Gun Turret Camera Front View - BMP-1 Soviet Era Infantry Combat Vehicle Forest Run

Fun for the whole family! - BMP-1 IFV ride on a forest track. This is a 1960s combat vehicle which served later in the Finnish army. After retirement it is used for more entertaining activities.

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The BMP-1 is a Russian-made tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was adopted for service in 1966 with Russian army. It is designed to carry the infantrymen, engage in combat and support the dismounted infantrymen by fire when they fight on foot. By the mid-1960s, the conman infantry squad armed with organic weapons to fight the enemy ether from inside the vehicle or on foot after dismounting. For this purpose, an infantry fighting vehicle, designated BMP-1, was developed. Introduction of tactical nuclear weapons demanded a wider dispersion of troop formations on the battlefield without compromising the firepower of even small subunits. To solve the problem, infantry units must have been provided with own fire support weapons. It was believed that the achievement of this objective would allow world's first armored vehicle of this class. It possesses a considerable firepower, high mobility, good armor protection and survivability. It is capable of crossing water obstacles without any preliminary preparation. The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle is in service with many armies around the world. It showed its worth in action in numerous regional conflicts. Taking into consideration the increasing requirements for effectiveness of infantry fighting vehicles, Russian defense industry is currently involved in modernizing the existing fleet of the BMP-1. After modernization, they will be more effective operationally and come close in terms of their performance characteristics to next generation of infantry fighting vehicles.
The BMP-1 is fitted with a one-man turret. Main armament of the BMP-1 IFV is a 73 mm Model 2A28 smoothbore, low-pressure, short-recoil gun which weighs 115 kg. This is fed from a 40-round magazine to the right rear of the gunner. A 7.62mm PKT machine gun is mounted coaxially to the right of the main armament. Mounted over the main armament is a launcher for a Kolomna KBM 9K 11 Malyutka AT-3 'Sagger' wire-guided ATGW. One missile is carried in the ready to launch position with a further two missiles in the turret, these are loaded via a rail through a hatch in the forward part of the turret roof. A further two missiles are carried in the hull.
The hull of the BMP-1 IFV is made of all-welded steel which provides the crew with protection from small arms fire and shell splinters. According to Russian information, the armour of BMP-1 provides complete protection against 12.7 mm over the front of the hull. The driver sits at the front of the hull on the left side and has a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the right. The commander is seated behind the driver and has a cupola that can be traversed through a full 360º. The troop compartment is at the rear with the eight infantrymen seated back-to-back, four down each side of the hull. They enter and leave by two doors in the rear of the hull which have integral fuel tanks (60 liters in the left door and 70 liters in the right) and are hinged on the outside. Each door has a day vision device and the left door has a firing port. Over the top of the hull are four roof hatches, two each side, which are hinged in the centre and can be locked vertically. There are four firing ports in each side of the hull and four heated day periscopes each side of the roof for aiming.

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