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unusual facts about infantry fighting vehicle



Battle of Medina Ridge

This defilade position gave the Iraqis protection from the powerful long-range direct fire of the M1 Abrams tanks and the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.


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Battle of Rumaila

The battle was one-sided and Iraqi attempts to return fire proved to be almost completely ineffective, as during the engagement only one U.S. soldier was injured and two U.S. armored vehicles were lost (an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle damaged by enemy fire and an M1 Abrams tank set on fire by a nearby explosion of an Iraqi truck).

Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

Iraqi BMP-1 (Soviet–made Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle)

Kurganmashzavod

In October 1966, the production plan of the infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1 was prescribed by the government bylaw.