BRDM-2
Sign in to saveThe BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car designed and developed in the Soviet Union. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2, and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries. It was intended to replace the older BRDM-1, and has improved amphibious capabilities and better armament compared to its predecessor.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BRDM-2
- Weapon.image
- File:BRDM-2 (1964) owned by James Stewart pic1.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- BRDM-2 at the War and Peace Show 2010 event.
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Amphibious armoured scout car
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1962–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- See Service History
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod
- Weapon.production_date
- 1962–1989 (in USSR)
- Weapon.number
- 7,200
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.suspension
- Wheeled 4x4 (+ 4 auxiliary wheels), leaf springs with hydraulic shock absorbers
- Weapon.speed
- (road) (water)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 7.62×54mmR PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds)
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Article
40 sectionsContents
- History
- Construction
- Armament
- Flaws
- Service history
- Soviet Union and Russia
- Poland
- Estonia
- Ukraine
- Syria
- Other operators
- List of conflicts
- Variants
- Soviet Union
- Afghanistan
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- East Germany
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Hungary
- North Korea
- Poland
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Sudan
- Ukraine
- United States
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- External links
The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car designed and developed in the Soviet Union. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2, and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries. It was intended to replace the older BRDM-1, and has improved amphibious capabilities and better armament compared to its predecessor.
==History== After a few years of use by the Soviet Army, the limitations and drawbacks of the BRDM-1 became obvious. The vehicle had no turret and to operate the armament the gunner had to open a hatch and expose himself to enemy fire. The vehicle was not fitted with an NBC protection system, and had no night vision equipment by default. The vehicle also lacked any kind of special sights, which undermined its function as a reconnaissance vehicle. These drawbacks encouraged the design team to create a new vehicle which would suit the modern battlefield.