IMR-2

IMR-2
IMR
Type	Heavy Combat engineering vehicle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1982-present
Wars	Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Production history
Designer	UVZ
Manufacturer	UVZ
Produced	1982-1990
No. built	659
Specifications
Mass	44.3 tonnes
Length	9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)
Width	4.35 m (14 ft 3 in)
Height	3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)
Crew	2
Armor	Protection against small arms and shell splinters
Main armament	1× 12.7 mm NSV machine gun
Engine	V-84MS V-12 turbocharged diesel engine 840 hp
Power/weight	19 hp/tonne
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	500 km
Maximum speed	50 km/h (31 mph)

The IMR-2 is a Soviet and Russian tracked military engineering vehicle built on T-72 main battle tank chassis. IMR stands for Inzhenernaya Mashina Razgrazhdeniya (Russian: инженерная машина разграждения-2; ИМР-2), meaning "Clearing Engineering Vehicle".

Development of the IMR-2 begun in 1970s and completed in 1980, while commercial production commenced in 1982. IMR-2 was developed to replace aging IMR which was built on the basis of T-54/55 tank. The IMR-2 combat engineering vehicle is in service with Russian Army and some foreign militaries. It took part in the Soviet-Afghan War, First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, Russian invasion of Ukraine and was in addition used in relief operations after the Chernobyl disaster.^[1]