EXHIBIT 29

BMP-1 INANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE           SOVIET UNION

 

The BMP-1 IFV was developed in the early 1960s and was first seen in public in 1967. Since then, it has been built in large numbers for import and export markets. Further development has resulted in the improved BMP-2. In the Soviet Army (now Russian Army), the BMP-1 was the replacement for the BTR-50 full-tracked APC and, compared to this vehicle, has significant increase in armor, mobility, and firepower. The BMP-1 has a main turret with one 73-mm primary cannon fed by an automatic loader (as in the 73-mm rounds are loaded and taken out with by electronic equipment) with a 7.62-mm (30-cal.) co-axial machine gun and a launch rail for a Sagger ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) over the 73-mm. The vehicle is fully amphibious, propelled in water by its tracks at a speed of 7 km/h. Standard equipment includes firing ports/vision devices (those small hatches seen on both sides of the vehicle), a fire detection and suppression system, an NBC (NOT the TV channel! It stands for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) system and night vision equipment (night vision equipment mainly in the turret, to the left of the cannon). It can also lay its own smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into the exhaust outlet on the right side of the hull.

DATA:

Crew: 3+8 soldiers

Weight: 29,700 lbs

Length: 22.1 ft

Width: 9.6 ft

Height: 7.1 ft

Ground clearance: 1.3 ft

Max Trench: 7.2 ft

Speed: 40.3 mph

Range: 372 mph

Power Pack: Type UTD-206-cylinder diesel, 300 hp coup. To man. trans.

Armament: 1 73-mm cannon, 1 Co-axial 30-cal MG, 1 Sagger ATGM