Tuesday, December 02, 2008

BMP-2

IOC: 1980

Also Known As
BMP-2D
BMP-2E
BMP-2K
Sarath (Indian BMP-2K)

Origin
Russia

Contractor/s
Kurganmashzavod
SKBM

Applications
BMD-3

Derived from:
BMP-1

Guided Missiles:
9K113 Konkurs

Guns & Missile Launchers:
2A42

Description: BMP-2 is an improved version of BMP-1 fitted with a new turret which features a 30mm gun along with an anti-armor missile launcher. The 30mm cannon is intended to engage ground targets, and rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. BMP-2 retains the crew of three-man but accommodates seven-infantryman instead of eight in the BMP-1. It also features two rear doors as BMP-1 leverage. BMP-2 was deployed in Afghanistan.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 3, Passengers 7

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 30 mm

Dimensions: Height 2.4 m, Length 6.7 m, Width 3.1 m

Weights: Max Weight 14,300 kg (31,526 lb)

Performance: Cross Country Speed 10 mps (19 kt), Max Range 600 km (324 nm), Top Speed 18 mps (35 kt)

Power: Power 300 shp

BMP-2 - Contracts, Orders & Sales

see transactions report

BMP-2/BMP-1 usage by collector; items: 1; transferred from Slovakia to Czech Republic in 2006
Items: 1

BMP-2; items: 52; transferred from Ukraine to Georgia between 2004 and 2005
Items: 52

Delivery	Items
2005	12
2004	40

BMP-2; items: 31; transferred from Ukraine to Uganda between 2004 and 2005
Items: 31

Delivery	Items
2005	12
2004	19

BMP-2; items: 9; transferred from Belarus to Sudan in 2003
Items: 9

BMP-2; items: 100; transferred from Ukraine to Yemen between 2003 and 2004
Items: 100

Delivery	Items
2004	64
2003	36

BMP-2; items: 1; transferred from Ukraine to Cote d'Ivoire in 2003
Items: 1

BMP-2; items: 11; transferred from Ukraine to Macedonia in 2001
Items: 11

BMP-2; items: 11; transferred from Slovakia to Angola in 2000
Items: 11

BMP-2; items: 10; transferred from Ukraine to United States of America between 2000 and 2001
Items: 10

Delivery	Items
2001	1
2000	9

BMP-2; items: 62; transferred from Belarus to Angola in 1999
Items: 62

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Operators

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Algeria

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Belarus

Cote d'Ivoire

Czech Republic

Finland

Georgia

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

As of	Holdings
2005	42

Macedonia

Poland

Russia

Slovakia

Sudan

Togo

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United States of America

Uzbekistan

Yemen

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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