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.

An Armenian BMP-1 with an attached ZU-23-2. Twenty-two months into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, both sides are running desperately low on purpose-made, fully-integrated infantry fighting vehicles.

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. It is an amphibious vehicle designed to accompany ...

Short-range engagements between armored vehicles tend to be highly lethal. At proverbial knife-fighting range, armor piercing shells strike with maximum kinetic energy, and enemies are more likely ...

A basic metabolic panel (BMP) measures the essential metabolic components of your blood. A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) measures substances produced by your liver in addition to the basic ...

With the BMP-2’s upgrades and Russia’s capacity for mass production, the dominance the Bradleys have enjoyed over the battlefield in Ukraine is coming to an end. Russian defense manufacturer Rostec ...