I just finished up a BMP-2 and am looking to add on like equipment such as the equivlents to ruck sacks and so on. are there any pictures available or what types of things would the soviets place on their vehicles?

i am new to building russian armor and need some help with this. thanks

Stuart,
It would depend on what time line you want to depict.
If you want your BMP in Bosnia (for arguments sake) google search for images of Soviet or Russian vehicles (or BMPs) in Bosnia and see what you find.
TTFN
Tom

I think that that Russian APCs are usually not as (over)loaded as their US counterparts. Here's a BMP-2 in South Ossetia :


from this BMP-2 thread

and here's a M113A3 in Iraq :



HTH
Frenchy

Hi Stuart,
IIRC Modelpoint used to have some Russian stuff reference in their range. Armo of Poland could have some too.

HTH
Olivier

I'm working on a BMP-2 at the moment also and Frenchy is right, from the reference images I've seen Russian IFV's aren't loaded with that much stowage. It's mostly as that image shows, just some items near the rear roof hatches. I've also seen spare road wheels attached to the extra armor around the BMP-2D turret however, as well as tarps tied around the turret.

and bulk pack mg ammo, 30 mm round crates...........

I would tend to agree that they're less loaded up with kit.

Chris

If you still want to show a heavily loaded BMP-2, an Afghanistan War one is an option :







HTH

Frenchy

Thanks for all the info guys. It helped me tremendously.

stu