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BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 3
LAV 6larger figure on 3 of 3
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Measured figures
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; Offroad
Single source100 km/h (62 mph), Offroad: 40 km/h (25 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | BMP-1 | LAV 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Infantry Fighting Vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Canada[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 2016–present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | See Service history[source] | — |
| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada[source] |
| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 2009–2011[source] |
| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada, General Dynamics Mission Systems - Canada[source] |
| Produced | 1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)[source] | 2012–2019 (LAV 6), 2020–present (ACSV)[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] | 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] | 1 x M242 Bushmaster 25 mm chain gun (210rnds) or 1 x RWS C6 GPMG 7.62 mm machine gun (2,200rnds)[source] |
| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | C6 GPMG[source] |
| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 15.7 hp/t[source] |
| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Independent Hydropneumatic[source] |
| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | — |
| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | 414 litres (91 imperial gallons; 109 US gallons)[source] |
| Developed from | — | LAV III[source] |
| Developed into | — | LAV 700 Desert Viper[source] |
| Passengers | — |