "combat machine/vehicle [of the] infantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.
== Development history ==
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