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BRDM-2

22.4k plane634  2.5 years ago

I built something else for another project and this is a byproduct of that other project, so I decided to complete this initially incomplete build and upload it before the main posts arrive.

Description

The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car made by the Soviet Union, It is 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.

The vehicle had a large, box shaped hull with a boat-like front section just like it's predecessor the BRDM-1, it is powered by a GAZ-41 gasoline V8 engine located in the rear of the vehicle which powered both the wheels and the water jet for propulsion in water, it had 4 large main wheels and 4 smaller belly wheels to assist in trench crossing and other difficult terrain, it's armor had a thickness of 2-14mm and is armed with a 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm PKT machine gun as coaxial, housed in a small turret taken from the BTR-60, and it has a crew of four: a driver, a co-driver, a commander, and a gunner.

The BRDM-2 remains in service today as a light reconnaissance and fire support vehicle, many variants of the BRDM-2 has been created over it's service life, such as the BRDM-2UM unarmed command vehicle, the 9P122 Malyutka missile carrier, and the 9P31 launcher vehicle for the 9M31 surface-to-air missile, as part of the 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 "Gaskin") vehicle-mounted low-altitude SAM system.


Digital rendition of a BRDM-2 variant, the 9P31 launcher vehicle *coughs* *coughs* *chokes* *dies*

Controls

Pitch & Roll : commit drive
Throttle : water jet
Yaw : turn turret
Trim : elevate turret
AG1 : activate 14.5mm
AG2 : activate 7.62mm
AG3 : activate auto aim (code from Farofa25)
AG4 : extend belly wheels
AG5 : activate water propulsion
AG6 : lights
AG7 : open front window cover

Note

The auto aim only works best on flat terrain against both air and ground targets, also the vehicle is a little bit too fast, the real BRDM-2 can only go up to 100km/h or so, this one goes... 260km/h

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 7.1ft (2.2m)
  • Length 18.4ft (5.6m)
  • Height 7.5ft (2.3m)
  • Empty Weight 5,836lbs (2,647kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,172lbs (2,799kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.184
  • Wing Loading 122.3lbs/ft2 (597.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 50.5ft2 (4.7m2)
  • Drag Points 4144

Parts

  • Number of Parts 228
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 863
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    9,320 Yoshimi

    "amphibious"

    +1 2.5 years ago
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    @CRATE52PART2 for GTA SA version, it more accurately resembles to Cadillac Gage Commando

    +1 2.5 years ago
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    32.6k CRATE52PART2

    Man, this reminds me of the S.W.A.T. tank from GTA San Andreas

    +1 2.5 years ago
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    Well made, Please post the 9P31 launcher version too.

    +4 2.5 years ago