Image source: Photo: "Bulletin of Mordovia"
Local conflicts of recent years have repeatedly demonstrated that the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles of the first and second generation, which did not undergo modernization, no longer meet modern requirements in terms of security.
Therefore, at present, Russia has created a variant of the BMP-2 with significantly enhanced armor and lattice anti-cumulative screens.
Image source: Photo: "Bulletin of Mordovia"
Image source: Photo: "Bulletin of Mordovia"
In this guise, "Beha" will help the crew and the landing party, located inside the "deuce", much more effectively perform the tasks. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that, despite the new "body kit", which led to an increase in combat weight, the BMP retained the ability to overcome water obstacles at a speed of up to 7 km / h. The maximum speed on the highway also remained the same - 65 km/h. The power of the engine. upgraded to 360 HP
Also survival on the modern battlefield is facilitated by the existence of the gunner-operator and commander Vsesojuznyj sight with automatic target tracking, giving the ability to effectively apply a 30-mm gun with coaxial machine gun, automatic grenade launcher and guided missile system "cornet" capable of distances up to 8000 meters to destroy modern main battle tanks.
Image source: Photo: "Bulletin of Mordovia"
BMP-2M was first demonstrated at the international military-technical forum "Army-2020" in August of the outgoing year.
Dmitry Lemeshko
