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BArmoured vehicles
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BRDM-2larger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BRDM-2 | FV105 Sultan |
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| Type | Amphibious armoured scout car[source] | — |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
| In service | 1962–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See § Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | See § Service history[source] | — |
| Designer | Vsevolod Konstantinovich Rubtsov |
FV105 Sultanlarger figure on 1 of 4
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4.82 m (15 ft 10 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Manufacturer | Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod[source] | Alvis plc[source] |
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| Produced | 1962–1989 (in USSR)[source] | — |
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| No. built | 7,200[source] | — |
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| Variants | See § Variants[source] | — |
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| Armor | Welded steel 10 mm turret front 7 mm turret sides, rear and top 14 mm hull nose plate 5 mm hull, upper front 7 mm hull lower front, sides, rear and top 2 mm hull front floor 3 mm hull rear floor[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)[source] | FN MAG on pintle mount[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62×54mmR PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 18.2 hp/tonne (13.5 kW/tonne)[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Wheeled 4x4 (+ 4 auxiliary wheels), leaf springs with hydraulic shock absorbers[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 430 mm (17 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 290 L (64 imp gal ; 77 US gal )[source] | — |
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