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BMP development
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<p>The BMP series were among the first production line <a href="/facts/Infantry_fighting_vehicle/MNr3khds">infantry fighting vehicles</a>. Included in the series are the mainline BMPs, the <a href="/facts/Airborne_forces/URNvNW43">airborne</a> variant BMDs, and licensed modified (i.e. <a href="/facts/MLI-84/5H3v9JeY">MLI-84</a>) and reverse engineered versions (i.e. <a href="/facts/Boragh/kRKu9owt">Boragh</a>, <a href="/facts/BMP-1_variants/5pUJ8fkR">Type 86</a>). BMP stands for <i>Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty</i> – <a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Боевая Машина Пехоты, <a href="/facts/Literal_translation/0cF1oFRh">lit.</a> 'infantry fighting vehicle'. They were initially developed in the 1960s in the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. </p>