Russia’s decades-old BTR series may soon be phased out with the introduction of the BTR-82A Improved, a redesigned APC offering better armor, rear egress, and thermal imaging for targeting.

However, the BTR-82A was no match for the U.S ... the IFV focused its fire on them before taking out the second APC. Militarnyi wrote in its June 2 report about the fight, "Russian infantrymen ...