Real World Story: This is a Bulgarian modification of the MTLB tracked carrier. The MTLB hull has uprated armor and is topped with a turret that mounts a 23mm autocannon, and equipped with a more powerful engine. There is a driver’s hatch on the front deck, and a commander’s hatch on the turret deck. The gunner uses the commander’s hatch. There are two hatches in the rear of the vehicle for troop access. There are three firing ports on each side of the troop compartment, and one in each rear door. One firing port on each side is for the PK machinegun, and the rest are for AK-series weapons.

The BMP-30 is essentially the chassis of the BMP-23 with the complete turret of a BMP-2 mounted in place of the standard turret.