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The BMP-1AM Basurmanin is an upgraded version of BMP-1 developed by The Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) research-and-manufacturing corporation (a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation). The BMP-1AM is BMP-1 with the original turret replaced by the turret from BTR-82A with a 2A72 30 mm autocannon , a Kalashnikov PKTM 7.62 mm medium machinegun, and ...
BMP (Ob'yekt 764) – The original main prototype of the BMP-1 was developed by the design bureau of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Works (ChTZ) and built in 1965. In comparison with Ob'yekt 765Sp1, Ob'yekt 764 was 4 mm higher, had a maximum swimming speed of 10 km/h, a lower maximum range (550 km on road) and a reduced number of firing ports for its passenger's armament (six).
There were 40 BMP-1 (+ native produced BMP-1TJ "Tuija" artillery reconnaissance vehicles) in service with the Finnish Army in 1995 and 1996. [4] The BMP-1 IFVs were withdrawn from Finnish Army service in 2004 but 38 were saved. 20 converted to command and artillery observing vehicles, some to museums and the rest kept as spare parts.
The BMP-3 is armed with a 100mm cannon, a 30mm automatic cannon that fires up to 330 rounds a minute, as well as three machine guns. The crew can also fire anti-tank guided missiles through the ...
It entered serial production as the BMP-1 in 1966. [7] The BMP-1 was heavily armed and armored, combining the qualities of a light tank with those of the traditional APC. [10] In addition to being amphibious and superior in cross-country mobility to its predecessors, the BMP-1 carried a 73mm smoothbore cannon, a co-axial PKT machine gun, and a ...
Type 86 aka WZ-501, copy of Soviet BMP-1 (Cold War) Type 92 aka WZ-551 wheeled IFV (modern) Type 03 aka ZBD-03 or WZ-506 wheeled IFV (modern), Chinese airborne infantry fighting vehicle. Early prototypes received the designation ZLC-2000. Type 04 aka WZ-502 tracked IFV (modern) Type 05 amphibious IFV. [18] Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle; Type ...
After it passed the trials, it was improved and became the BMP-1 (Ob'yekt 765). During this time, the United States had successfully introduced the M113 armored personnel carrier in the Vietnam War in 1962. Though not designed as a combat vehicle, its light armor and mobility was effective against most small arms employed by the Viet Cong forces.
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