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The BMD-4 (Russian: Боевая Машина Десанта-4, romanized: Boyevaya Mashina Desanta-4, lit. 'Combat Vehicle of the Airborne-4') is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) originating from post-Cold War Russia. Originally designated as the BMD-3M, the chassis of the BMD-4 is the same as that of the BMD-3 because it was developed on the same…
The analysis highlights History, Overview and Production as prominent areas in the source structure around BMD-4.
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The extracted context around BMD-4 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, BMD-4 → According, Bakhcha-U, BMD-4M, BMP-3, Bolshoi, Chief, Chief Armor Management, Colonel Gennady Anashkin, Concern Tractor Plants, December, Defense, General Staff, Guards Airborne Division, In, In August, It, KTZ, Kurganmashzavod, Mikhail Bolotin, Ministry Another extracted example is BMD-4 → About, Additional, April, August, BMD-4M, BMD-4M AIFVs, BMD-4Ms, BTR-MDM, BTR-MDM Rakushka, BTR-MDM Rakushka APCs, BTR-MDMs, In, January, July, June, Kurganmashzavod, March, November, Pskov, Rakushka. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 190 structured relationships around BMD-4. Examples in this analysis include BMD-4 → .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed → 70 km/h (43 mph) (on paved roads) 45 km/h (28 mph) (on rough terrain) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (in water) and BMD-4 → Armor → Turret: Steel Hull: Aluminum alloy. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMD-4 | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) (on paved roads) 45 km/h (28 mph) (on rough terrain) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (in water) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Armor | Turret: Steel Hull: Aluminum alloy | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Crew | 3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Designed | 1990s | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Engine | BMD-4: 2V-06-2 water-cooled diesel engine BMD-4M: UTD-29 multi-fuel diesel engine BMD-4: 450 hp (331 kW) BMD-4M: 500 hp (368 kW) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Height | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | In service | 2004–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Length | 6.36 m (20 ft 10 in) (gun forward) 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) (hull) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Main armament | Bakhcha-U/Sinitsa turret with 100 mm 2A70 cannon | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Main armament | 30 mm 2A72 autocannon | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Main armament | 9M113 Konkurs ATGM | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Manufacturer | Volgograd tractor factory Kurganmashzavod (since April 2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Mass | 13.6 t (15.0 short tons; 13.4 long tons) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Operational range | 500 km (310 mi) (on paved roads) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Passengers | 5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Place of origin | Russia | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Power/weight | BMD-4: 33.1 hp/tonne (24.3 kW/tonne) BMD-4M: 37.0 hp/tonne (27.2 kW/tonne) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Produced | 2004–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Secondary armament | 5.45 mm RPK-74 machine gun | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKM machine gun | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Type | Airborne Infantry fighting vehicle | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Used by | Russia | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Variants | See Variants | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | Width | 3.11 m (10 ft 2 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
| BMD-4 | is a | same as that of the BMD-3 because it was developed on the same basis | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around BMD-4 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Russian, Vehicle and Turret. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For BMD-4, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects BMD-4 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around BMD-4 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Overview & Production, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — BMD-4 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout