A rare prototype of Ukraine’s heavy infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), known as the BMP-55, has surfaced in new photographs shared across social media. The BMP-55, developed by the Kharkiv Armored Repair Plant, exists as a single prototype and was designed as part of a modernization proposal to convert outdated T-55 tanks into heavily armored IFVs. […]

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