BMP-2

BMP-2
BMP-2
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1980–present
Wars	See combat history
Production history
Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod, Ordnance Factory Medak, ZTS Detva
Produced	1979–present
No. built	20,000+ (USSR), 26,000-35,000 (licence-built variants included)[1][2]
Specifications
Mass	14.3 tonnes (15.8 short tons; 14.1 long tons)
Length	6.735 metres (22 ft 1.2 in)
Width	3.15 metres (10 ft 4 in)
Height	2.45 metres (8 ft 0 in)
Crew	3 (+7 passengers)
Armor	33 millimetres (1.3 in) (max)[3]
Main armament	30 mm 2A42 autocannon 9M113 Konkurs ATGM,
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Engine	diesel UTD-20/3 300 hp (225 kW)
Power/weight	21 hp/tonne
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	600 km (370 mi)
Maximum speed	65 km/h (40 mph) (road) 45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) 7 km/h (4.3 mph) (water)

The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry")^[4] is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.^[5]