BMP-1 vs M8 Greyhound: 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

M8 Greyhound, museum reference photograph — licensed equipment photograph

BArmoured vehicles

M8 Greyhound

Armored car

Credit

Schierbecker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

M8 GreyhoundLength

4.7 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 4 of 4

Length+43%
Width+27%
Height+8%
Mass+78%

M8 Greyhoundlarger figure on 0 of 4

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

26 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

4.7m

Length+43%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

4.7 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and M8 Greyhound configuration
Specification	BMP-1	M8 Greyhound
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Armored car^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1943–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See List of operators

Wars	See Service history^[source]	World War II Chinese Civil War Korean War April Revolution Greek Civil War First Indochina War Cuban Revolution Algerian War Congo Crisis Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Iran–Iraq War^[source]

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Ford Motor Company^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	1942^[source]

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Ford Motor Company^[source]

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	March 1943 – June 1945^[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]	8,523 M8 3,791 M20^[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]	Up to 1 in (25 mm)^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	1× 37 mm gun M6 80 rounds^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	1× .30 caliber (7.62 mm) Browning M1919 machine gun 1,500 rounds 1× .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB machine gun 400 rounds^[source]

Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	14.79 hp/metric ton^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Leaf spring^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	11.4 in (0.29 m) under axles^[source]

Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	54 US gal (200 L)^[source]

Transmission	—	Synchromesh 4 speeds forward, 1 reverse^[source]

Steering system	—	Steering wheel^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Benin Reported operator · Burkina Faso Reported operator · Cameroon Reported operator · Colombia Reported operator · Guatemala Reported operator · Madagascar Reported operator · Paraguay Reported operator · Peru