BMP-3 (БМП-3) - AMPHIBIOUS INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE

BMP-3 (БМП-3) - AMPHIBIOUS INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for Boevaya Mashina Pehoty (Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally “Infantry Combat Vehicle“). The design of the BMP-3 or Obyekt 688M can be traced back to the Obyekt 685 light tank prototype with 100 mm gun 2A48-1 from 1975. This vehicle did not enter series production, but the chassis, with a new engine, was used for the next-g