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Upgraded BRDM-2MS armoured scout vehicles have been spotted for the first time ever with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).
The vehicles appeared in several photos released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on the occasion of the Evacuation Day. The national holiday commemorates the evacuation of the last French soldier at the end of the French mandate of Syria on 17 April 1946 after the country proclamation of full independence in 1941.
More than 900 Soviet-made BRDM-2 vehicles were in service with the SAA before the war broke out more than eleven years ago. However, none of them were upgraded.
The BRDM-2MS is a deeply upgraded BRDM-2. As a part of the of the upgrade, the vehicle was equipped with a new hinged armor that can withstand 14.5 mm ammunition. Mine resistance was also improved. Despite this, the total weight of the vehicle was reduced to 6,900 kg.
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The vehicle was also equipped with a new engine with 150 hp. The engine allows a maximum speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour on roads and up to 50 kilometers per hour off road. The cruising range of the vehicle was increased to 1,500 kilometers.
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The BRDM-2MS retained its original armament, which consisted of a 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun with 500 rounds and a 7.62 mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun with 2,000 rounds. However, it received a new fire control system which has a stabilized three-channel panoramic commander sight that can spot an enemy up to 5 kilometers away during the day and up to 3,5 kilometers away at night.
For the all-round view, six cameras are mounted on the vehicle, allowing round-the-clock monitoring of the terrain on four multifunctional panels.
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It’s unclear when exactly the SAA received the upgraded BRDM-2MS vehicles from Russia, or how many were delivered.
Russia remains the main support of Syria’s war on terrorism. In the last few years, the Russian military stepped up its support to the SAA on all levels.
I from Brazil and I like this very much.
you seem to be retarded idiot, to be fair about it.
No thats you and your mama. now stfu and suck my hairy balls both of you
Resposta ótima cara. LOL
nice.
Russia, China, India and Brazil for the win!
Russia is smart upgrading older vehicle that Syria know how to you and repair. The training time will be less training them on the new electronics! Not like NATO sending Ukraine their old worn out obsolete vehicles. The thing is that when those EU countries built their stuff everything is in their language so a Ukie looking at the instrument panel or any panel won’t know what it says. While NATO trains them on it that will give Russia time to target them with their Ukie crew and NATO trainers and send a missile of love to them!
Barking mad version for almost all of it.
All Nato donation are in standard english.
Not needed
Hoping the syrians will get loitering drones, MSTAs, S400, T90, and TOS-1 among other modern heavy weapons they sorely need to stop turkish imperialism.
I hope the Syrians get a lot more of the captured weapons and the same for the Venezuelans and NK.
This is cool but what Syria really NEEDS (realistically) are
-more Pantsir-S1
-more BUK-M2E
-more anti-stealth early warning radars like Kasta-2E2 and P-18-2 to bolster air defense
-iskander for strategic offensive missile capability
-more tochka
This is the most realistic options to bolster Syria. If they receive another batch of 20-30 pantsir and 20-30 BUK-M2E plus more radars their air defense will be even more bolstered
*because the S-300PM2 (Syria “received”) never have been used or will be used by Syria. They are currently under Russian control (half stored away in storage at Hmeimim) and other half in Maysaf. So count S300 out of the picture
Serbia received few of those, not so long ago. Very nice vehicles, especially for the price.