BRDM-2 (GAZ-41) - armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicle, is a further development of the BRDM-1
BRDM-2 was mass-produced from 1963 to 1982 by the Gorky Automobile Plant and from 1982 to 1989 by the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant (as well as under license in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia). In comparison with modern armored vehicles, the BRDM-2 has low security, its armor protects only from small arms bullets and shrapnel. The main feature of the car is its very high cross-country ability. In addition to the main all-wheel drive chassis with adjustable tire pressure, there are special additional retractable wheels in the middle part of the hull, allowing, in particular, to overcome significant ditches and trenches. Currently, to one degree or another, it is used in intelligence units of more than 50 countries. The army has the nickname Bardak. In the USSR, production was completed in November 1989.