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Configuration
| Specification | BMC Altuğ | BMP-1 |
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| Type | AFV[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Türkiye[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Designed | 2020[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
| Manufacturer | BMC Otomotiv[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details. |
Width
Single source2.94 m (9 ft 8 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]
Mass
Single source13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)[source]
Operational; Off-road
Single sourceOperational; road
Single source600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road[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.
| No. built | 29 (Will delivered in 2027)[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 | APC variant with 12.7 mm machine gun or 40 mm grenade launcher as main gun[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 | AFV: 35 mm autocannon APC: 12.7 mm machinegun - 40 mm grenade launcher[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| In service | — | 1966–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Service history[source] |
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| Wars | — | See Service history[source] |
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| Designer | — | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[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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| 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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| 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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