Poland transferred 40 BMP-1 combat vehicles to Ukraine
Analyst @UAWeapons in Twitter published a short video clip, which indicates that the Ukrainian military has started to master Polish BMP-1 combat vehicles.
What is known
Actually, BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle on a tracked chassis, but in this case we are talking about the vehicles that were transferred by Poland. According to Defence24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received 40 units of BMP-1, i.e. battalion set.
#Ukraine : Ukrainian troops are actively using BWP-1 ???????? infantry fighting vehicles, which were donated by Poland - 40 of them were received by the Ukrainian army along with many other Polish weapons and vehicles. pic.twitter.com/J8HohTzK6r
- ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 19, 2022
This infantry fighting vehicle is a good way to quickly make up for losses in armored vehicles. Although the BMP-1 is inferior in some technical parameters to the upgraded versions of the BMP-1AS Basurmanin, which are in service with the Russian army.
Source: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, @ UAWeapons, Defence24
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