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Old 11-04-2010, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by helbent4 View Post
I think one of the main concepts for the BMP/BMD was a vehicle that could allow infantry to fight buttoned-up on a nuclear battlefield. Not so good on the non-nuclear battlefield! Original tactical doctrine was to have the vehicle leading out front, followed by the infantry... after the Yom Kippur war this doctrine was reversed, so obviously a few kinks needed to be ironed out.
Unfortunately, fire from gunports is not all that accurate (limited field of vision) and if the vehicle is moving ... forget it.
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