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sarisataka

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10. BMD armored fighting vehicles

Reply to Throck (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 04:54 PM

Mar 2021

Last edited Wed Mar 31, 2021, 05:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Classed as infantry fighting vehicles rather than tanks. They only carry 5-6 people in addition to the crew.

They are capable of being air dropped with parachutes

ETA> those particular vehicles in the video are BMPs as others indicated (I missed a distinctive characteristic). A bit heavier and carry more troops. Certain versions can be dropped by parachute, others rapidly delivered by transport planes

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Looks like BMP's which are armored personal carriers, light enough to be air mobile.. EX500rider Mar 2021 #9

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