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- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Briefly: A top-rank light armored vehicle in the Soviet line, armed with a 100mm gun and a 30mm autocannon!
In the late 70s, the Kurganmashzavod factory started developing a new infantry fighting vehicle to replace the BMP-1. The vehicle got a new experimental light tank chassis. The first models were supposed to be equipped with a 30mm cannon as its primary weapon, as well as grenade launchers, machine guns, and ATGM launchers. The military considered the vehicle’s armament to be insufficient and said that it offered no real advantage over the BMP-1. In order to correct the situation, the Tula-based engineers suggested a new turret with the following armament: a rifled 100mm semi automatic cannon (also an ATGM launcher), a 30mm automatic cannon, and a PKT machine gun.
The vehicle successfully underwent testing in this state, and in 1987, was accepted into the Soviet Army with the designation BMP-3. Since then, this combat vehicle has been used by the Russian Army and over ten other countries, with especially large quantities being purchased by the United Arab Emirates where the vehicle was chosen over the Bradley and Warrior. The BMP-3 is constantly being upgraded and is still considered one of the best combat vehicles of its class in the world.
BMP-3, light tank, USSR, rank VII
Pros
- Excellent pairing of a 100mm gun with ATGMs and a 30mm cannon with a high rate of fire.
- It can travel over water
- Pretty decent mobility
Cons
- Weak HEAT protection
- 100mm cannon that fires shells with considerable projectile drop
In War Thunder, the BMP-3 will be available at rank VII in the USSR/Russian armoured vehicle research line. The vehicle’s combat role in War Thunder is active scouting, including across aquatic obstacles, since it is amphibious and able to fire while moving over water. The BMP-3 has a crew of five. Its armour is shrapnel-resistant, and it can withstand frontal hits of armour-piercing tracer rounds of 30mm calibre. The vehicle is quite mobile – it has a power-to-weight ratio of 25 horsepower per ton and a maximum speed of 72 km/h.
Its 100mm primary cannon can fire HEF rounds and – even more valuable in War Thunder – laser-guided anti-tank missiles with armour-piercing characteristics of up to 750 mm on a normal impact. This cannon has a feature that’s worth considering: the complex ballistics of its shells and rather low ATGM flight speed. In other words, on the one hand, we don’t have any fast kinetic or guided HEAT rounds, but on the other hand, you can fire behind cover, and the ATGMs are a little easier to control. The 30mm automatic cannon paired with the primary gun has high-explosive incendiary, tracer, armour-piercing, and APCR shells that can take down enemy helicopters and light tanks.
The BMP-3 in War Thunder fills the niche of the top-ranking light tank in the Soviet line. Vehicles of this class can’t compete with tanks in terms of survivability, but they cost fewer Spawn Points and are more mobile. The BMP-3 is a splendid addition to a top-ranking setup for Arcade mode or combined battles. The BMP-3’s ace in the hole is its amphibious nature, as well as its successful combination of high-calibre gun with ATGMs and fast 30mm cannon. Soviet tank commanders have needed a vehicle like the BMP-3 in top-ranking battles for a long time now, and with the release of update 1.93, the higher ranks of the Soviet ground forces will become more varied in terms of vehicles.
We can’t wait for the update to be released and we are currently preparing more, awesome new vehicle announcements for War Thunder 1.93. Thanks for playing!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (367)
Needed a new light tank to compete? The fuck?
So... german and british light vehicle >tree< confirmed? Good job, russia has many light vehicles. You should be proud of yourselves, however I think they got enough of them for now.
Finally someone who realises Germany aren't the only one missing light tanks. Britain is painful top tier, with no mobility.
All these Russian light tanks being added in each update, but we still don't have a German or British light tank line)))
Nice.
Supersonics?
wait so the ATGM's are shot out of the 100m cannon?
Yes, they are.
Yes. It's pretty clever, usually light armored vehicles are too "weak" to handle the weight / recoil of regular canons (see the M551 recoil problems), so the idea was to install a light pressure canon able to shoot regular HEF shells for light targets (don't need an high velocity) and special missiles to attack tanks.
Btw some of us actually like modern more than ww2 vehicles so this is nice gaijin
Non-prem ok cool, ATGMs why not ? But please this time don't fail the amphibious part…. Btw we're waiting for our Mirages to pop up !
I think mirages, EEL, and other aircrafts will appear in 1.95, they might just not be ready yet.
Can Challenger 2 get an armour pack?
I'm half expecting for that to be the other vehicle Britain get this patch. The actual Challenger 2 packaged as a new tank with the mantlet and suspension still broken.
So I love my IFV's and for other nations could we soon be seeing vehicles such as the Wiesel, Puma, or the Dardo? Just a few examples....