BMP-1 vs BRDM-2: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

One half 3544 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

BRDM-2

Amphibious armoured scout car

Credit

AlfvanBeem · CC0 · Resized · CC0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

BRDM-2Length

5.75 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 5

Length+17%
Width+24%
Mass+89%

BRDM-2larger figure on 2 of 5

Height+12%
Speed+54%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

25 of 83 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.75m

Length+17%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)^[source]

5.75 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and BRDM-2 configuration
Specification	BMP-1	BRDM-2
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Amphibious armoured scout car^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1962–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See § Operators^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	See § Service history^[source]

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Vsevolod Konstantinovich Rubtsov^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1962–1989 (in USSR)^[source]

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]	7,200^[source]

Variants	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]	See § Variants^[source]

Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	Welded steel 10 mm turret front 7 mm turret sides, rear and top 14 mm hull nose plate 5 mm hull, upper front 7 mm hull lower front, sides, rear and top 2 mm hull front floor 3 mm hull rear floor^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	7.62×54mmR PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]

Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	18.2 hp/tonne (13.5 kW/tonne)^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Wheeled 4x4 (+ 4 auxiliary wheels), leaf springs with hydraulic shock absorbers^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	430 mm (17 in)^[source]

Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	290 L (64 imp gal ; 77 US gal )^[source]

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