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AVGPlarger figure on 0 of 3
BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source5.97 m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | AVGP | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Canada[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Service history[source] |
6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Height
Single sourceto turret top
Single source2.068 m (6 ft 9.4 in) 1.881 m (6 ft 2.1 in) to turret top[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.
| Wars | Bosnian War War in Darfur United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo[source] | See Service history[source] |
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| Developed from | Mowag Piranha I[source] | — |
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| No. built | Cougar – 195 Grizzly – 274 Husky – 27[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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| Main armament | Cougar: 76 mm L23A1 gun (fires HE, HESH, Smoke BE (base ejected), and Canister rounds) Grizzly: 12.7mm heavy machine gun and a 7.62 mm machine-gun (C6) and 66 mm smoke grenade launchers (2 clusters of 4 launchers) Husky: 7.62 mm machine gun (C6) and 66 mm smoke grenade launchers (2 clusters of 4 launchers)[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | Cougar: 7.62 mm machine gun (C5A1) and 66 mm smoke grenade launchers No 12 (2 clusters of 4 launchers)[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Suspension | 6×6[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Manufacturer | General Motors Diesel[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[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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| Produced | — | 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 | — | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[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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