▁and ▁a ▁low - power ed ▁arm ament ▁in ▁comparison ▁with ▁main ▁battle ▁t anks ▁( MB T ) s ▁and ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁expensive ▁than ▁whe e led ▁A PC s . ▁The ▁probability ▁of ▁nuclear ▁war fare ▁had ▁decre ased ▁significantly ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁new ▁tact ics ▁for ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁IF V s ▁during ▁conventional ▁war fare ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁developed . ▁Those ▁tact ics ▁had ▁to ▁take ▁into ▁consideration ▁the ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁anti - t ank ▁weapons ▁pre val ent ▁on ▁modern ▁battle fields . ▁It ▁was ▁finally ▁decided ▁that ▁a ▁B MP - 1 ▁with ▁soldiers ▁inside ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁successfully ▁during ▁break through ▁operations ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁retre ating ▁enemy ▁forces . ▁ ▁B MP - 1 s ▁were ▁widely ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet – A fg han ▁War . ▁Besides ▁the ▁usual ▁motor ized ▁rif le ▁and ▁tank ▁units , ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁operated ▁by ▁some ▁Soviet ▁special ▁forces ▁units . ▁ ▁B MP - 1 s ▁were ▁un su ited ▁to ▁fighting ▁in ▁the ▁mountain ous ▁regions ▁of ▁Afghan istan . ▁They ▁were ▁originally ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁together ▁with ▁MB T s ▁and ▁inf antry ▁in ▁rapid ▁man eu vers ▁during ▁an ▁assault ▁across ▁flat ▁and ▁for ested ▁European ▁areas ▁in ▁nuclear ▁conditions . ▁In ▁Afghan istan , ▁the ▁main ▁enemies ▁were ▁not ▁other ▁AF V s , ▁but ▁land ▁mines ▁and ▁amb ush es ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁M uj ah