BMP-1 vs Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle

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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

Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle

Infantry mobility vehicle

Credit

Ministerie van Defensie · 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

Length source ↗

Bushmaster Protected Mobility VehicleLength

7.18 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 3

Width+19%

Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehiclelarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+7%
Height+28%

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 29 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

7.18m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

7.18 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry mobility vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Australia^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	2004–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	Users

Wars	See Service history^[source]	INTERFET ( East Timor ) War in Afghanistan Iraq War Northern Mali conflict UNDOF ( Golan Heights ) Iraqi Civil War Syrian Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Thales Australia (formerly ADI)^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Thales Australia (formerly ADI)^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1997–present^[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]	> 1,300 as of January 2025^[source]

Variants	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]	Troop, Command, Ambulance, IED, Utility^[source]

Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	ballistic exceeds STANAG 4569 level 1 – standard ballistic up to STANAG 4569 level 3 – option FSP up to STANAG 4569 level 5 – option IED high level of protection from monocoque hull – standard mine exceeds STANAG 4569 level 3 – standard^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	Remote weapon station up to 12.7 mm HMG or 40 mm AGL, or manned open turret up to 12.7 mm HMG or 40 mm AGL^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	Manned swing mounts up to 7.62 mm (one front and two rear)^[source]

Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	26.4 hp/tonne^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Arvin Meritor 4000 series fully independent, progressive coil spring with upper control arm and lower wishbone^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	1,340 mm (front overhang) 1,950 mm (rear overhang) 40° (approach angle) 38° (departure angle) 108° (ramp over angle) 60% (gradient) 36° (side slope) 460 mm (vertical obstacle) 1,200 mm (fording, unprepared)^[source]