Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Here’s What You Need to Know: The program suffered delays and overruns. Progress on the WCSP now is dictated by the performance of trial vehicles in what are called the Reliability...

Over the past several years Israel has been seeking to revolutionize ground combat through a new type of armored fighting vehicle. The program, dubbed Carmel, was for years just a...

Key point to remember: The M-1’s machine guns “can’t depress to sweep roadside ditches,” Sprey wrote. The smaller but taller M-48 carries twice as many machine-gun rounds as the M-1 does...

Here’s What You Need to Know: On paper, the WCSP Warrior is a proper modern IFV, featuring a powerful main gun, good mobility, and modular armor. Unfortunately for the British...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Despite continued investment by the UK, the WCSP kept plodding along with continual delays and cost overruns. Britain’s FV510 Warrior IFV has never had...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The armored spine of these forces is the ZBD-03 airborne infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV). As China modernizes and develops its airborne corps, it appears to...

Is Russia trying to leap ahead of the U.S. Army’s now evolving new infantry carrier? It could be possible, however the relative technological sophistication and weapons performance capacity of a...

The latest version of the Russian military’s VPK-7829 Bumerang will roll out at the MILEX 2021 International Arms Show in Belarus this week, according to the state-owned arms seller Rosoboronexport,...

Here’s What You Need to Know: While the ZBD-03 is far from useless, it is outclassed and outgunned by practically every BMD in Russian service. As China modernizes and develops its...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the ZBD-03 is far from useless, it is outclassed and outgunned by practically every BMD in Russian service. Its ancient ATGM is a major...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The tactical mobility and speed advantages that originally characterized the IFV no longer apply to these new vehicles. Designing an armored vehicle always involves a...

Here’s What You Need to Know: China arrived late into the airborne fighting vehicle scene. As China modernizes and develops its airborne corps, it appears to be basing it off...