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BMD-4 / BMD-3M "BAKHCHA" AIRBORNE COMBAT VEHICLE



Gross combat weight, kg 13,200
Weight of universal fighting compartment, kg 3,200
Personnel capacity (crew and mounted troops) 7
Ammunition load:
100mm 3UBK23-3 rounds (guided munitions) 4
100mm 3UOF19 rounds (unguided munitions) 18
30mm rounds, including 3UBR8 350
7.62mm cartridges 2,000
Loading system
for 100mm GMs and HEF projectiles automatic
Fire control system automated with tracker


The BMD-3M vehicle is equipped with a new universal fighting compartment installed on the modified BMD-3
vehicle chassis.
The BMD-3M vehicle armament system comprises a 100mm gun-launcher with an autoloader of guided and
unguided HEF artillery projectiles, a 30mm automatic gun firing HEFI, APT and APDS projectiles, a 7.62mm
machine gun and a modern fire control system with gunner’s integrated day/night sight, commander’s
panoramic TV sight, digital computer, tracker and means to automatically prepare data for firing at unobserved
targets.
The BMD-3M vehicle armament ensures stationary, mobile and afloat fire and defeat of modern tanks at a
range of up to 5,500 m, unsheltered and entrenched manpower and fortifications at a range of up to 7,000
m, including unobserved, antiarmor-capable and other pinpoint targets as well as aircraft and helicopters at a
range of up to 4,000 m.

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