BRDM-2
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
Specifications
Spotlights
- DeathStalker627 7 months ago
- CookingWithCinderBlocks 2.5 years ago
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
"amphibious"
@CRATE52PART2 for GTA SA version, it more accurately resembles to Cadillac Gage Commando
Man, this reminds me of the S.W.A.T. tank from GTA San Andreas
Well made, Please post the 9P31 launcher version too.