Why did the BMP Become the Most Hated Vehicle in Russian Army

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  @tolik5929 · 2 years ago

  Some of the same reasons , the M 113 was despised by many US troops in Vietnam .

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  @KamaPopova · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m a bmp-1 driver, i would like to give some clarity to a few things and my reasons why we don&apos;t like the bmp. Firstly the bmp-1 has no firing control system what so ever and becomes inaccurate after like 600m because of this we just use the bmp-1 now adays for indirect fire.<br><br>There are also 3 main reasons why people would sit on the roof, Either it&apos;s to avoid getting trapped inside by the large doors which don&apos;t like to open most of the time,<br>or it&apos;s for space reasons, on paper the bmp-1 can carry 8 people but more common is that you will only fit 6 but if you sit on top or you have some sit inside and some on top you can avoid the limitations but the most common reason why people would sit on top is because they are lazy and don&apos;t want to waste time getting in and out.<br><br>when it comes to the armor it is going to stop 90% of what we are ever going to encounter as meeting another vehicle or a tank is rare.<br><br>when it comes to swimming, the chance of you flipping over is basically impossible but sinking is easy. Any wave that is big enough to flow over the roof of the bmp can easily sink it. So we never swim over anything more than ponds and rivers.<br><br>some of the reasons why i don&apos;t like the bmp-1 is because of poor visibility and lack of proper heating.<br>The turret blocks like 1/4 of our vision so if we need to see what&apos;s going on behind us or we wish to back up i have to take instructions from the gunner instead which has to swing the turret to the back too see anything.<br>the visibility is also just bad in general, the periscopes are good but there are not many of them.<br>There is also hardly any space in there, I&apos;m a woman and significantly more slim than the average bmp crew and i still don&apos;t have enough room to even turn around properly. <br><br>if you have any questions then please comment, &nbsp;thank you

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• MI

  @mikeck4609 · 2 years ago

  Sucks being inside any armored vehicle; especially when it’s getting hit with sh*t

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• DO

  @donaldhill3823 · 1 year ago

  It should be remembered that prior to the BMP &amp; vehicles like it, infantry was moved either by foot or trucks/halftracks with no protection at all.

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  @chopper3a982 · 2 years ago

  I figured the major complaint would be the lack of space. In addition to protection from mines, I always assumed BMP operators rode on top so they could have some space and get out/off the vehicle quickly. Having spent lots of time in the Bradley and M113, I was surprised at how small the crew compartments and hatches were on BMPs.

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• NU

  @NuclearN00bGaming · 2 years ago

  It was explained to me that since WW2 Soviet doctrine has acted as a massive battle computer. Put in battle variables and success comes out. The BMP was made for the ultimate tactical combined arms sweep, not for bogged down messy fights &nbsp;(like every Russian war has been since its inception)

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  @doodskie999 · 1 year ago

  Fun fact, the rear doors are also fuel tanks for Diesel. Diesel doesn&apos;t ignite as easily as gasoline so it also serves somesort of a spaced armor

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• CO

  @ComissarZhukov · 2 years ago

  You are mixing the BMP and the BMD in footage and description.

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  @paulkuras18 · 1 year ago

  Canadian veteran as a mechanic the M113 was a dream. &nbsp;I honestly still think my mind wanders on the beach pulling out of motor or doing a transfer case.

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  @ulrichkalber9039 · 2 years ago

  The ability to swim is actually disputed <br>while it does swim the reserve in flotability is so low that the waves created by another BMP might sink it.<br>Also bad maintenance might mean that the rubber seals(for example around the rear doors) might leak in an attempt to swim, together with the low reserve floatability that makes the vehicle rather unsuited for swimming.

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• OT

  @ottopartz1 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ve been inside an older generation Bradley and even in that the optical systems were astounding especially the thermal imager and the ability to reverse polarity. The amount of detail that it could pick out at over a mile made me feel bad for anyone on the receiving end of the bushmaster cannon.

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  @KurumiTokisaki_San · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWFN1Bo7E5M&amp;t=120">2:00</a> it&apos;s not an Rocket launcher,it&apos;s an First Gen ATGM Launcher

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