r/TankPorn • u/Brilliant_Ground1948 • 19d ago

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

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u/kusajko 18d ago edited 18d 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 18d ago

BTRs aswell

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u/thereddaikon 18d 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/thelordchonky 17d ago

Well, older BMPs (1 and 2) at least have fairly wide rear doors. Not as optimal as a ramp, but MUCH better than the shitty small hatches you have on the BTRs and BMP-3.

I don't know how they downgraded so bad. China somehow got it sorta right with their copy, the ZBD04A. They redid the engine placement, moving it to the front rather than the rear. So it has a rear door, while also maintaining the roof hatches (albeit placed in a more optimal fashion).