Soviet-made IFVs and APCs in Syrian conflict Wednesday, 16 January 2019 Army, Defence, Military, News, World As of early 2017, the Syrian governmental troops operated some Soviet-made BMP-1 and BMP-2 IFVs. The BMP-1 is supposed to be the backbone of the Syrian mechanized infantry. Read full news at this link... Syrian BMP-2 IFVs with improvised side skirts (Picture source: YouTube) Read more... Tweet Subscribe to receive free email updates: