In practice, that means a rapid proliferation of upgunned BMP-1s. The 15-ton, 11-person BMP-1 might be the most common IFV in the world. Soviet industry produced tens of thousands of first ...

Russian industry expected the BMP-1AM strictly would be an export commodity, but in 2019 the Kremlin placed its own order for the type. By 2020 the Russian army had just 37 of the upgunned BMP-1s.