- 6 0 P B ▁and ▁ob sole te ▁B TR - 1 5 2 . ▁The ▁B MP - 1 ▁was ▁more ▁commonly ▁util ised ▁as ▁a ▁command ▁vehicle ▁in ▁the ▁F AP LA ▁arm ored ▁brig ades . ▁Some ▁B MP - 1 s ▁were ▁allocated ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁military ▁mission ▁in ▁Ang ola ▁for ▁l ia ison ▁and ▁general ▁transport . ▁O thers ▁participated ▁in ▁con voy ▁esc ort ▁miss ions , ▁often ▁accompanied ▁by ▁motor ized ▁inf antry ▁in ▁B TR - 6 0 s . ▁F AP LA ▁log istics ▁con vo ys ▁were ▁typically ▁led ▁by ▁a ▁bul ld oz er ▁or ▁tank ▁modified ▁with ▁mine ▁clear ance ▁equipment , ▁followed ▁closely ▁by ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁B TR ▁and ▁a ▁B MP - 1 . ▁The ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁B MP ▁in ▁the ▁con voy ▁was ▁to ▁eng age ▁host ile ▁arm our ▁with ▁its ▁can non ▁and ▁anti - t ank ▁gu ided ▁miss iles . ▁While ▁the ▁B TR - mount ed ▁inf antry ▁squad ▁was ▁capable ▁of ▁rep elling ▁attacks ▁by ▁light ly ▁armed ▁ins urg ents , ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁more ▁con vo ys ▁were ▁amb ushed ▁by ▁South ▁African ▁expedition ary ▁troops ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁arm oured ▁fighting ▁vehicles . ▁The ▁B MP ▁was ▁likely ▁adopted ▁in ▁direct ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁increasing ▁threat ▁pos ed ▁to ▁the ▁con vo ys ▁by ▁South ▁African ▁arm our . ▁ ▁F AP LA ▁deployed ▁B MP -