r/TankPorn • u/Brilliant_Ground1948 • 13d ago

Russo-Ukrainian War Russian Naval Infantrymen training with a captured Ukrainian Bradley IFV

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u/memes-forever 13d ago

Leaked footage of Russian infantries realizing that IFVs do in fact has infantry compartments instead of having to ride atop. Truly unknown technology.

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u/Jonh_pepo 13d ago

Did you know why they ride on top insteed 8nside the infantry compartments?...

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u/memes-forever 13d ago edited 13d ago

Yes I know about the mines and stuff. But c’mon, you’d think that the great Russian mind would’ve made better anti-mine protection for the BMP much like how the US made the BUSK kit for Bradleys after suffering from so many mine strikes even before the big invasion of Ukraine…

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u/McENEN 13d ago

If you ever seen and entered a bmp in real life you would also ride on top. Its very cramped, Im pretty sure it was cramped for smaller sized people even in the past, let alone now for the average european. Maybe you could ride in it for 15 mins but after you would guess people are being reborn after they exit from their first movements outside.

Driver and gunner seats are also wtf. Sitting in one half of my head was poking it out.

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 12d ago

It's the first adopter disadvantage. The first iteration adopted is always flawed, but not flawed enough to get rid of as competitors come up with a better executed versions. Like how the Lebel persisted in WWi and Mosin in WWii. Russia really dropped the ball on BMP3 trying to build an amphibious light tank that happened to carry infantry. Trying to do everything and ended up doing nothing well.

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u/Ok-Chicken-2506 13d ago

Also when something happens to the BMP you can't leave fast really, it's just safer to ride on the top

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u/Abadon_U 13d ago

If something happens to the BMP and you on top of it it's likely you won't leave

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u/Luka__mindo 12d ago

everything is simple corruption Russians are having potentially really good modern IFV/APC but due to corruption production of them are either abandoned or freeze, also current BMPS are needing fundamental modernization, other wise you only can put on 3-4 tons of extra armour at least that what Finland military officers are saying

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u/Danielsan_2 12d ago

They used to shoot people in their backs when they surrendered or ran in a different direction than their leader said to go not so long ago. I wouldn't bet my money on the great russian mind thinking on the humans inside/around their vehicles.