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BArmoured vehicles
Armored car Armored personnel carrier Internal security vehicle
At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
V-100/V-150
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | Cadillac Gage Commando |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Armored car Armored personnel carrier Internal security vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
V-200
Single source5.69 m (18 ft 8 in) (V-100/V-150) 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in) (V-200)[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]
V-100/V-200
Single sourceV-150
Single sourceMass
Single source13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)[source]
V-100
Single sourceV-150
Single sourceV-200
Single source7.37 tonnes (8.12 short tons ; 7.25 long tons ) (V-100) 9.8 tonnes (10.8 short tons ; 9.6 long tons ) (V-150) 12.73 tonnes (14.03 short tons ; 12.53 long tons ) (V-200)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars |
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See Service history[source] |
List of Conflicts Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Laotian Civil War Communist insurgency in Sarawak Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) Indonesian occupation of East Timor Chadian–Libyan conflict Second Sudanese Civil War Somali Rebellion 1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt Gulf War 2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh South Thailand insurgency Zamboanga City crisis Battle of Marawi[source] |
| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | June 1962[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Cadillac Gage[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] | 1963–2000[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] | 3,200[source] |
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| Variants | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Armor | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | 1× Cockerill Mk3 90 mm cannon 1× 20 mm autocannon 1× 40 mm grenade machine gun 1× 12.7 mm machine gun 1× 7.62 mm machine gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | 2× 6× 40 mm smoke grenade launchers[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 20.42 hp/tonne (15.22 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | 0.38 m (V-100/V-150) 0.43 (V-200)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | 303 liters (V-100/V-150) 379 liters (V-200)[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$30,000 (equivalent to $289,671 in 2025) in 1967[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) (V-100/V-200) 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) (V-150)[source]