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The installation of new weapons on the BMP-2 has long been tested by the Russian defense industry. Back in 2005, Algeria ordered the modernization of these machines from the domestic military-industrial complex to version 2M, which meant equipping the equipment with the Berezhok combat module. It consists of a 30-mm 2A42 cannon, a 7, 62-mm machine gun, 4 ATGM "Kornet" launchers and a 30-mm AGS-17 grenade launcher.
In the interests of the Russian army, an improved version of the car was ordered in 2017. In total, 124 BMP-2M were supposed to be delivered by the end of 2022. Judging by the IISS analytics, the contract was successfully executed and, apparently, was closed last year (probably, work continues under the new order). After the start of the special operation, the BMP-2M regularly appears in videos dedicated to the confrontation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the Kiev regime.
The other day, footage of the BMP-2M from a grenade launcher on enemy manpower was shown. Allegedly, an enemy detachment of five people was eliminated. AGS-17 acted as a means of destruction. Firing from a grenade launcher is displayed on the monitor of the operator-gunner, to which a video signal is transmitted from the new B07K2 sight. Enemy forces are being monitored in the infrared range. The range of recognition of a tank-type target through the thermal imaging channel of the sight is up to 3 thousand meters.
