Brief
The BMD-3 is a Russian air- transportable and air-droppable infantry fighting vehicle introduced in 1985 as a replacement for the BMD-1 , which it did not fully replace due to the collapse of the USSR in 1989. It is in service with the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation . Its main characteristic is to be able to be parachuted by air drop .
Operation video
informations
| BMD-3 | |
 | |
| Service characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type | Air- transportable and air-droppable infantry fighting vehicle |
| Service | 1990-present |
| Users |  Russia |
| Production | |
| Production | 1985-1997 |
| Units produced | 143 |
| Main Features | |
| Crew | 3 |
| Length | 6,36 m (canon avant) 6 m (chassis) |
| Lenght | 3,13 m |
| Height | 2,45 m (maximum) 2,17 m (minimum) |
| Ground clearance | cm |
| Mace in battle | 12.9 tons |
Operators
Current operators:
Angola
Angolan Armed Forces – 10 delivered, quantity unknown still in service in 2012 3 , 4
Russia
Russian Federation Airborne Troops – About 100 BMD-3s in active service in 2012 5 . More than 60 BMD-4s, raised to BMD-3 standards or newly built are in active service
Additional information
Variants
BMD-3K – command variant of the BMD-3 adopted by the Russian army in 1996. No mass production.
2S25 (Object 952) – tank destroyer entered service in 2005.
BTR-MD “Rakushka” (Object 955) – multi-role vehicle for transporting troops, fuel, ammunition, and ambulance, as well as self- propelled mortar
BTR-MDM – modernized version of the BMD-4M 1 .
RKhM-5 (Object 958) – Chemical reconnaissance introduced in 2011 2
BMD-4 (Object 960)
BMM-D – Command post and military engineering vehicle .
Comments
Post a Comment