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Spc. Gabriel Reza, U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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AMZ Dziklarger figure on 1 of 4
BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source5.74 metres (18.8 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AMZ Dzik | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Infantry mobility vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Poland[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2004 - Present[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | Iraq Poland Lithuania Ukraine[source] | See Service history[source] |
6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Produced | 2004[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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| Armor | Mostly B6 class armour; engine B4 armored[source] | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Main armament | PK machine gun using 7.62×51mm NATO[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | As an alternative NSV using 12.7×108mm or 12.7×99mm NATO[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 32 horsepower per tonne (24 kW/t)[source] | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | SM62[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Manufacturer | AMZ[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Wars | — | See Service history[source] |
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| Designer | — | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1961–1965[source] |
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| No. built | — | 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 | — | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 370 mm (15 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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