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Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Assault Amphibious Vehiclelarger figure on 4 of 5
BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 5
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Length
Single sourceAssault Amphibious Vehicle · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Assault Amphibious Vehicle | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Amphibious armored personnel carrier[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1972–2025 (United States Marine Corps)[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Service history |
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single sourceMaximum; surfaced road
Single source24–32 km/h (15–20 mph) off-road, 72 km/h (45 mph) surfaced road, 13.2 km/h (8.2 mph) water[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 8V-53T (AAV7) Cummins VTA-903T (AAV7A1)
Single sourceEngine
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 8V-53T (AAV7), 300 kW (400 hp); Cummins VTA-903T (AAV7A1), 390 kW (525 hp)[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.
| Wars | Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Invasion of Grenada Persian Gulf War Somali Civil War Iraq War 2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict[source] | See Service history[source] |
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| Designer | FMC Corporation[source] | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
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| Designed | 1964–1969[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | United Defense (until 2005) BAE Systems Platforms & Services (from 2005)[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Produced | 1972–present[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 | 45 mm (1.8 in)[source] | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Main armament | Mk 19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (rounds: 96 ready; 768 stowed) and 12.7 mm M2HB heavy machine gun (rounds: 200 ready; 1,000 stowed)[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion-bar-in-tube (AAV7A1); torsion bar (AAV7A1 RAM-RS)[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Reported occupants | ２４名[source]Assault Amphibious Vehicle · Total occupants; operating crew and transported personnel not distinguished in this sourceSource text · numeric interpretation needs review | — |
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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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| 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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| Fuel capacity | — | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] |
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| Reported operators |
| — |
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Maximum; road
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]