BMP-1 vs MLI-84: 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

BArmoured vehicles

MLI-84

Infantry fighting vehicle

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

MLI-84Length

7.335 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 0 of 4

None

MLI-84larger figure on 4 of 4

Length+9%
Width+12%
Height+42%
Mass+33%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

24 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

7.34m

Length+9%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

7.335 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and MLI-84 configuration
Specification	BMP-1	MLI-84
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Romania^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1985–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	Romania^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	—

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	—

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	1982–1985^[source]

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

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1985–1991 (MLI-84) 1995–present (MLI-84M)^[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]	178^[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]	Protects against 12.7 mm caliber heavy machine gun fire^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	MLI-84 : 73 mm 2A28 Grom low-pressure smoothbore cannon MLI-84M1 : 25 mm Oerlikon KBA autocannon^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	MLI-84 : 9S415 launcher for 9M14 Malyutka ATGM 1 × 12.7×108mm DShK 1938/46 Heavy machine gun MLI-84M1 : 9M14-2T "Maljutka-2T" or Spike ATGM^[source]