BMP-3
The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for boevaya mashina pehoty (боевая машина пехоты, literally "infantry combat vehicle").[3][4][5]
| BMP-3 | |
|---|---|
 BMP-3 | |
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1987–present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | First Chechen War Second Chechen War Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1975–1987 |
| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod |
| No. built | 2,000+ |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 18.7 tonnes (18.4 long tons; 20.6 short tons) |
| Length | 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) |
| Width | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Height | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) 7 troopers (+ 2 additional seats) |
| Armor | Aluminium alloy + steel, 35mm+ frontally, all around small arms fire protection up to 12.7mm |
Main armament | 2K23 turret with 100 mm gun/launcher 2A70 (able to fire shells or the 9M117 Bastion ATGM), 30 mm autocannon 2A72 and 7.62mm PKT machine gun or Bakhcha-U turret (2A70, 2A72, PKMT machine gun, and a new fire control system) or B05Ya01 Berezhok turret with 2A42, AGS-30 grenade launcher, Kornet-EM, and PKT machine gun[1] or AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station turret with 57 mm BM-57 autocannon and 7.62mm PKMT machine gun[2] |
Secondary armament | 2 × 7.62 mm PKT machine guns |
| Engine | UTD-29M diesel 500 hp (375 kW) |
| Power/weight | 27 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 600 km (370 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 72 km/h (45 mph) (road) 45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water) |