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Soviet BMP1 APC

The BMP-1 APC was a tracked, amphibious, fully enclosed armored personnel carrier armed with a 73mm smooth-bore cannon. The Warsaw Pact countries and Arab nations regarded is a state of the art in the 1970s. It carries a crew of three: driver, gunner and commander (who serves as squad leader when the the infantry squad dismounts).

Soviet BMP1 APC
The IDF captured BMP1s in 1973 and 1982, but they were never commissioned into service.

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