The BMP-2 is traditionally equipped with a 30mm 2A42 autocannon that is capable of firing high-explosive and armor-piercing rounds at a rate of up to 300 rounds per minute (RPM).

India’s BMP-2s will upgrade to the BMP-2M variant, which includes night enablement, gunner main sight, commander panoramic sight and fire control system (FCS) with automatic target trackers.

BMP 2 demonstrated its excellent firing capability at the war exercise and proved its relevance by hitting the pseudo targets at night. Earlier, BMP fighter vehicle did not have the capacity of ...

India is modernising 693 examples of its licence-built BMP-2/2K Sarath infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), with the project valued at around $375 million. The programme, which includes replacing what is ...

We have about 2,000 BMP-2 ICVs in the Indian Army, which don't have UIR. This is why we are installing see-through armour in the tanks so that they can roam around at night,” added Lt Cdr ...

Incredible moment US 'Bradley' destroys three Russian BMP-2 fighting vehicles as they try to flank Ukrainian soldiers defending a village - before reducing one of Putin's 'world-best' battle tanks ...

The Russian army widened its war in Ukraine in February 2022 with 400 active BMP-3s, 2,800 BMP-2s and 600 BMP-1s. Over the next 12 months, the Ukrainians destroyed or captured at least 220 BMP-3s ...

A 15-ton BMP is a stabler firing platform than an 11-ton MT-LB is. And while a BMP’s armor is thin at just 30 millimeters or so, it’s three times thicker than an MT-LB’s armor is.

The BMP-2M IFV – pictured above from India's DefExpo 2022 held in Gujarat – is a BMP-2 featuring armament upgrades. (Janes/Kapil Kajal) The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a ...

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has reported the destruction of three Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. Source: Syrskyi on Telegram ...