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BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4
EE-9 Cascavellarger figure on 1 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | EE-9 Cascavel |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Armoured car[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Brazil[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 1974–present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
6.29 m (20 ft 8 in)[source]
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
Detroit Diesel 6V-53N 5.2 L (320 in 3 ) 6-cylinder water-cooled diesel at 2,800 rpm
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 6V-53N 5.2 L (320 in 3 ) 6-cylinder water-cooled diesel 158 kW (212 hp) at 2,800 rpm[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | See Service history[source] | Colombian Civil War Western Sahara War Egyptian–Libyan War Chadian–Libyan War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Second Congo War Iraq War Internal conflict in Burma First Libyan Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Boko Haram insurgency Second Libyan Civil War[source] |
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | Engesa[source] |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1970[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] | 1974–1993[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] | 1,738[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 × 90mm Engesa EC-90 (44 rounds), 2 × MAX 1.2 AC anti-tank missiles (for Cascavel NG only)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | 2× FN MAG (2,200–2,400 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 15.82hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | 6X6 double axle boomerang drive[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | 0.375 m (1 ft 2.8 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | 360 L (95 US gal)[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | USD $500,000 (new)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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