The BMD-4M Should Be Added as Both a Tech Tree and Premium Vehicle, Like the JA37DI and PzH 2000 - Please leave a vote

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i love bmd3m

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BMD-4 and BMD-4M difference is that BMD-4M gets BMP-3 powerpack aka 500hp engine instead of 450hp but slightly heavier and doesnt get the 70kph reverse speed, only 20kph

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We were also told the low tier Hungarian props would be added too. Still waiting on those…

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You might not like it, but “BMD Family”, does not mean BMD-4M explicitly, but means that the following vehicles can appear as tech tree:

  • BMD-1;
  • BMD-2;
  • BMD-2M;
  • BMD-3;
  • BMD-3M;
  • BMD-4 in the game - reward;
  • BMD-4M in the game - premium;
  • BTR-D - in the tech tree already;
  • 2S2;
  • 2S9;
  • 2S35;
  • 2S25 - in the tech tree already;
  • 2S25M - in the tech tree already;
  • 9P162M
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sometimes it ruins aircraft, just look at the Hunter F.6 and Harrier GR.1, Not good at all at 9.7

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I won’t really miss it IF gaijin is going to give an immediate a mix of BMP-3 modernizations or BMD-3M or BTR-90 with Kornets.

Not going to happen, so strip its premium status and insert directly to TT

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Are basically just “BMP with smaller, faster chassis but same armament” so they wouldn’t be that unique at the end of the day.

These are not built on a BMP chassis. And also use a main caliber cannon.

I guess the PT-76 also counts as a member of the BMD family, right?

Would just be a worse Khrizantema-S since it lacks the radar and the Kornet is basically equivalent to the Khrizantema ATGM in performance.

SPH on a MBT chassis, not sure what this has to do with BMD series vehicles.

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And the BMD-4 with the turret of a BMP-3 is different how?

@CBI1HOPE3 isn’t the BMD-3M just the earlier designation for the BMD-4? Also don’t forget the BMD-1P!

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The ATGM reloads significantly faster, which is a major gameplay difference.

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I mean, just look at the potential of this thing:

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So entirely new hulls as well as modified armaments and new ammunition options and even a completely new turret in the case of the BMD-2 isn’t a significant change but reload rate is, got it.

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None of these things will really have an effect in gameplay (knowing Gaijin, and the way they like to model things) besides the better mobility. But the BMD-4M has the better mobility and the better reload.

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2S25 and 2S25M use the same, elongated (1 extra roadwheel) chassis as the BMD family, if you look at the known armour values, you would have known that.
PT-76 is not part of the BMD family, it has nothing to do with any BMDs, besides being similarly armoured
9P162M is an entirely different concept, it features 2 Kornet launchers, each with it’s own designator and said designator being capable of autolead via IR lock similar to helicopter autolead

2S35 was a typo, I meant 2S37, an obscure project, which became 2S42 later on

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If I recall, yes, they are essentially the same, but according to a guy I know, served in the 137th VDV rgt. there were very subtle differences between newly made BMD-4s and modernized BMD-3s, but I believe it was just due to the fact that the BMD-3s were modernized from old hulls, but BMD-4s freshly built.

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So what you’re trying to say is you believe a completely new hull with different mobility and armour as well as access to APFSDS and tandem ATGMs isn’t a significant gameplay change, but because the BMD-4 has a faster reload it’s the exception?

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They should add this variant for tech tree
bmd4m_438
With offset armor plates and cages

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Oh yes. I support.

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The main point of the BMD-4 is his speed, COPE cage = more weight > Less speed.
And let’s be real, no real protection.

But I wouldn’t mind if the cope cage is a modification.

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But it looks nice.

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I didn’t say it didn’t? The 2S25 is not a BMD, it’s a tank destroyer.

I know what the Kornet-T is, but in game it would function essentially identical to the Khrizantema-S, sans radar because the Kornet and Khrizantema have the same penetration values off the top of my head in game.

Exactly. Just because something is a light tank doesn’t mean it can take the place of BMD vehicles which were promised.

Yes, essentially. Besides the better mobility and better reload, the BMD-4 is pretty much functionally identical to the BMP-3. Access to APFSDS doesn’t matter because the BMP-3 could use it in game too if Gaijin implemented it, as BMP-3 and BMD-4M share the same gun(s).

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