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  2. List of BMP-1 variants - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Taiga is a BMP-1 converted into a civil logging tractor. It is equipped with a motor-powered 9-tonne winch and a logging hydraulic bulldozer blade. It was developed by the Tank Repair Workshop in Ust'-Kamenogorsk. It weighs 8 tonnes. [2] [3] An Afghan BMP-1-based SPAAG armed with ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun.

  3. BMP-1 - Wikipedia

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    The BMP-1 has a maximum road speed of 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph), which is automatically reduced to around 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph) off-road. [8] [13] The BMP-1 can climb 70-centimetre (28 in) high vertical obstacles, and cross a 2.5-metre (8.2 ft) wide trench. It can be driven on 25° side slopes and can climb 35° slopes. [8] [19 ...

  4. List of BMP-1 operators - Wikipedia

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    [1] 550 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in service in 1992. [2] Between 60 and 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were delivered from Russia after 2002. After the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan's government and military assets in August 2021, the vehicles were used by the Islamic Emirate Army during the 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash .

  5. List of equipment of the Hellenic Army - Wikipedia

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    From the 501 BMP-1s that were ordered from Germany in 1993, around 140 BMP-1A1 Ost remained in service as of 2022. Another 44 BMP-1s were converted to ZU-23-2 carriers. As of June 2022, the Greek government intended to send at least 40 BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine as military aid. 40 vehicles have already been sent. [24] [73] [74] [75]

  6. BMP-1 service history - Wikipedia

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    The BMP-1 entered service with the Soviet Army in 1966. The first unit to be equipped was the 1st Motor Rifle (renamed as Armoured) Battalion of the 339th Guards Red Banner Belostok Motor Rifle Regiment of the 120th Guards Rogachev Motor Rifle Division (Belorussian Military District), which tested thirty Ob'yekt 765 IFVs and three experimental Ob'yekt 765s.

  7. ZU-23-2 - Wikipedia

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    The ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles at a range of two kilometres and for direct defence of troops and strategic locations against air assault usually conducted by helicopters and low-flying airplanes. [7]

  8. ZPU - Wikipedia

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    ZPU-2 turned out to be too heavy for the airborne troops, so a new UZPU-2 (later redesignated as ZU-2) was developed from ZPU-1. The single-barrel ZPU-1 is carried on a two-wheeled carriage and can be broken down into several 80-kilogram pieces for transport over rough ground. Versions of the weapon are built in China, North Korea and Romania.

  9. Russian armoured train Yenisei - Wikipedia

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    However, the train also has a ZU-23-2 and a mounted BMP-2, [5] and thus is also suspected of being prepared for combat operations. Russian sources dispute Yenisei's role as a combat vehicle, claiming rather that the train is used for humanitarian purposes such as the delivery of water, medicines and food for civilians in Donbas , and evacuating ...