BMP-1 vs Combat Vehicle 90: 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

Combat Vehicle 90 — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

Combat Vehicle 90

Infantry fighting vehicle

Credit

Jorchr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Combat Vehicle 90Length

6.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 3

None

Combat Vehicle 90larger figure on 3 of 3

Length+1%
Width+9%
Height+35%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

6.8m

Length+1%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

6.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Combat Vehicle 90 configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Combat Vehicle 90
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Sweden^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1994–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	War in Afghanistan United Nations Mission in Liberia Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Hägglunds/Bofors^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	late 1980s^[source]

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	BAE Systems AB^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1993–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]	1,400^[source]

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

Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	front against 30 mm APFSDS, all-round protection against 14.5 mm AP rounds, integration of Iron Fist APS^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	40 mm Bofors L/70 autocannon or 35 mm/50 Bushmaster autocannon (export models Mk III and Mk IV) or 30 mm/40 Bushmaster autocannon (export model Mk I & Mk II) or Cockerill XC-8 turret with 105 mm/120 mm cannon or 120 mm mortar^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	7.62 mm Ksp m/39 machine gun or 7.62 FN MAG machine gun and 6 × 76 mm grenade launchers Spike LR anti-tank guided missile^[source]