BMP-1 vs Eland armoured car: Specs Compared

AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

One half 3544 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Eland armoured car

Armoured car

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Eland armoured carLength

5.12 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4

Length+32%
Width+46%
Mass+120%

Eland armoured carlarger figure on 1 of 4

Height+21%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

23 of 44 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.12m

Length+32%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.12 m

Length

Single source

5.12 m (16 ft 10 in)^[source]

2.94m

2.01m

Width+46%

All recorded figures & sources

2.94 m

Width

Single source

2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)^[source]

2.01 m

Width

Single source

2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)^[source]

2.07m

2.5m

Height+21%

All recorded figures & sources

2.068 m

Height

Single source

1.881 m

to turret top

Single source

2.068 m (6 ft 9.4 in) 1.881 m (6 ft 2.1 in) to turret top^[source]

2.5 m

Height

Single source

2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)^[source]

13.2t

Mass+120%

All recorded figures & sources

13,200 kg

Mass

Single source

13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)^[source]

6,000 kg

Mass

Single source

6 tonnes (6.6 short tons ; 5.9 long tons )^[source]

3commander, driver, gunner

CrewScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

(commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers

Single source

3 (commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers^[source]

3 people

commander, driver, gunner

Single source

3 (commander, driver, gunner)^[source]

65km/hMaximum; road

100km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

45 km/h

Maximum; Off-road

Single source

65 km/h

Maximum; road

Single source

7–8 km/h

Maximum; water

Single source

65 km/h (40 mph) road 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water^[source]

100 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

100 km/h (62 mph)^[source]

600kmOperational; road

450kmOperational; Operational range

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

500 km

Operational; Off-road

Single source

600 km

Operational; road

Single source

600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road^[source]

450 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

450 km (280 mi)^[source]

220kWUTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm

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Power

All recorded figures & sources

220 kW

UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm

Single source

UTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Eland armoured car configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Eland armoured car
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Armoured car^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	South Africa^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1962–1994 (South Africa) 1967–present (other)^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	See Service history^[source]	Angolan Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1981 Entumbane Uprising South African Border War Western Sahara War Second Congo War Chadian Civil War Northern Mali conflict Boko Haram insurgency^[source]
Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Sandock-Austral^[source]
Designed	1961–1965^[source]	1962^[source]
Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Sandock-Austral Reumech OMC^[source]
Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1964 – 1986^[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]	1,600^[source]
Variants	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]	See Variants^[source]
Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	—
Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	90mm Denel GT-2 (29 rounds) OR 60mm K1 mortar (56 rounds)^[source]
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	2x 7.62mm M1919 Browning machine guns (2400 - 3800 rounds)^[source]
Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	—
Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Independent 4X4 ; active trailing arms^[source]
Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	380 mm (1 ft 3 in)^[source]
Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	142 L (38 US gal)^[source]
Engine	—	Chevrolet 153 2.5 L (150 in 3 ) inline 4 -cylinder water-cooled petrol^[source]
Transmission	—	6-speed manual constant mesh^[source]
Former operator · South Africa	—	South Africa^[source]
Former operator · South West Africa	—	South West Africa^[source]
Former operator · Rhodesia	—	Rhodesia^[source]
Former operator · Portugal	—	Portugal^[source]
Alternative designation	—	Eland^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Benin Reported operator · Burkina Faso Reported operator · Chad Reported operator · Gabon Reported operator · Ivory Coast Reported operator · Malawi Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · Uganda Reported operator · Zimbabwe

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BMP-1

Eland armoured car

Type

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]

Armoured car^[source]

Place of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

South Africa^[source]

In service

1966–present^[source]

1962–1994 (South Africa) 1967–present (other)^[source]

Used by

See Service history^[source]

See Operators^[source]

Wars

See Service history^[source]

Angolan Civil War Rhodesian Bush War 1981 Entumbane Uprising South African Border War Western Sahara War Second Congo War Chadian Civil War Northern Mali conflict Boko Haram insurgency^[source]

Designer

Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]

Sandock-Austral^[source]

Designed

1961–1965^[source]

1962^[source]

Manufacturer

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

Sandock-Austral Reumech OMC^[source]

Produced

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

1964 – 1986^[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]

1,600^[source]

Variants

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

See Variants^[source]

Armor

6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]

—

Main armament

73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]

90mm Denel GT-2 (29 rounds) OR 60mm K1 mortar (56 rounds)^[source]

Secondary armament

7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]

2x 7.62mm M1919 Browning machine guns (2400 - 3800 rounds)^[source]

Power/weight

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

—

Suspension

torsion bar^[source]

Independent 4X4 ; active trailing arms^[source]

Ground clearance

370 mm (15 in)^[source]

380 mm (1 ft 3 in)^[source]

Fuel capacity

462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]

142 L (38 US gal)^[source]

Engine

—

Chevrolet 153 2.5 L (150 in 3 ) inline 4 -cylinder water-cooled petrol^[source]

Transmission

—

6-speed manual constant mesh^[source]

Former operator · South Africa

—

South Africa^[source]

Former operator · South West Africa

—

South West Africa^[source]

Former operator · Rhodesia

—

Rhodesia^[source]

Former operator · Portugal

—

Portugal^[source]

Alternative designation

—

Eland^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Benin
Reported operator · Burkina Faso
Reported operator · Chad
Reported operator · Gabon
Reported operator · Ivory Coast
Reported operator · Malawi
Reported operator · Morocco
Reported operator · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Reported operator · Senegal
Reported operator · Uganda
Reported operator · Zimbabwe