The 2A28 Grom also known as KBP 2A28 Grom, is the main armament of the Soviet-designed BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles. It is a 73 mm low pressure smoothbore semi-automatic gun with a wedge breech block. [1] .

May 29, 2024 · The Russian armed forces extracted a 73-mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun from a BMP-1 and mounted it on a wheeled base, likely sourced from a 2B9 Vasylok automatic mortar. These guns might have been salvaged from BMP-1s destroyed in Ukraine.

Oct 13, 2024 · The 2A28 Grom is the main armament of the BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles, it is essentially a 73mm low-pressure gun which fires a variety rounds ranging from HEAT to HE-Frag. Developed in the early 1960s it has been in Russian service ever since.

Apr 15, 2019 · Weighing over 14 tons, the BMP-1 features rolled steel armor that is 33 millimeters thick. It is armed with a 73mm semi-automatic gun and a 7.62mm machine gun. It is also equipped with a single...

Mar 2, 2025 · The main armament of the BMP-1 IFV is a 73 mm Model 2A28 smoothbore, low-pressure, short-recoil gun which weighs 115 kg. This is fed from a 40-round magazine to the right rear of the gunner. A 7.62mm PKT machine gun is mounted coaxially to …

The BMP-1 was armed with a 2A28 Grom 73mm smoothbore gun, a 7.62mm PKT twin machine gun and a 9M14M Malyutka ATGM. The landing compartment could also carry a 9K32 Strela-2 portable surface-to-air missile system.

Aug 28, 2014 · The BMP’s one-man turret mounts a coaxial 7.62mm PKT machine gun and a 73mm 2A28 Grom (“Thunder”) rocket-firing gun, with fittings for a rail-mounted 9M14M Malyutka anti-tank missile.

The 2A28 Grom is the main armament of the BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle. The 2A28 is a 73 mm low pressure smoothbore semi-automatic gun with wedge breechblock. The gun is relatively compact and weighs.

Mar 29, 2017 · The BMP mounts the 73mm 2A28 "Grom" low-pressure smoothbore cannon. The cannon has a vertically sliding breech block with a spring-loaded folding shell casing deflector at the end of the breech assembly.

The 2A28 73mm Grom cannon is one of the first weapons to be developed out of Russia after WW2 to be mounted on the BMD and BMP series Armoured fighting vehicals. First mounted on the BMP-1 and later the BMD-1 the 2A28 proved to …