The reporters on CNN are as bad as ever at IDing vehicles. The smaller
tracked vehicles were BMP APCs, the 8 wheeled ones were BTR APCs. Several
four wheeled scout cars called BRDMs were also shown. The live footage
showing a BMP leading a company of BTRs had the BMP called a tank, then
a SP Howitzer, then finally an APC while another commentator miss-named
all Russian APCs as BMPs. The BMP had its gun wrapped in a canvass cover
so it looked larger, so to some extent I understand their mistake. Also
the BTR with a large rectangular box instead of the gun turret is the
radio version of the vehicle (none of the news media seemed to catch this).
Tom Harris