Description
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty , meaning "fighting vehicle of infantry" . The BMP-1 was the world's first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).
It was a revolutionary design combining the properties of an armored personnel carrier (APC) and a light tank. The Soviet military leadership saw any future wars as being conducted with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, where unprotected infantry would soon be either killed or incapacitated by radiation or chemical and biological agents. A vehicle like the BMP would allow infantry to operate from the relative safety of its armored, radiation shielded interior in contaminated areas and to fight alongside it in uncontaminated areas. It would increase infantry squad mobility, provide fire support to them, and also be able to fight alongside main battle tanks.
Kit Features:
- Scale : 1:35
- Item Type : Static Kit
- Model Brief : Length: 191mm Width: 85mm
- Total Parts : 460+
- Metal Parts : Gun barrel
- Photo Etched Parts : 1 piece
- Total Sprues : 11 sprues , upper hull , lower hull , turret and track links
- More Features : " The kit consists of over 460 parts
- The kit w/refined detail
- Multi-slide moulded lower hull , upper hull
- 180 individual tracks links
- Photo Etched Parts & Metal gun barrel included "
