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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.

Here is a Serbian Defense Ministry promotional video from August 2020, using videos made previously:

Live-fire video from September 2019:

World War 3, Vehicle I-D: SERBIA’S NEW T-72MS

SERBIA’S NEW LAZAR-3

SERBIA STILL USES COLD WAR ERA NATO M47?

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Ukraine Battle Damage 2022: Armor, abandoned or destroyed

Video March 6, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Armored vehicle destruction from the end of February 2022 to 06MAR2022.

An abandoned British made Saxon armored car, that was being used as an ambulance by Ukrainians.

Ukrainian Azov militia T-72.

T-64 or T-72?

BTR-3DA, Kharkov Oblast.

Abandoned BTR-70.

BTR-80.

Destroyed BRDM-2, abandoned BTR-80.

BRDM-2.

Video of destroyed Donbas militia (indicated by the ‘Z’ on the hull skirts) T-64BV (which was probably captured from Ukrainian forces):

T-64BV, the identifier is the small steel rimmed road wheels.

What’s left of two Ukrainian T-64BV, near Volnovakha.

T-64BV turret, near Volnovakha.

The T-64BV turret ring seems to be suspended in mid-air.

T-64BV burns in the city of Melitopol.

Smoldering BMP.

BMP-1.

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BMP-1Ksh.

What’s left of a BMP(?) in the Mykolaiv/Nikolaev Oblast.

Abandoned BMP-1 near the village of Bogdanovka.

Video of abandoned trucks near Kherson:

A dead Ural truck with likewise human cargo in the bed.

BTR-80, the ‘digital’ camo is typical of that used on Ukrainian vehicles.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BMP-2 getting stripped of weapons by the Donbas militias:

Burning 9K33 (NATO reporting name Gekko) anti-aircraft missile launcher on Ukraine’s Korotych air base.

Ukrainian 9K33 (Gekko).

Near Severodonetsk, Ukrainian T-72.

Abandoned Ukrainian BTR-60.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BRDM-2 in the city of Shchastya:

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BRDM with 9P148 antitank missile launchers, looks like they fired-off three of the missiles before abandoning the vehicle.

Video, burning Ukrainian BTR-4E:

Burned-out BTR-4E, abandoned Kozak-2 armored car.

World War 3: UKRAINE ABANDONS THEIR BTR-4ES WITHOUT A FIGHT!

Battle Damage: IRAQ 2003

Vehicle I-D: Ukraine’s BTR-3DA

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Vehicle I-D: More abandoned vehicles, more ‘V’s & ‘Z’s, white/red arm bands, and Hinds with invasion stripes?

Video March 5, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Russian Defense Ministry video, posted 05MAR2022, showing an abandoned Ukrainian army camp near the village of Radensk, Kherson Oblast. The capturing force vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ indicating Donbas Area of Operation (AO). The troops are wearing white arm bands on their left arms. The intact Ukrainian vehicles now in the hands of the Donbas are BMP-1s, BTRs, BRDMS and T-64BV, plus crates and crates of various ammo:

Video report posted on 05MAR2022, the liberation of the town of Trekhizbenka by Russians who are wearing white bands on their left arms and Russian ‘liberation’ armbands on their right shoulder. Some soldiers are wearing white bands around their right leg. Video shows packages of 12.7mm ammo and RPG rounds left behind by Ukrainians. Villagers tell the reporter the Ukrainians took military control of their town in 2014. It appears the Ukrainians gave-up the town without a fight:

Yet another abandoned Ukrainian BTR-4E, along the Kharkiv-Poltava highway, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 04MAR2022, Russian vehicles (BTRs, BMP-1, 2S3 SP guns) marked with ‘V‘ indicating Kiev AO (apparently near the cities of Bucha, Gostomel [Hostomel?] and Irpin’):

A Donetsk militiaman (indicated by his red arm band) with a NATO Javelin antitank missile, abandoned by retreating Ukrainians, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 03MAR2022, ‘Z‘ marked Donbas AO 2S1 self propelled artillery guns:

‘Z’ marked 2S1.

Invasion stripes? This Hind rotary wing gunship is marked with a ‘Z’, indicating Donbas AO.

This video, posted 01MAR2022, shows Donetsk militia (Donbas AO) wearing red bands on their left arms, their vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ and some have red cloth tied to them. They have just overran a Ukrainian checkpoint, which includes an abandoned T-64BV: