BMP-1 vs FV107 Scimitar: 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

FV107 Scimitar — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

FV107 Scimitar

Reconnaissance vehicle

Credit

Graeme Main · OGL v1.0 · Resized · OGL v1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

FV107 ScimitarLength

4.9 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4

Length+37%
Width+34%
Mass+69%

FV107 Scimitarlarger figure on 1 of 4

Height+2%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

4.9m

Length+37%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

4.9 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and FV107 Scimitar configuration
Specification	BMP-1	FV107 Scimitar
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Reconnaissance vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United Kingdom^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Service history^[source]	—
Wars	See Service history^[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]	Alvis / BAE Systems Land & Armaments^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[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]	over 600 (for UK)^[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]	—

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon A.P.D.S. (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot). H.E. (High Explosive). D.S.R.R. (Discarding Sabot Reduced Range) (training) Prac. (H.E. Practice) (training)^[source]