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Forbes military columnist David Ax reported that the Ukrainian army recently began equipping the BMP-1LB improvised combat vehicles. This is due to the lack of infantry fighting vehicles.
He specified that these infantry fighting vehicles move very slowly and are equipped with only one machine gun.
“Under certain conditions, these vehicles move at walking speed. Among other things, they are armed with only one machine gun. If it gets stuck during the battle, they will become useless,” noted Eks.
According to him, the Ukrainian armed forces are converting MT-LB transporters into infantry fighting vehicles. The resulting military equipment has twice as thick armor, which affects its speed. Such vehicles can carry up to eight soldiers.