| BMP-2 | |
|---|---|
 BMP-2 | |
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1980–present |
| Wars | See combat history |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod, Ordnance Factory Medak, ZTS Detva |
| Produced | 1979–present |
| No. built | 20,000+ (USSR), 26,000–35,000 (licence-built variants included)[1][2] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 14.3 tonnes (15.8 short tons; 14.1 long tons) |
| Length | 6.735 metres (22 ft 1.2 in) |
| Width | 3.15 metres (10 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 2.45 metres (8 ft 0 in) |
| Crew | 3 (+7 passengers) |
| Armor | 33 millimetres (1.3 in) (max)[3] |
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Secondary armament |
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| Engine | diesel UTD-20/3 300 hp (225 kW) |
| Power/weight | 21 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 600 km (370 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) (road) 45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) 7 km/h (4.3 mph) (water) |
The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry")[4] is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.[5]
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- ^ "Soviet BMP-2 IFV (1980)".
- ^ info about BMP-2 Archived 29 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Fas.org. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ Soderzhaniye. Web.archive.org (11 May 2005). Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "BMP-2 | Weaponsystems.net". Weaponsystems.net. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018.