Ukrainian paratroopers won the almost new Basurmanin trophy (video)
The Russian BMP-1AM ‘Basurmanin’ was captured by soldiers of the 1st battalion of the 95th separate assault brigade.
The 95th Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the trophy car. The military showed a video of the tests.
Ukrainian fighters emphasize that the trophy combat vehicle ‘Basurmanyn’ turned out to be new and in perfect condition. The paratroopers said that during the battle, the Russian occupiers simply abandoned the car, saving their lives.
‘Currently, the Zhytomyr paratroopers are ‘running in’ and testing the BMP and soon it will work for the victory of Ukraine,’ said the 95th brigade of the DSHV.
BMP-1AM ‘Basurmanin’ is a modern Russian modernization of outdated Soviet BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles. The armored vehicle, which was demonstrated for the first time in 2018, received a new set of weapons, new electronics and a UTD-20S1 power plant from the BMP-2. Updated by Uralvagonzavod, the Russian infantry fighting vehicle is equipped with a combat module from the BTR-82A with a 30 mm automatic cannon, a 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun and the 902B Tucha system, which allows the installation of aerosol curtains for visual camouflage on the battlefield . The combat vehicle module was equipped with a modern guidance system and a thermal imager.
The modernized BMP-1AM is designed for the transportation of personnel on land and afloat, their fire support during combat, combating enemy manpower and lightly armored targets on the battlefield. Despite the upgrade, the ballistic and anti-mine protection of the ‘Basurmanin’ hull remained at the level of the basic Soviet BMP-1.
The Ukrainian military has repeatedly neutralized and captured such modernized Russian infantry fighting vehicles.
