Three years later, the planned modernization of combat vehicles will take place in the airborne troops of the Russian Federation. Update more than six hundred units of equipment. After the changes, the cars will be called either BMD-2K-AU or BMD-2M.
During the modernization of BMD-2 will receive a new weapon, digital means of intelligence and control. At the same time, combat vehicles will continue to perform tasks as part of the paratroopers of the Airborne Forces and parachute from the air. It is noteworthy that the modification of the machines will also affect the control factors when performing combat missions. So BMD-2K-AU will be equipped with communication and control systems. By the way, its abbreviation is deciphered as "an assault landing vehicle - 2 command automated unified".
Recall BMD-2 - combat tracked amphibious vehicle. It was created on the basis of the BMD-1 and delivered to the Airborne Forces since 1985. Its main distinguishing feature from all such combat vehicles is that it can fly with a parachute. That is, it, together with the airborne troops, was parachuted into a given square of the terrain, and there it was used for its intended purpose.
Recall the main caliber BMD-2 - 30-mm gun 2A42. In addition, there are two 7.62-mm machine guns and anti-tank missile weapons.
