BMD-3

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BMD-3
General characteristics
Crew	3 (+7 passengers)
Length	6m
Width	3.13m
Height	2.25m
Weight	12.9mt
Armour and armament
Armour	turret - steel, hull - aluminum alloy
Main armament	2A42 30mm autocannon with coaxial 7.62mm PK machine gun,AT-4 Spigot or AT-5 Spandrel from turret mounted launcher
Secondary armament	bow-mounted AGS-17 Plamya 30-mm automatic grenade launcher and 5.45-mm RPK machine-gun
Mobility
Power plant	2V-06 water cooled diesel 450hp
Suspension	hydroneumatic with variable height control (130mm-530mm)
Road speed	70km/h
Power/weight	34hp/ton
Range	500km

The BMD-3 (Boyevaya Mashina Desantnya) is a light, armored, air-dropable vehicle of Russian origin. It is fully amphibious and intended to be a fire-support platform for use by airborne and air assault units. It has a crew of 3 with seating for 7 soldiers, 4 in the front and 3 in the rear.

Contents 1 Production history 2 Combat Record 3 Variants 4 Users 5 See also 6 Resources

[edit] Production history

Manufactured at the Volgograd Tractor Factory, Volgograd, Russia. Entered service in 1990.

[edit] Combat Record

[edit] Variants

• BMD-3M - upgraded turret
• RKhM-5 - NBC reconnaissance version
• 2S25 - 125mm tank destroyer

[edit] Users

•  Russia

[edit] See also

• BMD-1
• BMP-1
• BMP-2
• BMP-3
• List of AFVs
• VDV

[edit] Resources

• FAS
• Military Factory
• Janes

Soviet and post-Soviet armoured fighting vehicles after World War II
Tanks IS-3 · IS-4 · T-10 · T-54 · T-55 · PT-76 · T-62 · T-64 · T-72 · T-80 Russian: T-90 · Black Eagle · T-95 Ukrainian: T-72MP · T-80UD · T-84 Armoured personnel carriers Tracked BTR-50 · MT-LB · BMP-1 · BMD-1 · BMP-2 · BMP-3 · BTR-T · BMP-T Wheeled BTR-152 · BTR-40 · BRDM-1 · BRDM-2 · BTR-60 · BTR-70 · BTR-80 Russian: BTR-90 Ukrainian: BTR-4 · BTR-94 Self-propelled artillery 2S1 Gvozdika · 2S3 Akatsiya · 2S4 Tyulpan · 2S5 Giatsint-S · 2S7 Pion · 2S9 Nona · 2S19 Msta · 2S23 Nona-SVK · ASU-57 · ASU-85 Multiple rocket launchers BM-14 · BM-21 Grad · BM-24 · BM-25 · BM-27 Uragan . TOS-1 Russian: BM-30 Smerch Surface-to-surface missiles FROG-7 · 9K79 Tochka (SS-21 Scarab) · R-400 Oka (SS-23 Spider Russian: Iskander(SS-26 Stone) Air defense vehicles Gun ZSU-57-2 · ZSU-23-4 · Tunguska-M1 Missile 2K11 Krug (SA-4 Ganef) · 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) · 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) · 9K37 Buk (SA-11 Gadfly) · 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) · 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) · 9K330 Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) · S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) Russian: Pantsyr-S1 · 9K38 Buk-M1-2 (SA-17 Grizzly)
List of armoured fighting vehicles by country