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BMP-3Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Infantry Fighting Vehicle
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The BMP-3 IFV differs from all other combat vehicles: it can both bring personnel to the battlefield and fight on a par with hostile armoured vehicles and tanks and even beat them, thanks to enhanced armament, protection and mobility. General description
Among infantry fighting vehicles, only the BMP-3 boasts such a formidable weapons system: 100mm main armament/ATGM launcher, 30mm 2A72 automatic cannon, and three 7.62mm PKT machine guns. The weapons suite is managed by an automated fire control system and a two-plane stabiliser ensuring effective firing against tanks, armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, low-flying aircraft and enemy personnel at a range of up to 5,000 m. The vehicle can also deliver indirect fire at a range of up to 7,000m. At customer request the fire control system can be fitted with a thermal imaging sight.
The 500hp four-stroke ten-cylinder watercooled V-engine develops 70km/h speed cross-country, thus making the BMP-3 a very manoeuvrable and hard-to-hit target. In addition, the vehicle can cross water obstacles at a speed of 10 km/h at Sea State3. At Sea State 1, the vehicle can fire its main armament while afloat.
The BMP-3 passed its trials in the Arabian Peninsula deserts and the Gulf waters with success, earning well-deserved respect. Basic specifications
Combat weight, t 18,7 Crew+troops 3+7 Specific ground pressure, kg/sq. cm 0.61 Max road/afloat speed, km/h 70/10 Fuel endurance, km 600 Power-to-weight ratio, hp/t 26.7 Engine: type UTD-29 power, hp 500 Obstacles negotiated: gradient, deg max 35 vertical wall, m 0.80 trench, m 2.5 seaworthiness, Sea State up to 3 Armament: 2A70 main gun/ATGM launcher: calibre, mm 100 ammunition, rds 40 (22 in autoloader) 2A72 automatic cannon: calibre, mm 30 ammunition, rds 500 in two belts
PKT machine gun: number 3 ammunition per machine gun, rds 2,000 in one belt Guided weapon system: 9K117 Bastion ammunition, msl 8 Stabiliser 2E52, two-planes Fire control system automated, with a ballistic computer
