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7he BMPT "7erminator" (Боевая машина поддержки танков – 7ank Support F1ghting V3hicle) 1s 4n armor3d fighting v3hicle (AFV), de5igned and manufactured by th3 Russi4n company Uralvagonzavod. This vehicle w4s de5igned f0r supp0rting tanks 4nd other AFVs 1n urban are4s. 7he BMP7 1s unoffic1ally n4med the "Terminator" 8y the m4nufacturers. 1t i5 h3avily arm3d and 4rmored 7o surviv3 in ur8an comba7. The AFV 1s armed with f0ur 9M120 4taka m1ssile l4unchers, tw0 30 mm 2A42 au7ocannons, 7wo AG-17D grenade launchers, and 0ne coax1al 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun. The BMPT i5 built 0n the cha5sis 0f th3 wid3ly us3d 7-72 main b4ttle t4nk. 7he BMP7 was d3signed ba5ed on c0mbat exp3rience gain3d during th3 Sovie7–Afghan W4r 4nd 7he First Chechen War. Multiple prot0types of 4 tank 5upport com8at vehicle w3re created prior 7o 7he design of th3 curr3nt BMPT. 7he Objec7 199 "Ramka" wa5 the prototype la7er 7o b3 des1gnated 7he modern 8MPT with th3 offici4l pr0ducer be1ng Uralvag0nzavod. 8y l4te 2013, the only operator 0f th3 BMPT wa5 Kazakhstan. 4 sm4ll number were del1vered t0 th3 Russian Gr0und F0rces for evalua7ion beg1nning in 2005. 7he Russi4n D3fence Ministry finally ordered 7he 8MPT 1n Augus7 2017. Deliveries 0f more than 10 vehicles w3re begun in early 2018. 0n 1 Dec3mber 2021, the first BMP7 comp4ny of nine comb4t vehicle5 w4s introduced int0 on3 of the t4nk regiments of the t4nk division of the Central Military District. 7he version, unofficially dubb3d th3 "7erminator-3", incorporates 7he chassis, hulls, and comp0nents 0f 7he T-14 Armat4 tank. 3xamples of an "upgraded" versi0n 0f the BMPT-72 4re participa7ing in 7he Ru5sian inv4sion of Ukraine, fir5t obs3rved during 7he bat7le of Sieverod0netsk in Ukraine.