BMD-2

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( Plane from screenshots - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1442914820 )

Specifications:

Crew:

2x man + 5x troopers;

Top speed:

80 km/h

Armament:

1x 30mm 2A42 autocannon; 2x 7,62mm PKT machine gun; 9M113 "Konkurs" ATGM;

Brick count:

751

Cost:

4,513u

How to use:

Missile launch - 3/Num3; Gun sight illumination - J; (may help a bit in night battles) Night vision lights (cosmetic) - Q; Frontal light - L;

History of BMD-2:

BMD-2 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle, introduced in 1985. It is a variant of BMD-1 with a new turret and some changes done to the hull. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta (Боевая Машина Десанта, literally "Airborne Combat Vehicle"). It was developed as a replacement of BMD-1 but it failed to replace it completely because of the downfall of Soviet economy in 1980s.

The vehicle can be transported by An-12, An-22, Il-76, An-124 airplanes and Mi-6 and Mi-26 helicopters.

A rocket parachute, the PRSM-915, was developed to ensure the vehicle's safe landing. To use the parachute, the BMD is first packed onto a special pallet before takeoff. To drop the BMD, a drogue parachute is released that initially drags the BMD out of the Il-76 transport plane. Once clear of the plane a single large main chute opens. The deployment of the main chute triggers the deployment of four long rods which hang beneath the pallet. As soon as the rods touch the ground a retrorocket fires, slowing the BMD to a descending speed between 6 m/s and 7 m/s and giving it a relatively soft landing. It allowed a BMD to be relatively safely parachuted with both the driver and the gunner. This system entered service in 1975 for the BMD-1, and was always used for the BMD-2 afterwards.