BVP M-80
| BVP M-80 | |
|---|---|
Slovenian BVP M-80A |
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| General properties | |
| crew | 3 (driver, commander, gunner) + 8 soldiers |
| length | 6.42 m |
| width | 2.90 m |
| height | 2.20 m |
| Dimensions | 13.85 tons |
| Armor and armament | |
| Main armament | 1 x 20-mm M-55 machine gun (900 rounds) 2 × 9M114 Maljutka -Panzerabwehrraketen (2 Starter) |
| Secondary armament | 1 × 7.62mm machine gun (coaxial) (2200 rounds) 1 × 12.7mm machine gun |
| agility | |
| drive |
Daimler-Benz OM-403 diesel 320 hp |
| suspension | Torsion bar |
| Top speed | 65 km / h (road), 8 km / h in the water |
| Power / weight | 22.6 hp / ton |
| Range | 500 km |
The BVP M-80 is an all-terrain, chain-driven, amphibious armored personnel carrier with NBC protection made in Yugoslavia .
description
The M-80 is often referred to as a Yugoslav copy of the Russian armored personnel carrier BMP-1 , but the M-80 has five pairs of rollers, the BMP-1 six pairs of rollers and also has other distinguishing features in the external shape.
At the end of the 1970s, the Yugoslav Armed Forces called for a successor to the outdated M-60 armored personnel carrier. Negotiations with the French company Hispano-Suiza , which at the same time developed the AMX-10P armored personnel carrier , led to cooperation. For this reason, the AMX-10P and the M-80 are externally similar, except for the fact that the M-80 again only had five pairs of rollers.
The improved version M-80A was equipped with a new and more powerful engine. The latest version, M-80A1, has a 30 mm automatic cannon from Hispano-Suiza.
variants
- M-80 : original production version
- M-80A : improved motorization compared to the M-80
- M-80A1 : Prototype reconnaissance tank
- M-80A KC : Company command version with improved communications equipment
- M-80A KB : Battalion command version
- VK-80A : Brigade command version, armed only with a machine gun
- M-80A LT : Anti-tank version with guided missile ramps 9M14 Maljutka
- Sava M-90 : anti-aircraft missile tank, similar to the 9K35 Strela-10 (prototype)
- SPAT 30/2 : FlaK tanks
- M-80A Sn : armored ambulance vehicle
- MOS : miners
- M-98 Vidra : modernized prototype (Serbia)
- 9P133 Polo : modernized prototype (Croatia)
- M-80AB1 : the most modern variant from Serbia with improved armor and the latest version of the Malyutka anti-tank missiles . In January 2020, plans were announced that the vehicles of the M-80A version would be upgraded to the M-80AB1 standard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description on www.fas.org ( Memento from May 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ M-80A Infantry fighting vehicle on www.military-today.com (English)
- ↑ Christopher F Foss: Serbia showcases upgraded BVP M-80AB1 IFV . July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Igor Bozinovski, Skopje - Jane's Defense Weekly: Serbia unveils upgraded M-80 IFV (English)
Web links
- M-80 Infantry Combat Vehicle at www.fas.org (English)
- Description of the M-80A (English)