WW3, Vehicle I-D: Serbia’s up-armored BRDM-2MS

Serbia’s new armored reconnaissance vehicle BRDM-2MS is used for surveillance and intelligence gathering, as well as patrols and ambushes.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, January 2023.

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.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, January 2023.

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.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, January 2022.

The original BRDM used a gasoline fueled motor, the BRDM-2MS uses diesel, which doubles the range of the vehicle.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, September 2019.

In 2019, the first of 30 BRDM-2MS began arriving from Russia, as a donation.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, September 2019.

By early 2021, the final of the 30 donated BRDM-2MS arrived in Serbia.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, September 2019.

In May 2021, the donated BRDM-2MS were paraded in front of Defense Ministry officials:

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, November 2020.

Photo via Ministry of Defense Republic of Serbia, November 2020.

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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