Germany has accepted the supply of practically 60 Soviet-era BMP-1 tracked infantry preventing autos (IFV) to Ukraine which was beforehand owned by Germany, Die Welt reported on Friday. The fight autos from the previous East German military had been handed on to Sweden on the finish of the Nineties, and later bought to an organization within the Czech Republic. Even earlier than the sale to Sweden, the German army had already made modifications to those Soviet-supplied BMP-1s to convey them as much as Western security requirements, redesignating them BMP-1A1 Osts within the course of. The Swedish army, which utilized their very own designateon to those autos, Pbv-501, put them by means of one other improve program after buying them.
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry preventing automobile. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1. The BMP-1 was the primary mass-produced infantry preventing automobile (IFV) of the Soviet Union. It was referred to as the M-1967, BMP and BMP-76PB by NATO earlier than its right designation was identified. The Soviet army management noticed any future wars as being performed with nuclear, chemical and organic weapons. A brand new design, just like the BMP, combining the properties of an armored personnel service (APC) and a light-weight tank would enable infantry to function from the relative security of its armoured, radiation-shielded inside in contaminated areas and to struggle alongside it in uncontaminated areas.
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BMP-1s had been produced beneath license by Czechoslovakia firm ZTS Detva. BVP-1 (BVP-1 stands for bojové vozidlo p?choty 1, Infantry Preventing Automobile – 1) is a Czechoslovak designation for the BMP-1. Czech modernized BVP-1 with a German Kuka E8 one-man turret with outstanding overhang on the entrance and eight smoke grenade launchers (in two teams, 4 teams on both sides of the turret). It’s armed with a 30 mm Mk 44 Bushmaster II autocannon with a small round muzzle-brake. The gunner’s place is situated on the rear of the turret. It has new side-skirts/mudguards. It additionally has extra safety and hand rails on the headlights. It has two rear-view mirrors within the entrance and 4 cease lights and two flip lights on the rear.
The BMP-1 infantry preventing autos are presently in possession of a Czech firm, Excalibur Military. The identical firm delivered modernized BMP-1 infantry preventing autos and 2S1 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine in 2020. The Excalibur Military, a subsidiary of the Czechoslovak Group holding (CSG), specializes within the refurbishment of army autos and owns a number of storage everywhere in the Czech Republic. The Excalibur Military tried to promote the IFV to Ukraine in 2019, however that plan was reportedly stopped in its tracks by the German authorities. That is in step with Germany’s arms-transfer coverage which restricts the switch of arms to areas experiencing unrest or battle.
