The Soviet BMP-1 was one of the first modern infantry fighting vehicles. It both reflected, and helped to drive, profound changes in Soviet ground-combat doctrine when it entered service in 1966.

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 combining ...

The BMP-1 could be considered to be a museum piece, however, it is fighting hard in Ukraine. Both Russia’s and Ukraine’s weapons stockpiles continue to dwindle as the nearly three-year-long war rages ...

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 a ...

Makine ve Kimya Azerbaijan (MKA), the local subsidiary of Turkish state-owned Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), unveiled a new turret and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A huge fireball filled the sky as Ukrainian paratroopers blasted a ...

The BMP remains valuable to Ukrainian forces because it is lightweight, mobile, widely available, and familiar to local maintenance crews. However, its thin armor, older optics, and vulnerability to ...

Ex-Bulgarian armoured vehicles were reportedly ordered by Iraq in June 2021 under a $245 million contract for Apolo Engineering. The Iraq MoD announced on 14 February that a batch of surplus T-72 ...

A prototype of the upgraded Soviet-era BMP-1 IFV was displayed in public for the first time at HEMUS 2018 defence exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria. Promoted under the new designation BMP-2+, it has been ...

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, ...