The BMP-1-ZU-23 is imbalanced. But as mobile firepower, it could help to meet the Russian army’s urgent need for assault-support and air-defense against drones.

A new Ukrainian BMP-1 variant. Both sides in Russia’s 22-month wider war on Ukraine have lost a lot of infantry fighting vehicles. Both are scrambling to make good some of those losses by ...

While the BMP-1 remains the IFV of choice for Russian forces, Poland’s interest in looking inward for a replacement makes sense. The concept driving the infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is nearly ...

The BMP-1 Armored Personnel Carrier was developed by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and the BMP-1 Model 1970 is the primary production variant.

The BMP-1 could be considered to be a museum piece, however, it is fighting hard in Ukraine. Both Russia’s and Ukraine’s ...

The first prototype vehicle, designated the BMP-1 UM IFV, is being tested in Ukraine. The BMP-1 was a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1, ...

BMP-1 is a 1960s era design that is still in service in part because Ukraine provides refurbishment and upgrades for these vehicles. . BMP-1 is a 13 ton armored vehicle with a cramped one man turret ...

Russia's KBP Instrument Design Bureau says it has started upgrading 360 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for the Algerian Army in a follow-up order to more than 400 upgraded IFVs recently ...

The paratroopers of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine say they successfully destroyed a BMP-1, and as a result, detonated ammunition in Ukraine in May 2022.

The BMP-1 could be considered to be a museum piece, however, its role in this twenty-first-century war indicates just how hungry for weapons both Russia and Ukraine are.

The BMP-1 IFV’s steel exterior indeed granted greater protection for crew members from small fire. In terms of fire power, these IFVs were equipped with both the 73mm 229 Grom gun and the 9M14 ...