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ASLAVlarger figure on 1 of 3
BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source6.53 m (21.4 ft)[source]
Length
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| Specification | ASLAV | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Reconnaissance vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Australia / Canada[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1995–present[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | Australian Army[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.
| Wars | Iraq War , Afghanistan , East Timor[source] | See Service history[source] |
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| Designer | General Dynamics Land Systems[source] | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
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| Designed | 1992–1994[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | General Motors Diesel & General Dynamics Land Systems–Australia[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Unit cost | A$ 2.2M[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1995–2007[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 | 257[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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| Passengers | — |
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| Main armament | M242 25mm Bushmaster Chain Gun 210 rounds[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | FN MAG 58 7.62 mm machine gun 1000 rounds[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 15.53 kW/tonne[source] | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Drive | Wheeled 8x8[source] | — |
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| Transmission | Allison MT653[source] | — |
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| References | Australian Army & Jane's[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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| 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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