![]() ![]() In 1972, work got under-way to develop an improved version of the BMP-1.ĭuring its combat debut in the Yom Kippur War, Egyptian and Syrian BMPs proved vulnerable to. The main emphasis was put on improving the main armament. ![]() Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to produce an updated and improved version of the BMP-1. BMP-1, the predecessor of the BMP-2, at US Bolling Air Force Base, 1 October 1986.Īlthough the BMP-1 was a revolutionary design, its main armament, the 2A28 Grom and the 9S428 ATGM launcher capable of firing 9M14 Malyutka (NATO: AT-3A Sagger A) and 9M14M Malyutka-M (NATO: AT-3B Sagger B) ATGMs, quickly became obsolete. ![]()
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