BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicle 1967-94 by Steven Zaloga

Author:Steven Zaloga
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicle 1967–94
ISBN: 9781472804556
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

The BMP-3 was publicly revealed at the 9 May 1990 Victory Day celebration in Red Square marking the 45th anniversary of the Second World War. The vehicle’s extremely heavy armament was a considerable surprise to military analysts around the world. (US DIA)

Few BMP-3s have been delivered even in 1993. Those in European Russia are deployed almost exclusively with training establishments. A small number of motor rifle regiments in Siberia have been equipped with the vehicle for operational trials.

The gunner’s BPK-1-42 sight is suitable for night operations, using a passive image-intensification channel with an effective range of 650 m, or on very dark nights using an active infrared searchlight, with an effective range of 350 m. The squad commander is also provided with a periscopic day sight and a TKN-3B day/night vision periscope, but the night vision channel is limited to active infrared. Illumination for the active infrared night sights for the gunner comes from the FG-126 searchlight mounted coaxially with the 30mm gun on the right side of the turret front while the commander’s night sight can be supported by the OU-3GA2 searchlight on the cupola.

The 2A42 30mm cannon is supplemented by a 9Sh119M1 missile launcher for the 9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 ‘Spandrel’). The missile rail is located on the roof of the vehicle, and four rounds are stowed internally. The SACLOS guidance system gives similar performance to TOW or HOT. As in the case of these Western missiles, there are improved versions of the Konkurs; the 9M113M Konkurs-M has a precursor charge to defeat reactive armour. The infantry squad is equipped with a portable 9P135M firing post for this missile.

2 The US Army calculates these percentiles based on the heights of all males of service age; 25th percentile means the maximum height of the shortest 25% of males.

3 PG-15V is the designation for the entire piece of ammunition; PG-9 refers to the rocket projectile itself without the propellant casing.

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