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BMD-4larger figure on 3 of 3
BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Gun forward
Single sourceHull
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMD-4 | BMP-1 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Airborne Infantry fighting vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2004–present[source] | 1966–present[source] |
| Used by | Russia[source] | See Service history[source] |
6.36 m (20 ft 10 in ) (gun forward) 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) (hull)[source]
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Maximum; in water
Single sourceMaximum; on paved roads
Single sourceMaximum; on rough terrain
Single source70 km/h (43 mph ) (on paved roads) 45 km/h (28 mph) (on rough terrain) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (in water)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceBMD-4: 2V-06-2 water-cooled diesel engine BMD-4M: UTD-29 multi-fuel diesel engine BMD-4
Single sourceBMD-4M
Single sourceBMD-4: 2V-06-2 water-cooled diesel engine BMD-4M: UTD-29 multi-fuel diesel engine BMD-4: 450 hp (331 kW ) BMD-4M: 500 hp (368 kW)[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 | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | See Service history[source] |
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| Designed | 1990s[source] | 1961–1965[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Volgograd tractor factory Kurganmashzavod (since April 2024)[source] | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] |
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| Produced | 2004–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 | See Variants[source] | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Armor | Turret: Steel Hull: Aluminum alloy[source] | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] |
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| Main armament | Bakhcha-U/Sinitsa turret with 100 mm 2A70 cannon 30 mm 2A72 autocannon 9M113 Konkurs ATGM[source] | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 5.45 mm RPK-74 machine gun 7.62 mm PKM machine gun[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | BMD-4: 33.1 hp/tonne (24.3 kW/tonne) BMD-4M: 37.0 hp/tonne (27.2 kW/tonne)[source] | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Designer | — | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[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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| 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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Maximum; 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]