Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle vs BMP-1

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Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle — licensed reference photograph

AArmoured vehicles

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle

Tracked armoured fighting vehicle

Credit

Maj. Carson Petry · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

One half 3544 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehiclefor the general purpose variant - APC

6 m

Length source ↗

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehiclelarger figure on 2 of 2

Width+26%
Height+50%

BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

6mfor the general purpose variant - APC

6.74m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6 m

for the general purpose variant - APC

Single source

6.00 m (236 in) (for the general purpose variant - APC )^[source]

6.735 m

Length

Configuration

Details

Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and BMP-1 configuration
Specification	Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle	BMP-1
Type	Tracked armoured fighting vehicle^[source]	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Used by	United States Army^[source]	See Service history^[source]
Manufacturer	BAE Systems Inc.^[source]	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.

Developed from	M2 Bradley^[source]	—

Unit cost	US$2.51 million in 2020^[source]	—

Produced	Since 2018^[source]	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]

No. built	Ordered by the US Army: 29 prototypes 551 in LRIP (low-rate initial production) Planned for the US Army: 2,907^[source]	More than 20,000 of all variants (Soviet Union) More than 3,000 of all variants (PRC) 18,000 (Czechoslovakia) ≈800 (India)^[source]

Variants	M1283 general purpose ( APC ) M1284 medical evacuation vehicle (790 planned) M1285 medical treatment vehicle (216 planned) M1286 mission command (993 planned) M1287 mortar carrier vehicle (386 planned)^[source]	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]