Chapter 4575: Infantry fighting vehicle

These Orumi Federal Army infantry fighting vehicles are not very new models, but some outdated BMP series infantry fighting vehicles.
This former Soviet Union’s BMP series has always been known for its powerful firepower among its competitors. The BMP-1 is equipped with a 73 mm caliber 2A28 low-pressure smoothbore gun and AT-3 anti-tank missile. At the same time, the American M113 was equipped with only one .50 machine gun.
The BMP-2, which was put into production around 1976, was equipped with a 30 mm caliber 2A42 cannon and AT-5 anti-tank missile. The Bradley armored fighting vehicle with the same firepower level as the BMP-2 did not officially enter service until 1983. BMP-3 is also equipped with a 100mm 2A70 smoothbore gun and 2A72 machine gun. It can be seen how terrifying the firepower of the BMP series.
The BMP series are also pursuers of mobility. The mileage of the BMP series has reached 600 kilometers, while the US M113 and M2 Bradley are only 400 kilometers. The BMP series also require the ability to swim at any time, and this is probably difficult for Western infantry fighting vehicles. Because the army of the former Soviet Union is an offensive army, the infantry fighting vehicles equipped with it are required to have considerable individual combat power and can support the army's long-distance attacks and offensive deployment.
But this kind of firepower and mobility is not without price. The protection of the BMP series, especially the BMP-1/2, is very poor, and it can be penetrated by .50 machine gun shells on its side. This offensive design with heavy firepower and maneuverability was not wrong under the Cold War thinking of large corps operations, but when the Soviet/Russian army later faced the battlefields in Afghanistan and Chechnya, such a design began to appear to be inadequate.
The weakness of the Soviet infantry fighting vehicle that fought with the infantry in the Afghan War has been exposed in the face of light anti-tank fire. It was even more exposed in the first Chechen War in 1994.
In the classic case of the 131st Motor Infantry Brigade, the 131st Motor Infantry Brigade lost 102 out of 120 BMPs because of an ambush. If tanks are more to perform field breakthrough missions and have high losses in street fighting, it is understandable that infantry fighting vehicles that should have been accompanied by infantry fighting in various situations should have such high losses.
Therefore, after the first Chechen War, the Russian army realized that they urgently needed a heavy armor, and some of the previous BMP infantry fighting vehicles had reached the edge of elimination. The Orumi Federation uses exactly this kind of obsolete goods.
The original idea of ​​the Orumi Federal Army was that on the African battlefield at that time, the main anti-tank equipment used by most of their enemies was still RPG-7 and its derivative models. Even RPG-18 and 22 might not be available, let alone Said more advanced anti-tank missiles. So they are not worried about insufficient protection.
They did not expect that these insurgents actually possessed much more advanced anti-tank weapons than RPG-7. The Americans secretly supported part of the Hammer RPG-29.
This weapon is an anti-tank rocket launcher used by the Soviet army to replace RPG-7 and PG-7VR rockets. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a large number of them have flowed into the hands of third world countries and terrorists.
The Russian-made RPG29, also known as a vampire, can fire 105MM rockets. It is similar to Karl Gustav and can be said to be a smoothbore recoilless gun. . This combat weapon is equipped with an optical sight and night vision device, and uses an advanced tandem charge design concept.
Although in theory, its armor thickness is not enough to penetrate the general third-generation main battle tank frontally.
But in fact, in close-range street battles, even with main battle tank-level armor, the RPG-29 from 100-200 meters away or from a closer roof cannot perform well. Protective effect.
The Challenger 2 main battle tank and the M1 Abrams main battle tank have a record of being destroyed by this weapon. Using this RPG-29 to fight infantry fighting vehicles is actually very useful.
As mercenaries and Anmore prisoners of war began to take over the counterattack, the situation began to improve. On the opposite side of the Orumi Federal Army, several BMP infantry fighting vehicles were hit by anti-tank weapons and smoked.
The front stabilized, and the small number of rockets and mortars of the mercenaries in the rear began to fire gradually. Various artillery shells tore the air, gave out strange howling noises, exploded, dust, stones, and shrapnel splashed all around, and black smoke pillars held the sky. The bullets flying high in the sky made screams, and the bullets hitting around puff-puffed into the soil, and the ground was hit by the bullets and blossomed.
The land around Highway 4 was dusty, and the tumbling smoke was like a pot of boiling water. Combatants lie on the ground, like on a broken ship in a big wave. The struggle between life and death overwhelms all the daily emotions of people. All of Lin Rui's current ideas have become very simple: the enemy must be resolutely and skillfully blocked.
Lin Rui used the telescope to quickly sweep around at the nearest observation station. Some of the enemies directly in front are shooting, some are occupying favorable terrain, some are moving, and it seems that there are at least hundreds of people; some of the enemies behind them are shooting with submachine guns, some are carrying machine guns, and some are doing simple work. , It seems that there is at least one camp.
Lin Rui was holding an assault rifle, braving the enemy's intensive artillery fire and running back and forth to observe the battlefield conditions. He still has a company reserved for the reserve team, led by Kuai Ma. He ordered Scarface to lead more than 30 mercenary fighters to occupy the high ground in front of him, without retreat, and counterattack the enemy. He also ordered Anmore’s prisoners of war to lead hundreds of people to continue to fight back against the enemy with the help of fortifications.
After receiving the order, Campbell knelt on the ground with his left leg, grasped the assault rifle in his left hand, leaned back, and waved his right hand forward, leading the Anmore soldiers without a word to pounce on the enemy behind him!
Lin Rui came to the most prominent piece of high ground in the middle of the position. Sausage and curry command, shoot, and shout here. A tall black man beside them stood here like an iron wall. This is a very experienced mercenary gunner. His clothes are open, revealing his dark and dirty shirt, and his sweat is flowing.
Lin Rui walked over and asked, "How is it?"
Sausage opened his eyes, stared straight ahead, and said without looking back: "The situation is not very good! Two attacks have been repelled."
The mortar blew up clouds of black smoke in the distance. At first glance, it was full of fireworks. Lin Rui observed the positions of the left and right wings: there was a squad on the left wing guarding a trail; the mercenaries just designated by the right wing were leading two combat teams to occupy an open space.
He turned his head and shouted: "Sausages, it's not enough to be suppressed here like this. You will hold on for a while, and I will let the brothers on the flanks cooperate with you. They shelled to help you suppress them, and you took the opportunity to carry out a short counter-charge to the enemy! Dare to take that high ground for me."