Imperial War Museums
Published 5 Oct 2022The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle from the 1960s. Ours was captured during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and has been on display at IWM Duxford for over 30 years. Yet vehicles just like It are still being used by both sides in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, with heavy losses. So why are museum pieces being fielded in a 21st century war? And how are they performing?
Ukraine exhibition: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-nor…
Ukraine: A Modern War live event: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/ukraine…
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Creative Commons Attributions:
Russian footage by Mil.ru (CC BY 4.0)
Ukrainian footage by armyinform.com.ua (CC BY 4.0)
BMP-1UM at the exhibition «The Power of unconquered» on the Day of the defender of Ukraine by Artemis Dread (CC BY 4.0)
Cadets of the Military Academy (Odesa) improve their skills in driving armored vehicles in extreme situations by Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (CC BY 2.0)
Ukrainian BMP-2 IFV during the Independence Day parade in Kiev, Ukraine by Parade @ Kiev (CC BY 3.0)
BMP-2 by http://vitalykuzmin.net (CC BY 4.0)
BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle by http://vitalykuzmin.net (CC BY 4.0)
BMP-3 IFV by http://vitalykuzmin.net (CC BY 4.0)
Scimitar Mk 2 CVR by MOD (OGL v1.0)
Destroyed BMP by armyinform.com.ua (CC BY 4.0)
Ukrainian Mastiff by armyinform.com.ua (CC BY 4.0)
Ukrainian HIMARS by Mil.gov.ua (CC BY 4.0)
Lithuanian M113 by Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania (GNU v1.2)
Ukrainian M777 Howitzer by Mil.gov.ua (CC BY 4.0)
