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Badger IFVlarger figure on 1 of 1
BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 1
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| Specification | Badger IFV | BMP-1 |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Finland South Africa[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Used by | South African Army[source] | See Service history[source] |
| Designer | Denel[source] | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] |
8.01 m (26.3 ft.)[source]
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Height · source measurement 1
Single sourceHeight · source measurement 2
Single source2.83 m (9.28 ft.)[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
Operational; Off-road
Single sourceOperational; on road /
Single source1000 km (621 mi) on road / 750 km (466 mi) off-road[source]
Operational; Off-road
Single sourceOperational; road
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designed | 2010[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Denel Land Systems[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Unit cost | R42.5 million[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2015-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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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic struts[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 450 litres[source] | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1966–present[source] |
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| Wars | — | See Service history[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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| Variants | — | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Armor | — | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[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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600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road[source]