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  2. BMP-2 - Wikipedia

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    The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry") [4] is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.

  3. BMP development - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the BMP, it lacked the firepower and armor to defeat and survive against other armored combat vehicles. After the appearance of the BMP, the US responded with a series of infantry fighting vehicle designs, starting with the MICV-65, although nothing entered service until the M-2 Bradley appeared during the early 1980s.

  4. Infantry fighting vehicle - Wikipedia

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    A M2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle in US service during the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004) A Russian BMP-3 with embarked infantry. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [1] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [2]

  5. T-15 Barbaris - Wikipedia

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    The infantry fighting vehicle concept was first conceived of in the 1960s during the Cold War, where a confrontation between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries was expected to be dominated by tanks, so infantry required transport to sustain the pace of advance while having armament to fight tanks, and armor to withstand machine gun and artillery fire; the Soviet Union created the BMP-1/BMP-2 and ...

  6. Watch a Bradley and a BMP Fighting Vehicle Get Up Close and ...

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    Russian Army BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle in front of a unit of main battle tanks in August 2021, a half year prior to hostilities with Ukraine. This variant mounts a 30-millimeter A272 ...

  7. Mechanized Infantry (Ukraine) - Wikipedia

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    The Ukrainian Ground Forces Mechanized infantry brigades, which are the majority of those units of the Infantry Corps, are traditionally structured around either the tracked BMP-1 or BMP-2 IFV or a variant of the BTR wheeled family of APCs or IFVs (like the BTR-3 and BTR-4). These brigades are designed to be able to conduct combined arms ...

  8. TATA Kestrel - Wikipedia

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    The Kestrel has been unveiled in 2 weapon configurations which were shown in DefExpo 2014 and DefExpo 2016 respectively. In 2014, the WhAP was showcased equipped with a roof-mounted remote controlled Kongsberg Protector MCT-30R (RWS) , which is outfitted with a 30×113 mm autocannon and 7.62×51 mm coaxial machine gun .

  9. List of armoured fighting vehicles by country - Wikipedia

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    BMP-2 – license produced/assembled infantry Combat Vehicle; DRDO light tank – Cold war era infantry fighting vehicle; TATA FICV – Infantry Fighting Vehicle and Engineers Fighting Vehicle [53] Mahindra FICV – Infantry fighting vehicle And engineers fighting vehicle [54]