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BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 3
EE-3 Jararacalarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | EE-3 Jararaca |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Scout car[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Brazil[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | See Service history |
4.16 m (13 ft 8 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Iran–Iraq War Gulf War[source] |
| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1979[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Engesa[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] | 1982–1990[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] | — |
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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] | 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun (1,000 stowed rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 20.7 hp/tonne (14.9 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Semi-elliptical springs with hydropneumatic shock dampers[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | 0.31m[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | 135 litres[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | USD $82,000 (new)[source] |
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| Former operator · Brazil | — | Brazil[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | — | Iraq[source] |
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| Former operator · Iran | — | Iran[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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