BRDM-2

Conflict Usage

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Side: Armenia / ArtsakhRole: Armored reconnaissance and patrol vehiclereconnaissanceprotected mobility

Armenian/Artsakh forces fielded BRDM-2 scout cars during the 2020 fighting; visually documented losses include one destroyed vehicle and five captured vehicles.

Yemen Civil War

Side: Yemeni partiesRole: Light armored reconnaissance and patrol vehiclereconnaissanceprotected mobility

Oryx lists BRDM-2 scout cars in Yemen's pre-war army inventory and identifies the list as equipment available to Yemeni parties on the battlefield after the 2014-2015 Houthi takeover.

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Related Weapon Systems

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Armored VehiclesBTR-70Wheeled armored personnel carrierThe BTR-70 is a Soviet 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier developed from the BTR-60 family to move motor-rifle troops under small-arms and shell-fragment protection. Its one-man turret with a 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun and 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun made it a common Cold War APC, and Russian BTR-70 losses have been documented in the Russia-Ukraine War.

Armored VehiclesBTR-808x8 amphibious armored personnel carrierThe BTR-80 is a Soviet-designed, Russian-produced 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier built to move motor rifle troops while providing machine-gun fire support. Armed with a 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun, it remains a common Russian wheeled APC in the Russia-Ukraine War, where documented losses include destroyed, abandoned, and captured vehicles.

Armored VehiclesAl-Jawad armored vehicle4x4 armored personnel carrier / internal security vehicleThe Al-Jawad is a Jordanian 4x4 armored personnel carrier and internal-security vehicle developed by KADDB/JLVM with Jankel input around commercial heavy-duty chassis. In the Yemen Civil War context, open-source evidence identifies it in the Yemeni Army's pre-war infantry mobility inventory rather than as a newly supplied coalition vehicle.

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