Carrier command 2 vr driver#

The BMP-2 is amphibious with little preparation, using hydrodynamic fairings to convert track momentum into water jets. The BMP-2 is heavier, but also has a more powerful engine to compensate. The BMP-1 and BMP-2 share the same chassis and have almost identical road performance. In the BMP-1 and BMP-2, ammunition is stored near or even inside the compartment, which can lead to a catastrophic failure in case of a hull breach. TNPO-170A periscopes are used throughout the vehicle and are electrically heated. An infantryman sits immediately behind the driver, and has a firing port and vision block.

The centre TNPO-170A periscope can be replaced with either a TNPO-350B extended periscope for amphibious operation or a TVNE-1PA night vision scope.

Carrier command 2 vr driver#

The driver has his own entry hatch above him, with three-day-periscopes. The driver sits in the front left of the vehicle, with the engine in a separate compartment to his right. An FG-126 infra-red searchlight is mounted coaxially to the 30 mm cannon. The gunner has a BPK-1-42 binocular sight with a moon/starlight vision range of 650 metres, or 350 metres using the infra-red searchlight, and a TNPT-1 designator. There are three other day periscopes facing forward and left. The gunner sits to the commander's left and has a smaller rectangular hatch with a rearward-facing day periscope. The commander sits to the right and has three day-vision periscopes, a 1PZ-3 day-sight designed for anti-aircraft use with 1×, 2× and 4× magnification, an OU-3GA2 infra-red searchlight, a TNP-165A designator and a TKN-3B binocular sight with 4.75× day magnification and 4× night-sight magnification. In the centre of the vehicle is the welded steel turret, which seats the commander and gunner, both of whom have hatches. Existing BMP-1s were gradually upgraded to the standard during the 1980s.Ī BMP-2 from 1983, Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden

The BMP-1P was in production by the late 1970s. Smoke grenade launchers were added to the rear of the turret and the manually guided 9M14 Malyutka missile system was replaced with the semi-automatically guided 9K111 Fagot / 9M113 Konkurs system. The first product of this program was the BMP-1P upgrade, which was intended as a stopgap to address the most serious problems with the existing design. These lessons, combined with observations of western AFV developments, resulted in a replacement program for the original BMP in 1974. Several Soviet technical teams were sent to Syria in the wake of the war to gather information.

The 2A28 Grom|73 mm gun proved inaccurate beyond 500 metres, and the 9M14 Malyutka missile could not be guided effectively from the confines of the turret. 50 calibre machine-gun fire in the sides and rear, and to 106 mm M40 recoilless rifles. In 1972, work got under-way to develop an improved version of the BMP-1.ĭuring its combat debut in the Yom Kippur War, Egyptian and Syrian BMPs proved vulnerable to. The main emphasis was put on improving the main armament. Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to produce an updated and improved version of the BMP-1. Although the BMP-1 was a revolutionary design, its main armament, the 2A28 Grom and the 9S428 ATGM launcher capable of firing 9M14 Malyutka (NATO: AT-3A Sagger A) and 9M14M Malyutka-M (NATO: AT-3B Sagger B) ATGMs, quickly became obsolete.