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Aligator 4x4larger figure on 1 of 4
BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source4.34 m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aligator 4x4 | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Multirole armored car[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Slovakia[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | Slovak Armed Forces Slovak Police Force[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Designer | Transmisie a.s. Kerametal[source] | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ ) |
6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Maximum; amph. mode
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed
Single source120 km/h 5.5 to 7 km/h (amph. mode)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceDiesel , six-cylinder, turbocharged, direct injection at 2300 RPM, volume 7146 ccm
Single sourceDiesel , six-cylinder, turbocharged, direct injection 146kW at 2300 RPM, volume 7146 ccm[source]
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 1994–1997[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | ZTE TEES Kerametal[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Produced | Prototype: 1997 Serial: 1998–2008[source] | 1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)[source] |
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| No. built | 44[source] | More than 20,000 of all variants (Soviet Union) More than 3,000 of all variants (PRC) 18,000 (Czechoslovakia) ≈800 (India)[source] |
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| Armor | Steel and ceramic cladding[source] | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Transmission | 6-speed, automatic, with integrated retarder[source] | — |
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| Suspension | 4x4[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 22-30 L / 100km[source] | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Service history[source] |
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| Wars | — | See Service history[source] |
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| Variants | — | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 370 mm (15 in)[source] |
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Maximum; water
Single source65 km/h (40 mph) road 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water[source]