BMD-3
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| BMD-3 | |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1990 - present |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Volgograd Tractor Factory |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 12.9mt |
| Length | 6m |
| Width | 3.13m |
| Height | 2.25m |
| Crew | 3 (+4 passengers) |
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| Armor | turret - steel, hull - aluminum alloy |
| Primary armament |
2A42 30mm autocannon with coaxial 7.62mm PK machine gun, AT-4 Spigot or AT-5 Spandrel from turret mounted launcher |
| Secondary armament |
bow-mounted AGS-17 Plamya 30-mm automatic grenade launcher and 5.45-mm RPK machine-gun |
| Engine | 2V-06-2 water cooled diesel 450hp |
| Power/weight | 34hp/ton |
| Suspension | hydroneumatic with variable height control (130mm-530mm) |
| Operational range |
500km |
| Speed | 70 km/h off-road: 45 km/h water: 10 km/h |
The BMD-3 "Bakhcha" (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta , Russian "Боевая Машина Десанта") is a light infantry fighting vehicle of Russian origin that is fully amphibious and air-dropable with crew inside. It is intended to be a fire-support platform for use by airborne and air assault units. It is not an upgraded BMD-1 but a completely redesigned vehicle with a new suspension, new hull, a more powerful 2V-06-2 diesel engine and fitted with the complete turret of the BMP-2.
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[edit] Production history
Manufactured at the Volgograd Tractor Factory, Volgograd, Russia under the industrial index Ob'yekt 950. Entered service in 1990.
[edit] Variants
- BMD-3 (Ob'yekt 950) - Basic type, as described.
- BMD-4 (Ob'yekt 960) - Modified chassis with new turret "Bakhcha-U" comprising: 100mm main gun 2A70, 30mm autocannon 2A72, 7.62mm machine gun, and new fire control system "Ramka". The bow-mounted AGS-17 has been removed. The armament is similar to the one of the BMP-3. BMD-4's are new-build or upgraded BMD-3's. The prototype was known as BMD-3M. Photos
- RKhM-5 (Ob'yekt 958) - Chemical reconnaissance vehicle, fitted with the same specialised equipment as the BTR-80 version RKhM-4. The turret has been removed; the RKhM-5 has a fixed superstructure with machine gun turret.
- BTR-MD “Rakushka” (Ob'yekt 955) - Multi-role transport vehicle with bigger hull and no turret. This type can be used to transport troops, fuel, ammunition and wounded personnel. It also serves as the basis for a new range of specialised vehicles for the Russian airborne forces, including a mortar platform, an ambulance BMM-D, a command post vehicle and a recovery vehicle. Some of the variants will have a longer chassis with 7 road wheels and probably the same 510hp engine as the 2S25.
- 2S25 "Sprut-SD (Ob'yekt 952) - Self-propelled anti-tank gun, armed with a 125mm gun 2A75 that has similar ballistics as the main gun of the 2A46 series and can also fire the ATGM "Svir". The chassis has 7 instead of 5 road wheels on each side and the engine is now the 2V-06-2S of 510 hp. The 2S25 has a combat weight of 18 tonnes and a crew of 3. It entered service in 2007. Photos
[edit] Users
Russia - Some 100 BMD-3/4; 500 BTR-MD and 57 2S25 ordered
[edit] Former Operators
Soviet Union - Passed on to successor states.
[edit] In popular culture
The BMD-3 and others of its family have not received much recognition, but the BMD-3 is used by the People's Liberation Army in the Playstation 2/Xbox/Xbox 360 game Battlefield 2: Modern Combat. It is portrayed in a two-man configuration, with a driver/main gunner and an ATGM operator in the turret.
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