BMP-1 vs MLVM: 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

MLVM

Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

Batalionul_22_vm_041.jpg : plutonier adjutant Cristian Surugiu derivative work: Mircea87 ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

MLVMLength

5.85 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 4 of 4

Length+15%
Width+8%
Height+6%
Mass+47%

MLVMlarger 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

18 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.85m

Length+15%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.85 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and MLVM configuration
Specification	BMP-1	MLVM
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Romania^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	late 1980s - present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	Romanian Land Forces^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	—

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

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Uzina Mecanică Mizil (first 40 vehicles) Uzina Tractorul Brașov (the rest of the vehicles)^[source]