In the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down the BRDM-2 of the Russian occupation forces. The related video was posted on Facebook by 24. OMB. Soldiers of the 24th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine named after King Danylo worked on Russian armored vehicles. Combat reconnaissance patrol vehicle BRDM-2 with the marking “Z” was hit by a guided missile of the domestic anti-tank complex “Stugna-P”.

Enemy vehicles were within sight of the ATGM, moving on the highway inside the settlement. After a successful moment, the Stugna-P operator fired. The guided missile struck the stern of the BRDM-2, where the engine of the armored vehicle was located. The Ukrainian army does not report any losses in the manpower of the Russian invaders as a result of the attack on the armored vehicle.

Stugna-P is a second generation Ukrainian anti-tank missile system (ATGM). It was developed by the Kyiv design bureau Luch. The complex is semi-automatic with a laser beam guidance system. The complex can fire missiles of caliber 130 or 152 mm with various warheads placed in the container.

The main feature of the armored reconnaissance patrol vehicle BRDM-2 – high passivity, the armor of the armored hull of the machine protects against small-arms bullets and shrapnel. The car was mass-produced from 1963 to 1989.

The BRDM crew consists of four people: the commander and driver-engineer located in the control compartment on the right and left, respectively, the arrow in the turret and the observer sitting on the left or starboard in the combat compartment. The BRDM-2 armament is a paired installation of 14.5 mm machine gun KPVT and 7.62 mm PKT. The installation is located on the pins on the front of the tower. Source