▁was ▁transport ed ▁to ▁Ben - G ur ion ▁air port ▁for ▁detailed ▁investigation ▁by ▁Isra eli ▁and ▁American ▁special ists . ▁ ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁B MP - 1 s ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Arab ▁forces ▁was ▁too ▁small ▁to ▁influence ▁the ▁Y om ▁K ipp ur ▁War , ▁but ▁the ▁innov ation ▁they ▁brought ▁to ▁tact ics ▁drew ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁military ▁special ists ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁type ▁of ▁AF V . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁Y om ▁K ipp ur ▁War ▁did ▁not ▁confirm ▁that ▁the ▁tact ics ▁of ▁the ▁IF V s ▁were ▁vi able . ▁ ▁Several ▁Soviet ▁technical ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁General ▁Arm oured ▁Director ate ▁( GB T U ) ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁Sy ria ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁to ▁gather ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁vehicle ▁( at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁US ▁special ists ▁were ▁gather ing ▁the ▁same ▁information ). ▁These ▁less ons , ▁combined ▁with ▁observations ▁of ▁western ▁military ▁tact ics , ▁development ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁light ▁AF V s ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁military ▁conflicts , ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁a ▁modern ization ▁program ▁for ▁the ▁B MP - 1 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁A ▁few ▁updates ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁the ▁Ob ' yect ▁ 7 6 5 Sp 3 ▁model ▁to ▁increase ▁its ▁fire power ▁against ▁small ▁un arm ored ▁targets ▁( inf antry , ▁soft - sk inned ▁vehicles , ▁etc .) ▁but ▁the ▁conclus