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Configuration
| Specification | BMP-1 | Marauder (vehicle) |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | South Africa[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | Operators[source] |
| Wars |
Width
Single source2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)[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]
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
/240hp @ 2300rpm, 925Nm @ 1200-1800rpm
Single sourceCummins ISBe4-300 Diesel ( /300hp @ 2500rpm, 1100Nm @ 1200-1800rpm) MAN D0836LOH Diesel (
Single sourceCummins ISBe4-300 Diesel (221kW/300hp @ 2500rpm, 1100Nm @ 1200-1800rpm) MAN D0836LOH Diesel (176kW/240hp @ 2300rpm, 925Nm @ 1200-1800rpm)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Service history[source] |
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Paramount Group See Production for details where the Marauder is also made.[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] | 2008–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] | ~300[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] | Ballistic protection: STANAG 4569 level III (7.62 × 51 mm AP WC Core at 30 meters) Mine blast protection: STANAG 4569 3a and 3b (single anti-tank mine (8 kg of TNT under the hull and under any wheel)[source] |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | Machine guns auto cannons[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] | — |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | 4x4 or 6x6 wheeled[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | 420 mm[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | — |
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| Payload capacity | — | 6,000 kg (13,227 lb)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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