Serbia’s new armored reconnaissance vehicle BRDM-2MS is used for surveillance and intelligence gathering, as well as patrols and ambushes.
The BRDM-2MS has the latest gun-sight systems, allowing it to fight at night and in bad weather. It has a 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun with a coaxial 7.62mm PKT light machine gun. They are stabilized and can hit targets while on-the-move.
The BRDM-2MS is up-armored with side plates 6mm thick and rated to stops bullets up to 12.7mm (.50 caliber). The frontal plates are rated to stop 14.5mm bullets. Anti-mine armor has been added to the floor of the vehicle.
The original BRDM used a gasoline fueled motor, the BRDM-2MS uses diesel, which doubles the range of the vehicle.
In 2019, the first of 30 BRDM-2MS began arriving from Russia, as a donation.
By early 2021, the final of the 30 donated BRDM-2MS arrived in Serbia.
In May 2021, the donated BRDM-2MS were paraded in front of Defense Ministry officials:
Here is a Serbian Defense Ministry promotional video from August 2020, using videos made previously:
Live-fire video from September 2019:
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