BMP-1 vs FNSS ACV-15: 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

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of FNSS ACV-15

BArmoured vehicles

FNSS ACV-15

Infantry fighting vehicle

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

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ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

FNSS ACV-15Length

5.26 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 4

Length+28%
Width+4%

FNSS ACV-15larger figure on 2 of 4

Height+39%
Mass+6%

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 33 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.26m

Length+28%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.26 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and FNSS ACV-15 configuration
Specification	BMP-1	FNSS ACV-15
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Turkey^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1992–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Users^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	Kurdish–Turkish conflict United Nations Operation in Somalia II 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Turkish military intervention in Syria Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Battle of Marawi^[source]

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

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

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

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1992–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]	2,945^[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]	Protection up to 14.5×114mm armor-piercing rounds^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	25mm FNSS Sharpshooter Turret^[source]

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

Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	21.43 hp/tonne^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	torsion bar 350 mm^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)^[source]

Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	416 litres (92 imp gal; 110 US gal)^[source]

Transmission	—	Allison X200-4 with 4 forward and one reverse^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Malaysia Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · United Arab Emirates Reported operator · Libya