Warfare in Scale Cold War Series Episode 2 - Russian BMP-1 w/ZU-23-2 1/35 Trumpeter

The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle".
The BMP-1 was the first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of USSR. It was called the M-1967, BMP and BMP-76PB by NATO before its correct designation was known.
The Soviet military leadership saw any future wars as being conducted with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and a new design combining the properties of an armored personnel carrier (APC) and a light tank like the BMP would allow infantry to operate from the relative safety of its armoured, radiation-shielded interior in contaminated areas and to fight alongside it in uncontaminated areas. It would increase infantry squad mobility, provide fire support to them, and also be able to fight alongside main battle tanks.
The BMP-1 was first tested in combat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War where it was used by Egyptian and Syrian forces. Based on lessons learned from this conflict and early experiences in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, a version with improved fighting qualities, the BMP-2 was developed. It was accepted into service in August 1980.
In 1987, the BMP-3, a radically redesigned vehicle with a completely new weapon system, entered service in limited numbers with the Soviet Army.
The ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles at a range of two kilometres (km) and for direct defense of troops and strategic locations against air assault usually conducted by helicopters and low-flying airplanes. In 1955, KBP presented the single-barrel ZU-1 and the twin-barrel ZU-14. While the former was eventually dropped, the ZU-14 was selected and, after some modifications, entered series production.
In the Soviet Union, some 140,000 units were produced. The ZU-23 has also been produced under licence by Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt and the People's Republic of China.
Development of this weapon into a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) led to the ZSU-23-4 Shilka.

[@sekytwo]

Yes I have been waiting for this episode!! Another great model thanks guys!

[@ThePvtPyle]

Awesome video guys!! I love this series

[@WollongongWacko]

putting a ZU on a BMP1 is my favorite usage of the vehicle.

[@huntercraft1668]

Awesome

[@basilj3949]

El BMP-1 es una de mis vehiculos preferidos y esse creation es muy interesante. Sorry for my bad Spanish but Great work !

[@2706mauricio]

gracias por los videos buenos tips y versiones interesantes de vehiculos de la Madre Rusia y lo mejor en español

[@Cabilis66]

Magnifico video mis amigos !

[@user-wj4qe4he8v]

It is cool. Can I use zvezda and estern express kits?

[@warfareinscale]

of course, in fact this Dragon kit used the old Italeri mold. The most important are the techniques of painting and weathering :)

[@igorhorvat1025]

from witch manufacturer are the decals?they ar not in the kits.thx.

[@kevinyang5926]

Home printed ones I assume?

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Мда красиво