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Bookmark or Share- BMP-1: The first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle of the SSSRBMP-1 is an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) developed in the early 1960s to replace BTR-50P series tracked APCs and was first seen in public in 1967. It was replaced in production by BMP-2 ICV , which, although similar in appearance, has a slightly different layout and new turret and weapon system.
- BMP-1 - WikipediaThe BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle, 1st serial model". [11]
- Soviet BMP-1 IFV (1965) - tank-afv.comThe BMP-1 from the BMP family (which stands for Boyevaya Mashina or literally "Infantry Fighting Vehicle") is certainly one of the most famous IFV worldwide, creating a stir in the West when it appeared.
- BMP-1 Fighting Vehicle - Federation of American ScientistsThe BMP is a fully armored amphibious infantry combat vehicle (AICV). Its low silhouette hull has a sharp sloping front with a conspicuously ridged surface. A centrally located, extremely flat, truncated cone turret mounts a 73-mm smoothbore gun and a 7.62-mm coaxial machine gun.
- BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicle: A Cold War–Era ... - HistoryNetBMP-1. Length: 22 feet, 1 inch. Height: 6 feet, 4 inches to turret roof. Weight: 14.6 tons. Crew: Commander, driver, gunner and eight troops. Max. speed (road): 50 mph. Max. range (road): 370 miles. Fording depth: Amphibious. The Soviet Union produced no armored personnel carriers during World War II, unlike its Western allies and German opponents.
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