The Soviet BMP-1 is an armoured personnel carrier developed in the 1960s. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1. It was quite mobile and also could be fitted with anti-tank weapons. It has a 300 hp V6 diesel and could reach a speed of 39 km/hr. Weioght is about 13 tonnes. It was used widely in the Warsaw Pact and Soviet abroad allies with over 20,000 BMP manufactured.
BMP-1
This BMP-1 from the (former) CzechoSlovakia army is on display in the RAF museum Cosford, U.K.
Photographed November 2023 by Meindert de Vreeze (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Plastic scale models of the BMP-1 has appeared in various scales. In 1/35 by AMT/ERTL/ESCI, Accurate Armour, DML, Hobbycraft, Italeri, Dragon, Trumpeter and Zvezda. In 1/72 by ACE, Croco, MMK and others.
This walk around page was originally created December 2024 by M. de Vreeze