CMSF--Mighty Syrian AFVs in the Game

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Posted in multiple parts due to size, here's the info about the mighty Syrian AFVs in the game:


Posted by: Battlefront .com6/12/2007While the US forces in the game mainly rely on two vehicles, the Stryker and the Bradley, for its mechanized troops, Syria is drawing upon a whole range of Soviet manufactured IFVs (infrantry fighting vehicles) and APCs (Aromored personnel carriers). We’re going to show some of them today.
BRDM-2
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The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an armoured scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was intended to replace the earlier BRDM-1 with a vehicle that had improved amphibious capabilities and better armament.
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The armament is the same as the BTR-60 armored personnel carrier, a 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine gun with a 7.62 mm machine gun as a secondary weapon. The armor on the vehicle protects against small arms fire and artillery shell fragments. The BRDM-2-series tires are vulnerable to puncture from fire of all kinds.
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BRDM-2 ATGM
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The BRDM-2 ATGM launcher vehicle (sometimes referred to as the BRDM-3) mounts launch rails for either the AT-3 Sagger or AT-4 Spigot missiles in place of the turret.
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Here's the link:

http://www.battlefront-newsletter.com/Blogfront/tabid/55/EntryID/83/Default.aspx

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BMP-1/BMP-1P
The BMP-1was first introduced in the early 1960s as the first true “Infantry Fighting Vehicle”, as opposed to an “Armored Personnel Carrier” (i.e. battlefield taxi). The steeply-sloped front armor is proofed against .50-calibre machine guns and light cannon fire, but armor quality varies greatly with factory and year of manufacture. It is armed with an unstabilized 73 mm smoothbore gun which fires a low velocity HEAT round, and as such the main gun is unreliable in windy conditions. The standard BMP-1 has an AT-3 Sagger ATGM launcher is mounted above the gun, the BMP-1P has an AT-4 Spigot. The launchers have to be loaded by hand through a small loading hatch. This combination of armament and armor made it a formidable vehicle in the 1970s, but by today’s standard it is highly vulnerable to enemy IFVs and tanks of all types. The gun has only primitive fire control systems and the vehicle must be at a dead stop to fire and guide its ATGM. Nevertheless, the BMP-1 is still a threat to light AFVs or dismounted infantry and the Syrians have loads of them. Perhaps as many as 2000 are still in service.
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BMP-1K/BMP-1PK/BMP-2K
These are the command versions of the standard BMP models. These vehicles are used by Company HQs and are identifiable by the extra radio antennas on the top hull. A reduction of 2 passenger spaces was necessary to accommodate the extra equipment. In other respects the “K” versions are the same as their non-command counterparts. Loss of these vehicles degrades communications between formations.
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BTR-60PB
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The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s and was mass produced in the 1960s through mid 1970s. The welded steel boat-shaped hull protects against small arms fire and shrapnel.
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The BTR-60PB is the last modification of the BTR-60 series, featuring a small turret fitted with an unstabilized KPVT 14.5 mm heavy machine gun with an improved sighting system. Syria has around 600 in use with Regular and Reserve formations.
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Once again the link is here:

http://www.battlefront-newsletter.com/Blogfront/tabid/55/EntryID/83/Default.aspx