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Infantry Fighting Vehicles in Ukraine - losses, lessons & will Western IFVs matter?

While tanks and fighters tend to win public attention, the fighting in Ukraine has done a lot to remind us of the critical role played by the infantry. And to survive and thrive on the battlefield, the infantry in Ukraine rely on their armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles to enable to enable movement and provide fire support. Those vehicles, so critical to both sides have, however, been lost in extreme numbers - with no vehicle on the Russian side having suffered more visually confirmed losses than the BMP-2. Now, it seems, the floodgates are opening on the supply of Western IFVs to Ukraine. In this video I look at these vehicles, their employment in Ukraine, and suggest that despite being lost in large numbers - that they will remain critical in the fighting to come.

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  • Originally Aired January 15, 2023
  • Runtime 68 minutes
  • Production Code UGZi-F3tz-o
  • Created May 24, 2023 by
    stalemate
  • Modified January 20, 2024 by
    PolarGeek admin