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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
To this date, only the T-72 has fought against the M-1 and Challenger and the results were shocking.
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It's worth noting that the T-72's in Desert Storm were using local (Iraqi) ammo, not Soviet ammo. Not that this would have made
a lot of difference, but the Iraqi's weren't using the best ammo for the 125mm gun.
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The BMP-1, when it was introduced was the world's first infantry fighting vehicle. As ground-breaking as this vehicle was, it has some major design flaws.
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It didn't help that the whole concept behind the BMP (including the later M2 Bradley) is severely flawed. Basically, take a light tank and bloat to to carry an understrength infantry squad, so it's not as effective as either a dedicated light tank or dedicated APC.
Let's not forget that the infantry in the BMP sat on the main fuel tank and the rear doors contained the secondary fuel tanks. Or that the 73mm gun sometimes tried to ram the loader's arm into the breech.