BMD-3
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The BMD-3 (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta , ) is a light infantry fighting vehicle originating in the Soviet Union that is fully amphibious and air-droppable with crew inside. It is intended to be used by airborne and air assault units. It is not an upgraded BMD-1 but a completely redesigned vehicle with a hydropneumatic suspension, new hull, a more powerful 2V-06-2 diesel engine and fitted with the complete turret of the BMP-2.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BMD-3
- Weapon.image
- File:BMD-3 Army-2022 2022-08-20 2657.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A BMD-3
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Airborne infantry fighting vehicle
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1990 – present
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Volgograd Tractor Factory
- Weapon.number
- 137
- Weapon.variants
- BMD-4, 2S25 Sprut-SD
- Weapon.weight
- 12.9 tonnes
- Weapon.suspension
- Hydroneumatic with variable height control,
- Weapon.speed
- off-road: water:
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 2A42 30mm autocannon with coaxial 7.62mm PK machine gun, 9K11 or 9M111 ATGMs from turret mounted launcher
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- Bow-mounted AGS-17 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher and 5.45-mm RPK machine-gun
- Weapon.armour
- Turret: SteelHull: Aluminium alloy
- Weapon.engine
- 2V-06-2 water-cooled diesel
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- BMD-3 1.jpg
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- service entry
- 1990-01-01
- Commons category
- BMD-3
- total produced
- 143
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Development
- Description
- Overview
- Crew
- Turret
- Armament
- Mobility
- Variants
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- External links
The BMD-3 (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta , ) is a light infantry fighting vehicle originating in the Soviet Union that is fully amphibious and air-droppable with crew inside. It is intended to be used by airborne and air assault units. It is not an upgraded BMD-1 but a completely redesigned vehicle with a hydropneumatic suspension, new hull, a more powerful 2V-06-2 diesel engine and fitted with the complete turret of the BMP-2.
== Development == Even before the start of the BMD-2's production, a new model of airborne infantry fighting vehicle was already envisaged by the Soviet military planners. This new type would first replace the BMD-1, and later the BMD-2. Two configurations were considered: one using the same armament as the future BMP-3, and another equipped with the BMP-2's turret. The latter option was chosen, because it would allow for a lighter vehicle (12.5 tonnes, compared to 18 tonnes for the other one). Six Object 950 prototypes were built in 1985 and 1986. The vehicle was manufactured at the Volgograd Tractor Factory in Volgograd, starting in 1990, the last year before the fall of the Soviet Union. While orders for several hundreds of BMD-3s were originally planned, the poor financial situation of the 1990s resulted in severe reductions of these orders. Only 137 BMD-3s were manufactured, with production stopping in 1997. The BMD-3 may not be in service anymore, or only with a very limited number of vehicles.