How to recognise infantry fighting vehicles
21 infantry fighting vehicles in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- BMD-2IFVs · Soviet Union
Tiny airborne tracked vehicle with a pointed bow, five road wheels and a small one-man turret with a 30 mm cannon.
- BMD-4MIFVs · Russia
Low airborne tracked vehicle with a BMP-3 style turret: 100 mm gun with a 30 mm cannon alongside.
- BMP-1IFVs · Soviet Union
Very low hull with a long pointed nose, small conical turret with a short 73 mm gun and a missile rail above it.
- BMP-3IFVs · Soviet Union
Wide flat hull, turret with a 100 mm gun and a 30 mm cannon side by side, six road wheels.
- CV9030IFVs · Sweden
Seven road wheels, tall boxy hull, two-man turret with a 30 mm cannon.
- K21IFVs · South Korea
Tracked IFV with six road wheels, a wide, flat hull with flotation equipment along the sides and a turret with a 40 mm gun.
- Lynx KF41IFVs · Germany
Tall, slab-sided tracked IFV with six road wheels, a large angular turret with a 30 mm gun and add-on armour panels.
- M2A2 BradleyIFVs · USA
Six road wheels, high hull covered in bolted add-on armour tiles, TOW launcher on the turret side; no commander’s sight on the turret roof.
- Marder 1A3IFVs · Germany
Six road wheels, tall flat-sided hull, small centrally mounted two-man turret with a Milan launcher on its side.
- PumaIFVs · Germany
Very angular hull with flat armour panels covering the upper tracks, small unmanned turret with a 30 mm cannon.
- VBCIIFVs · France
Large eight-wheeled IFV with flat, slab-sided armour and a small one-man turret with a 25 mm cannon set near the front.
- VCC-80 DardoIFVs · Italy
Tracked IFV with six road wheels, side skirts and a two-man turret with a 25 mm gun and TOW launchers on the turret sides.
- ZBD-04IFVs · China
Tracked IFV with a BMP-3 style turret that carries a 100 mm gun-launcher and a 30 mm cannon side by side.
- No photo yetAjaxIFVs · United Kingdom
Large tracked reconnaissance vehicle with seven road wheels, a tall boxy hull and a two-man turret with a 40 mm cannon and a big roof sight.
- No photo yetAS21 RedbackIFVs · South Korea
Tracked IFV on rubber band tracks with a high, angular hull and a turret with a 30 mm cannon and a Spike missile launcher on its side.
- No photo yetASCODIFVs · Austria / Spain
Tracked IFV with seven road wheels, side skirts and a compact turret mounted in the centre of the hull.
- BMP-2IFVs · Soviet Union
Low hull with a long pointed nose, two-man turret with a long thin 30 mm cannon and a missile launcher on the turret roof.
- CV9035IFVs · Sweden
Seven road wheels, tall boxy hull, compact two-man turret with a 35 mm cannon.
- No photo yetCV9040IFVs · Sweden
Seven road wheels, tall boxy hull, larger turret with a short, thick 40 mm Bofors cannon.
- M2A3 BradleyIFVs · USA
Six road wheels, high slab-sided hull, TOW missile box on the turret side and a commander's sight box on the turret roof.
- No photo yetWarriorIFVs · United Kingdom
Six road wheels, tall hull with a rear door, two-man turret with a slim 30 mm cannon.
