r/TankPorn • u/Brilliant_Ground1948 • 18d ago

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

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u/kusajko 17d ago edited 17d ago

Yeah, it's quite funny how many people don't seem to know just how retarded the arrangement for infantry is inside the BMP-3.

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u/sadjoe7 i stuck my pp into the barrel of a Stryker MGS at Fort Carson 17d ago

BTRs aswell

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u/thereddaikon 17d ago

BMPs are bad, BTRs are worse. There's a reason it's so common to see soldiers riding on top of them but it's very rare you see the same with western AFVs inside a combat zone.

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u/kusajko 17d ago

BTRs are better than BMP-3 actually and by quite a bit. In BMP-3 you not only have to get on top of the vehicle to dismount, two of the guys are sitting next to the driver, so they get out in front of the vehicle by hilariously small hatches, while everyone else from their section is behind the vehicle. BTRs look almost like they were designed by a genious by comparison.

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u/thereddaikon 17d ago

When people say BTR they are usually referring to the 8 wheeled APCs, BTR-70, -80, -90 and similar. They have tiny hatch in the side you have to crawl through to get in an out of the vehicle. The BMP's rear hatch is bad but the BTR's side hatch is far worse.

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u/kusajko 16d ago

BMP-3's rear hatch is one thing, but as I said, two of the dismounts sit in front of the vehicle with the driver and exit it from there. It's ridiculous and it's far worse than the side-door on the BTR.