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Errrrrrrrr, actually the Warrior is an IFV rather than a tank. *snort* </nerd voice>

ha he's gonna get bombarded with that... sorry DeeJay !

I did hear someone call out a "DRM" and someone else call a "BMT" over the radio on the TvT earlier tonight, had a little chuckle at those But I also remember the days of trying to get straight the different russian vehicles and their similar names - it's not even as though you can just easily work out the acronyms from the functions either, what with it being in russian rather than english

Just incase people was confused by this ^ nick was watching my steam stream hahaah

If they can identify the difference between a BMP and a BRM at a glance from range, then I bow to their vastly superior eyesight and identification skills :v

A BRM is a BMP in NATO designation.

I'll just put this here...



*proudly steps away from contribution*

Yeah, I know it is the recon version of the BMP, on the same basic BMP chassis, and it is classed as a BMP variant. In NATO designation, you don't say BRM as it is a Russian designation, you say, there is a BMP over there. It would be correct. Also, it would depend on the type of BRM variant whether or not you would say BRM-R. Some NATO designation for the BRM is BMP M1976 for example, based on its years of use. You'd probably still just call out a BMP at an initial glance.

There are BMPs, BMDs, and BTRs. If you're feeling fancy, you call their generation number (BMP-2, BTR-80). If you're an incessant pain in the ass, you call their model

Off the top of my head, the BRM was an earlier-model BMP-1 with additional radio and/or recon gear to support a field command role. Visually, the only difference I can think of is smallish optical mounts on the turret top, and the lack of an ATGM rail? So yeah, even if it was a BRM (which I'd imagine is an unlikely choice for the mission creator), it'd just confuse all the poor wickle squaddies hearing that rather than "BMP" :v