BMP-1 vs General Dynamics Ajax: 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

General Dynamics Ajax — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

General Dynamics Ajax

Armoured fighting vehicle

Credit

Richard Watt · 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 ↗

General Dynamics AjaxLength

7.62 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 4

None

General Dynamics Ajaxlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+13%
Width+14%
Height+45%
Mass+218%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

7.62m

Length+13%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

7.62 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and General Dynamics Ajax configuration
Specification	BMP-1	General Dynamics Ajax
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Armoured fighting 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]	General Dynamics UK^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

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

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]	40 mm (1.6 in) CTA International CTAS40 cannon^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	7.62 mm L94A1 coaxial chain gun Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapon Station (UK testing with 7.62 mm L7 General-purpose machine gun and Javelin ATGM )^[source]