BRDM-2

Designation: BRDM-2
Type: Recon/Scout vehicle
Crew/passengers, men: 2/3
Weight, tons: 5.6
Dimensions, m: 5.7-2.2-1.9
Number of guns/calibre, mm: none
Number of MGs/calibre, mm: 1/14.5, 1/7.62
Armour protection from small-arms and small calibre mines
Engine: GAZ-41, carburettor, 140 hp
Max. speed, mph: 90 / 10 (amphibious)
Cruising range, km: 500

The BRDM-2 was designed by the Design Bureau of the Gorky Automobile Plant. It was introduced into the inventory of the Soviet Army in 1962, and production lasted from 1963 to 1989. The BRDM is in the inventory of the Russian Army and the armed forces of more than fifty countries around the world.

Vehicle layout - engine and transmission are located in the rear. Commanding compartment is in the forward part of the hull with the combat compartment behind it. The fully closed air-tight hull of the vehicle has a welded structure made of rolled steel armour sheets. Swimming is accomplished by means of a hydraulic jet.

The BRDM-2 chassis is widely used to create various armoured combat and auxiliary vehicles.