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In the Army-2017 show, the Russian Defence Ministry signed a contract covering the first deliveries of an unspecified number of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) fitted with the Bumerang-BM turret, also known as the B-19 variant. [14] The BMP-3 B-19 took part in the large-scale Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad in September 2021. [15]
Russian Army BMP-3. The design of the BMP-3 or Obyekt 688M can be traced back to the Obyekt 685 light tank prototype with 100 mm gun 2A48-1 from 1975. [citation needed] This vehicle did not enter series production, but the chassis, with a new engine, was used for the next-generation infantry combat vehicle Obyekt 688 [5] from A
BMP-1: Infantry fighting vehicle: 800 [52] Soviet Union: 450 BMP-1 and ~20 BMP-1-AM in service. [115] As of 2021 it is under modernization. [118] [119] [55] As of 17 July 2024, at least 854 (780 BMP-1(P), 49 BMP-1AM, 22 BMP-1 675sb3KDZ and 3 BMP-1U Shkval) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An additional 198 losses in the list ...
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]
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.
The Kurganets-25 (Russian: Курганец-25) is a tracked amphibious, 25-ton modular infantry fighting vehicle and armored personnel carrier being developed for the Russian Army. The Kurganets-25 is planned to evolve into various models, gradually replacing BMP, BMD, MT-LB and other types of tracked Soviet armored platforms.
The company's main products are the well-known BMP-2 and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, [3] which are in service in 29 countries [4] and, since April 2024, the BMD-4 airborne fighting vehicles. [5] The company also produces a wide range of civil products, such as small-sized tractors, municipal construction machines and automobile trailers ...
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 ...