BMD-1P Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle 1/35 SKIF 223

BMD-1P Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle BMD-1 mod

1/35 scale plastic model kit

SKIF 223

Package include:

Photo Etched set

Decals

Gum tracks

Plastic parts

Assembly guide

Manufacturer: SKIF (Ukraine)

Scale: 1/35

Material: Plastic

Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.

Condition: New in Box

The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta (Боевая Машина Десанта, literally "Combat Vehicle of the Airborne"). It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is in fact much smaller. The BMD-1 was used as an IFV by the Soviet Army's airborne divisions. An improved varriant of BMD-1 was developed, the BMD-2. BMD-1 also provided basis for BTR-D airborne multi-purpose tracked APC.

In late 1970s, the BMD-1 became an obsolete construction with very little chances of winning an engagement with modern NATO IFVs. Because of that in the middle of 1970s a modernization program was initiated. The modernized vehicles received a designation BMD-1P and were armed with 9P135M-1 ATGM launcher instead of 9S428 ATGM launcher. At the same time development on a successor of the BMD-1, the BMD-2, started. A lengthen chassis of BMD-1 served as a basis for the BTR-D airborne multi-purpose tracked APC which itself served as a basis for many specialized airborne vehicles.

BMD-1P - BMD-1 modernization with its 9S428 ATGM launcher replaced by pintle-mounted 9P135M-1 ATGM launcher capable of firing 9M113 "Konkurs" (AT-5 Spandrel), 9M113M "Konkurs-M" (AT-5B Spandrel B), 9M111 "Fagot" (AT-4 Spigot) and 9M111-2 "Fagot" (AT-4B Spigot B) ATGMs. Entered service in 1977.

BMD-1

BMD-1 on display in Kiev, near the Great Patriotic War Museum, before September 4, 2005.

Type

Airborne infantry fighting vehicle

Place of origin

Soviet Union

Service history

In service

1969 - present

Used by

See Operators

Wars

See Service history and Combat history

Production history

Designer

Volgograd Tractor Plant

Designed

1965 - 1969

Manufacturer

Volgograd Tractor Plant

Produced

1968 - ? (out of production)

Variants

See Variants

Specifications (BMD-1)

Weight

7.5 tonnes

13.3 tonnes (combat weight)

Length

6.74 m

Width

2.94 m

Height

2.15 m

Crew

4 (commander, driver, gunner and bow machine gunner)(+ 4 troopers)

Armor

cast magnesium alloy

26-33 mm gun mantlet

23 mm at 42° turret front

19 mm at 36° turret side

13 mm at 30° turret rear

6 mm turret top

15 mm at 78° upper hull front

15 mm at 50° lower hull front

10 mm rest of the hull

Primary

armament

73 mm 2A28 "Grom" low pressure smoothbore short-recoil semi-automatic gun (40 rounds)

9S428 ATGM launcher (4 ATGMs)

Secondary

armament

7.62 mm PKT coaxial tank machine gun (2,000 rounds)

2×7.62 mm PKT bow tank machine guns (4,000 rounds)

Engine

5D-20 6-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped liquid cooled 15.9 litre diesel

241 hp (180 kW) at 2,600 rpm

Power/weight

32.1 hp/tonne (24 kW/tonne)

18.1 hp/tonne (13.5 kW/tonne) (loaded with equipment)

Suspension

hydraulic independent torsion-bar

Ground clearance

Adjustable

100 mm to 450 mm

Fuel capacity

300 l

Operational

range

600 km (road)

116 km (water)

Speed

80 km/h (road)

45 km/h (cross country)

10 km/h (swimming)