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Avalon (MPV)larger figure on 3 of 4
BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source8.4 m (27.56 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Avalon (MPV) | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Sri Lanka[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2020 – present[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | Sri Lanka Army[source] | See Service history |
6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceMaximum; water
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]
Operational; Off-road
Single sourceOperational; road
Single source600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[source] | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Unit cost | LKR 20 000 000 ($106400)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2020 – 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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| Variants | Command variant[source] | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Armor | 6 mm steel and composite armour[source] | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Suspension | 6×6 wheeled[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Alternative designation | Avalon[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | See Service history[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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| Main armament | — | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[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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