The BMP-2 series

The vehicle is used by the armoured brigades and is more or less unmodified, other than to some necessary Finnish safety standards. The picture below shows a BMP-2 with the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force during a exercise in Norway 1999.

BMP-2

- Picture © Norweigian Defence Forces

Main armament: 30 mm automatic cannon
Secondary arnament: AT-5 Spandrel ATGM
7.62 mm PKT machine gun in the turret.
Crew: 3
Troop capacity 7 passengers
Combat weight: 14.3t
Length overall (chassis): 6.72 m
Height overall: 2.45 m
Width overall: 3.15 m
Ground Pressure (kg/cm 2): 0.63
Engine type 300-hp Diesel
Cruising range: 600
Speed road: 65 km/h
Max swim (amphibious): 7 km/h
Armor, Turret Front: 23-33 mm
Smoke equipment: 6 smoke grenade launchers

BMP-2

Floating BMP-2

BMP-2