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Upgrades of the BMP-1 were performed by KMZ as well as by tank repair workshops of the Ministry of Defence during scheduled and major overhauls. More than 20,000 BMP-1s and vehicles based on it were built in the USSR. An East German BMP-1 with eight passengers. BMP-1s were produced under license by Czechoslovakia (BVP-1), Romania and India. [19]
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).
A development program to completely address the shortcomings of the BMP was started at the same time resulting in four prototypes, all of which had two-man turrets. Ob'yekt 675 from Kurgan - BMP-1 hull, armed with a 2A42 30 mm autocannon. This eventually became the BMP-2. Ob'yekt 681 from Kurgan - BMP-1 hull, armed with a lengthened 73 mm gun.
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 ...
BMP-2 obr. 1986 – Late-production model with new BPK-2-42 sight instead of the BPK-1-42. BMP-2D (D stands for dorabotanaya – modified) – Fitted with additional spaced type steel appliqué armour on the hull sides, under the driver's and commander's stations, and 6 mm thick appliqué armour on the turret. Owing to the added weight, the ...
BMP Global Distribution Inc v Bank of Nova Scotia, a 2008–2009 case in the Supreme Court of Canada; BMP Radio, a broadcasting company based in Houston, Texas; Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BMP or BBMP), municipal corporation for the city of Bengaluru (Bengalore), India; Boase Massimi Pollitt, a former advertising agency in UK
The BNP has contested seats in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Research from Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin shows that BNP support is concentrated among older and less educated working-class men living in the declining industrial towns of the North and Midlands regions, in contrast to previous significant far-right parties like ...
23 June – England and Yorkshire cricketer Wilfred Rhodes becomes the first person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches. 29 June – Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927: totality is visible across Northern England and Wales (though weather conditions are poor for viewing). 7 July Diocese of Derby created in the Church of England.