After being thoroughly worked over by Chechen separatists at the Battle of Grozny in 1995, Russia set about reinventing its armored divisions. The existing BMP-2 vehicles were scrapped in favor of the ...
“We’re going to push through our front lines…(with) speed, surprise, and overwhelming firepower.” — Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, The Great Raid film, 2005. The First Chechen War of December 1994 to August ...