Well, just look at BMD-1. It has 73mm gun, coax 7.62mm MG, 2 7.62mm bow MGs, AT-3 Sagger, it offers armor protection, is airdroppable, and can carry 4 passengers
What does US Airborne has with these capabilities? And BMD-1 was developed in 1965
BMD-4 has 100mm main gun with coax 30mm, 7.62mm MG, 5.45mm MG, 40mm GL, AT-5 Spandrel, and has water jets. US got nothing like that!
http://www.military-today.com/apc/bmd_4.htm
[ April 06, 2008, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: M1A1TC ]