BMP: Amphibious or a Watery Grave?

How amphibious are the BMP-1 and BMP-2 really? What are the problems in real life and what are its capabilities on paper. Is it really buoyant or more like a watery grave? For this we look at statements by a German combat engineer currently serving in the Ukraine War (https://twitter.com/ButtjerFreimann) and we also look at original manuals of the BMP.

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Handbuch für mot.Schützen II Schützenpanzer. 1. Auflage, Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik: Berlin, German Democratic Republic.

Zaloga, Steven J.: BMP Infantry Fighting Vehicle 1967-1994. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 1997.

Blume, Peter: SPz Marder. Der Schützenpanzer der Bundeswehr - Geschichte, Einsatz, Technik. Tankograd Publishing: Erlangen, Germany, 2007.

Buttjer Freimann: https://twitter.com/ButtjerFreimann

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/bmp-2.html

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2022/10/mt-lb.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standpoint_theory

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standpunkt-Theorie

https://www.danubecommission.org/dc/de/die-donauschifffahrt/540-2/

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe#Flie%C3%9Fgeschwindigkeit

https://www.nps.gov/miss/riverfacts.htm

#BMP #amphibious #ifv

00:00 Intro
00:37 The Manual
02:25 Technical Data
04:18 Components to allow amphibious Employment
06:03 Reality Check
07:08 Condition of the Water, Recon & Preparation
08:31 Unlocking the BMP Perk Tree?
09:29 Conclusion

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