By Natali Moss
The author of the material noted that for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the loss of combat vehicles of infantry is of great importance, since the invaders rely on them in various scenarios of fighting. Thus, BMP is in fact "working horses" of the Russian mechanized war. "They draw infantry into battle, support it during planting and evacuate those who survive, if you need to retreat," EX said.
The Observer refers to the research of the analyst of the Carnegie Michael Kafman Foundation, who in 2022 noted that the Russian army was experiencing a major deficit in BMP, not in tanks. Although the Russians entered the war, having about 4,000 BMP-1 units, BMP-2 and the latest BMP-3, Ukrainian fighters destroyed about 2000 such machines for 23 months of fighting, as indicated by independent Aryx analysts.
An unattractive situation has also developed with equipment made in the Soviet times, which is in storage. According to estimates based on satellite images, about 3000 units of old BMP are left in the Russian Federation, 700 of which are completely broken and are not recoverable.
As for the production capacity of the Russian defense, the peak of production of new BMP-3, apparently, fell at the plant "Kurganmashzavod" in the south of Russia, which produces 400 BMP-3 a year, the rest of the infantry combat vehicles come from reserves. "If the mound factory cannot significantly expand production, then the generation of BMP ready for war can be reduced since about 2026.
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