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BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 3
K200 KIFVlarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | K200 KIFV |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Armored personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | South Korea[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 1985–present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
5.49 m[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single source65 km/h (40 mph) road 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMaximum; on water
Single source70 km/h 6 km/h on water
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
D2848T (261 kw) at 2,300 rpm
Single sourceK200: Daewoo/MAN D2848M A1: Daewoo/ MAN
Single sourceK200: Daewoo/MAN D2848M 280 hp A1: Daewoo/ MAN D2848T 350 hp (261 kw) at 2,300 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] | Yugoslav Wars 1999 East Timorese crisis Iraq War Haitian conflict[source] |
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | Agency for Defense Development Daewoo Heavy Industries[source] |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1980–1984[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Daewoo Heavy Industries (1984–2000) Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery (2000–2005) Doosan Infracore (2005–2009) Doosan DST (2009–2016) Hanwha Techwin (2016–2017) Hanwha Land Systems (2017–2019) Hanwha Defense (2019–2022) Hanwha Aerospace (2022–present)[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] | K200: 1984–1996 K200A1: 1994–present[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] | 2,500 (estimate)[source] |
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| Variants | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] | — |
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| Armor | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] | Aluminium alloy[source] |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | 1 x M2 machine gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | 1 x M60 or K12 machine gun[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 26.5 hp/ton[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | — | $1.41 million (domestic) $1.32 million (export)[source] |
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| Transmission | — | K200: David Brown T300 7 forward, 7 reverse A1: Allison Transmission X200-5D (early) or X200-5K (late) 4 forward, 1 reverse[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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