BRDM-2

BRDM-2
BRDM-2 at the War and Peace Show 2010 event.
Type	Amphibious armored scout car
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1962–present
Used by	See Operators
Wars	See Service History
Production history
Designer	V. K. Rubtsov
Manufacturer	Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod
Produced	1962–1989 (in USSR)
No. built	7,200[1]
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	7 tonnes (7.7 short tons; 6.9 long tons)[2]
Length	5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Width	2.37 m (7 ft 9 in)[3][page needed]
Height	2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)
Crew	4 (driver, commander, radio operator-observer, gunner)
Armor	Welded steel 10 mm turret front[4] 7 mm turret sides, rear and top[2] 14 mm hull nose plate[2] 5 mm hull, upper front[2] 7 mm hull lower front, sides, rear and top[2] 2 mm hull front floor[2] 3 mm hull rear floor[2]
Main armament	14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)[2]
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds)[2]
Engine	GAZ-41 gasoline V-8 140 hp (104 kW) at 3,400 rpm[1]
Power/weight	18.2 hp/tonne (13.5 kW/tonne)
Suspension	Wheeled 4x4 (+ 4 auxiliary wheels), leaf springs with hydraulic shock absorbers
Ground clearance	430 mm (17 in)[2]
Fuel capacity	290 L (64 imp gal; 77 US gal)[2]
Operational range	750 km (470 mi)
Maximum speed	100 km/h (62 mph) (road) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water)[2]

The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle")^[5] is an amphibious armoured scout car designed and developed in the Soviet Union. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries. It was intended to replace the older BRDM-1, and has improved amphibious capabilities and better armament compared to its predecessor. The BRDM-2 production continues in Poland as of 2022.