BRDM-2
| BRDM-2 | |
|---|---|
 BRDM-2 at the War and Peace Show 2010 event. | |
| Type | Amphibious armoured scout car |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1962–present |
| Used by | See § Operators |
| Wars | See § Service history |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Vsevolod Konstantinovich Rubtsov |
| Manufacturer | Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod |
| Produced | 1962–1989 (in USSR) |
| No. built | 7,200 |
| Variants | See § Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 7 tonnes (7.7 short tons; 6.9 long tons) |
| Length | 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in) |
| Width | 2.37 m (7 ft 9 in) |
| Height | 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Crew | 4 (driver, commander, radio operator-observer, gunner) |
| Armor | Welded steel 10 mm turret front 7 mm turret sides, rear and top 14 mm hull nose plate 5 mm hull, upper front 7 mm hull lower front, sides, rear and top 2 mm hull front floor 3 mm hull rear floor |
Main armament | 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds) |
Secondary armament | 7.62×54mmR PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds) |
| Engine | GAZ-41 gasoline V-8 140 hp (104 kW) at 3,400 rpm |
| Power/weight | 18.2 hp/tonne (13.5 kW/tonne) |
| Suspension | Wheeled 4x4 (+ 4 auxiliary wheels), leaf springs with hydraulic shock absorbers |
| Ground clearance | 430 mm (17 in) |
| Fuel capacity | 290 L (64 imp gal; 77 US gal) |
Operational range | 750 km (470 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) (road) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water) |
The BRDM-2 (Russian: Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина; Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car designed and developed in the Soviet Union. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2, and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries. It was intended to replace the older BRDM-1, and has improved amphibious capabilities and better armament compared to its predecessor.