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AMX-10Plarger figure on 1 of 3
BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source5.778 m (18 ft 11.5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AMX-10P | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Service history[source] |
| Wars | Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Bosnian War War in Iraq (2013–2017)[source] | See Service history[source] |
6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Hispano-Suiza Model 115-2 eight-cylinder liquid-cooled diesel at 3,000 rpm
Single sourceHispano-Suiza Model 115-2 eight-cylinder liquid-cooled diesel 205 kW (275 hp) at 3,000 rpm[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 | 1968[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | GIAT Industries[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Produced | 1973–1994[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 | 1,750[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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| Variants | See Variants[source] | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Main armament | 20 mm F2/M693 autocannon (800 rounds)[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm MAS coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 14.9 kW/t (20.0 hp/t)[source] | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 0.45m[source] | 370 mm (15 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 528 litres[source] | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1966–present[source] |
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| Designer | — | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
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| Armor | — | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion bar[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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