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ive been hearng talks about a bmp3 in game, yet i dont ever remember seeing it? The only apc the MEC has that i recall is that one apc (the equivalent of the LAV25)unlses that is the BMP3???Cause i dont recall a bmp3 looking like that.

The MEC has it on Al Kufrah Oilfield.

MEC also has it on Gulf of Omen WAC

PRC_Heavy_Z wrote:MEC also has it on Gulf of Omen WAC

and frankly I belive they should have them in all of the MEC maps because as far as I know the BTR-90 was only a prototype and there only like what, two of them ever produced. So really I dont know why they continue to be in game as they where the supposed equivalent APC for the MEC in vanilla BF2.

Razick wrote:and frankly I belive they should have them in all of the MEC maps because as far as I know the BTR-90 was only a prototype and there only like what, two of them ever produced. So really I dont know why they continue to be in game as they where the supposed equivalent APC for the MEC in vanilla BF2.

You and I are in agreement. The largest estimate for total number of BTR-90s produced as of late last year was a dozen, with some limited service in the MVD. But the United Arab Emirates actually fields more BMP-3s than Russia. You shall hopefully see it gone in the near term.

Yeah I never understood why they didn't get them on all of the maps, but meh. It's a pretty nifty vehicle.

I just have 1 question though, are the troops you're carrying supposed to die after taking 1 LAT hit?

well lets put it this way... do u feel good after puting your head in a metal bucket and having some1 bsah it with a baseball bat?.. yer well times that by 50 and thats around about wat it would be like in a light at attack on a apc... even though irl the soldiers might not die... they would be unable to fight...

The point of an Armored Personnel Carrier is to protect its troops. So I'm thinking no is the correct answer to your question Scorch.

and wat is the point of ANTI armour round?... the armour is only there to protect them from LIGHT arms fire...

Can you imagine what kind of massacre it would cause in the lines of US vehicles ?

25mm Bushmaster Cannon of LAV-25 vs. 30mm 2A42 Cannon + 90mm Cannon of BMP-3.

BloodBane611 wrote:The point of an Armored Personnel Carrier is to protect its troops. So I'm thinking no is the correct answer to your question Scorch.

I would venture the answer is yes - Russian APCs are infamous for being poorly armoured but heavily armed.

Deadfast wrote:Can you imagine what kind of massacre it would cause in the lines of US vehicles ?

25mm Bushmaster Cannon of LAV-25 vs. 30mm 2A42 Cannon + 90mm Cannon of BMP-3.

100mm, not 90mm. Same cannon as on the older T-55s, IIRC. BMP-3 and LAV-25(MC) aren't in the same class of vehicles. While LAV-25 may be classified as an APC, in practicality it can only carries 4 fully equipped dismounts in the back and is used by the Marines as a reconnaissance vehicle, similar to the way that the UK uses the Scimitar. BMP and Bradley are in the same category.

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:100mm, not 90mm. Same cannon as on the older T-55s, IIRC. BMP-3 and LAV-25(MC) aren't in the same class of vehicles. While LAV-25 may be classified as an APC, in practicality it can only carries 4 fully equipped dismounts in the back and is used by the Marines as a reconnaissance vehicle, similar to the way that the UK uses the Scimitar. BMP and Bradley are in the same category.

'PR Wiki' wrote: 1x 90mm Cannon (30 HEAT)
1x 30mm 2A42 Cannon (200 HEAT, 200 SABOT)

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I actually saw this before - when I looked it up on the net I found the 100mm, but then I thought the BMP in game might be some other version or something.

Nah Eddie, its a different one. The T-55 had the high velocity D-10T/D-10G 100mm gun, where as the BMP-3 uses the 2A70 low pressure gun (as its intended only for HE-Frag shells and launching ATGMs)

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:100mm, not 90mm. Same cannon as on the older T-55s, IIRC. BMP-3 and LAV-25(MC) aren't in the same class of vehicles. While LAV-25 may be classified as an APC, in practicality it can only carries 4 fully equipped dismounts in the back and is used by the Marines as a reconnaissance vehicle, similar to the way that the UK uses the Scimitar. BMP and Bradley are in the same category.

Well, the Marines should really have the AAVP-7A1 as their APC, but that's another topic (which has been discussed before, I believe).

Anyway, from what I was able to dig up, the BMP is a dedicated IFV, and has only 35mm armor at the thickest point (although I couldn't find what thickness the armor kits the UAE may add onto their's would make the armor). That's even thinner armor than the AAVP (45mm--both these measurements are from Wikipedia), which has been criticized for being inadequate protection against RPG and mortars.

I think its fine to kill the infantry inside, as long as that level of protection is used to set the damage done to everything, i.e. tanks, APCs.