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BMP-1 side skirts? rubber or metal?
Joker
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Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006 - 06:37 PM UTC
Anyone know this?
Thanks in advance
Joker
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Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006 - 06:40 PM UTC
Metal, stamped steel.
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Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006 - 06:53 PM UTC
Yup, metal. There is a lot of experimentation with newer materials, but only the Ukrainian BMP-1U mounts anything different AFAIK...they have BMP-2 sideskirts (along with other mods.)
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Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006 - 07:09 PM UTC
Thanks men!
Regards
Pete
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