About the BMP-3 and its practical application

Before I came to the 155th Guards Brigade the BMP-3 was seen only on pictures and videos. But here the whole battalions are equipped with this machine, which came into service of the marines of the 155th brigade about two years ago. So I could not miss the opportunity to talk to the crews of the vehicles, which had already been fighting for 10 months on "troikas" and get their opinion about the machine. In short, the BMP-3 is THAT! 🙂 First, the guys immediately noted its survivability. The vehicle remained in motion after numerous hits of cumulative grenades. Yes "Javelin" and tank mines did stop the "troika", but in almost all such cases the crew survived.

The next point is the armament. The presence of a 100 mm cannon, capable of hitting both shells and ATGMs greatly increases the firepower of the squad and simplifies the task of annihilating the enemy in fortifications and houses. In addition, the "Hundred" enables firing from closed positions and has already shown its effectiveness in this application. With proper maintenance, the reliability of the pair of 100mm cannon and 30mm automatic cannon is not an issue, failures occurred only when the crew was not able to maintain the guns properly due to the length of the offensive.

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