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Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Mk1
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | Mamba APC |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Infantry mobility vehicle with MRAP capabilities[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | South Africa[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | See Service history |
Mk2, Mk3
Single source5.88 m (19 ft 3 in) (Mk1) 5.46 m (17 ft 11 in) (Mk2, Mk3)[source]
Height
Single sourceto turret top
Single source2.068 m (6 ft 9.4 in) 1.881 m (6 ft 2.1 in) to turret top[source]
Mk1
Single sourceMk2, Mk3
Single source2.46 m (8 ft 1 in) (Mk1) 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in) (Mk2, Mk3)
Mass
Single source13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)[source]
Mk1
Single sourceMk2
Single sourceMk3
Single source6.45 tonnes (7.11 short tons ; 6.35 long tons ) (Mk1) 6.8 tonnes (7.5 short tons ; 6.7 long tons ) (Mk2) 6.5 tonnes (7.2 short tons ; 6.4 long tons ) (Mk3)[source]
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
at 2,800 rpm (Mk2, Mk3)
Single sourceToyota JO 5C four-cylinder diesel (Mk1) Mercedes-Benz OM352 six-cylinder diesel (Mk2, Mk3) at 2,900 rpm (Mk1)
Single sourceToyota JO 5C four-cylinder diesel (Mk1) Mercedes-Benz OM352 six-cylinder diesel (Mk2, Mk3) 139 hp (104 kW) at 2,900 rpm (Mk1) 123 hp (92 kW) at 2,800 rpm (Mk2, Mk3)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1988[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Reumech OMC[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] | 1990–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] | ~800[source] |
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| Variants | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Armor | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun, optional[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 18 hp/tonne (13.4 kW/tonne) (Mk2, Mk3)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Coil spring[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | 0.34 m (Mk1) 0.39m (Mk2, Mk3)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | 220 litres (Mk2, Mk3)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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