BMP-1 vs BTR-D: 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

BTR-D

Airborne Amphibious Multi-Purpose Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

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BTR-DLength

6.74 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 4 of 5

Height+24%
Mass+65%
Speed+7%
Range+20%

BTR-Dlarger figure on 1 of 5

Length

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 35 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

6.74 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and BTR-D configuration
Specification	BMP-1	BTR-D
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Airborne Amphibious Multi-Purpose Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union / Russia^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1974–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	Soviet–Afghan War Transnistrian War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Volgograd Tractor Factory^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	Early 1970–1974^[source]

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Volgograd Tractor Factory^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1974 – ? (out of production)^[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]	—

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]	15 mm at 78° upper hull front^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	Pintle-mounted automatic grenade launchers ( AGS-17 , AGS-30 or AGS-57) and/or machine guns ( PKM , 6P41 , " Utyos "," Kord "or”(Type 920G Tucha 81 mm smoke grenade launching system)”.^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	2×7.62 mm PKB bow general purpose machine guns (2,000 rounds)^[source]

Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	30.1 hp/tonne (22.5 kW/tonne) 28.4 hp/tonne (21.3 kW/tonne) (loaded with equipment)^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	torsion-bar^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	Adjustable 100 mm to 450 mm^[source]

Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	300 l^[source]

Former operator · Soviet Union	—	Soviet Union^[source]

Former operator · Belarus	—	Belarus^[source]

Role	—	Soviet airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier^[source]

Source measurement	—	While the BTR-D is based on the BMD-1, it is 60 cm longer and lacks a turret. Instead, it has a small flat superstructure with a hatch on top.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Overview; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The BTR-D is powered by the same engine as the BMD-1. Its suspension is longer because the entire vehicle has been lengthened by 60cm. Because of this, the vehicle has six roadwheels on each side instead of five. It has five return rollers on each side unlike the BMD-1, which has four.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Maneuverability; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage With the turret removed, the troop compartment was enlarged and can carry up to ten equipped soldiers. It's also linked with the crew compartment in the front. There are two firing ports in the sides and one in the rear, two of which are for RPK-74 light machine guns.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Troop compartment; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage BTR-DG (Ob'yekt 925G) – Cargo variant without bow machine guns, firing ports and periscopes.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage This equipment includes a light collapsible crane stored on the roof of the personnel compartment, which can be traversed through 180°, a recovery winch, a combination spade and dozer blade, a generator, towing equipment, electric welding system, tools and ready use spares.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage One of the 7.62 mm bow PKT tank machine guns was eliminated.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage This entered service in 1989 in very small numbers.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage It is used to launch Yakovlev Pchela-1T UAVs for reconnaissance or jamming at ranges up to 60 km.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage BMD-1KSh "Soroka" (Ob'yekt 926) (KSh stands for komandno-shtabnaya – command and staff) – an airborne command post equipped with the R-123M , R-111 and R-130M or R-134 radio sets, as well as an AB1 portable 1 kW generator, the TNA-3 navigation system, folding CLOTHES HORSE type antennae around the superstructure and two slim antenna masts.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage R-440-ODB "Kristall-BDS" – A BTR-D converted into an airborne satellite communications vehicle with a R-440 system with a range of 15,000 km.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Located over the turret front sights were visors hinged in the centre. 2S9 Nona-S (Ob'yekt 925S) – An airborne self-propelled mortar, armed with a 120 mm 2A60 mortar.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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While the BTR-D is based on the BMD-1, it is 60 cm longer and lacks a turret. Instead, it has a small flat superstructure with a hatch on top.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Overview; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The BTR-D is powered by the same engine as the BMD-1. Its suspension is longer because the entire vehicle has been lengthened by 60cm. Because of this, the vehicle has six roadwheels on each side instead of five. It has five return rollers on each side unlike the BMD-1, which has four.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Maneuverability; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

With the turret removed, the troop compartment was enlarged and can carry up to ten equipped soldiers. It's also linked with the crew compartment in the front. There are two firing ports in the sides and one in the rear, two of which are for RPK-74 light machine guns.^[source]BTR-D · Description / Troop compartment; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

BTR-DG (Ob'yekt 925G) – Cargo variant without bow machine guns, firing ports and periscopes.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

This equipment includes a light collapsible crane stored on the roof of the personnel compartment, which can be traversed through 180°, a recovery winch, a combination spade and dozer blade, a generator, towing equipment, electric welding system, tools and ready use spares.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

One of the 7.62 mm bow PKT tank machine guns was eliminated.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

This entered service in 1989 in very small numbers.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

It is used to launch Yakovlev Pchela-1T UAVs for reconnaissance or jamming at ranges up to 60 km.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

BMD-1KSh "Soroka" (Ob'yekt 926) (KSh stands for komandno-shtabnaya – command and staff) – an airborne command post equipped with the R-123M , R-111 and R-130M or R-134 radio sets, as well as an AB1 portable 1 kW generator, the TNA-3 navigation system, folding CLOTHES HORSE type antennae around the superstructure and two slim antenna masts.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

R-440-ODB "Kristall-BDS" – A BTR-D converted into an airborne satellite communications vehicle with a R-440 system with a range of 15,000 km.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Located over the turret front sights were visors hinged in the centre. 2S9 Nona-S (Ob'yekt 925S) – An airborne self-propelled mortar, armed with a 120 mm 2A60 mortar.^[source]BTR-D · Variants; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage