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BArmoured vehicles
AFV (Eagle I, II, IV, V), RECCE (Eagle I, II, IV, V), IMV (Eagle IV and V), C2 (Eagle III, IV, V), MRAP (Eagle IV, V), Ambulance (Eagle IV and V)
Measured figures
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]
Mass
Single source13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)[source]
(commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers
Single source3 (commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single source65 km/h (40 mph) road 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water[source]
Operational; Off-road
Single sourceOperational; road
Single source600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road[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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | BMP-1 | Mowag Eagle |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | AFV (Eagle I, II, IV, V), RECCE (Eagle I, II, IV, V), IMV (Eagle IV and V), C2 (Eagle III, IV, V), MRAP (Eagle IV, V), Ambulance (Eagle IV and V)[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Switzerland[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | Denmark , Germany , Luxembourg , Switzerland , Ukraine (unauthorised export)[source] |
| Wars | See Service history[source] | War in Afghanistan MINUSMA Kosovo Force Russian invasion of Ukraine[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] | 1993–1999: Mowag 1999–2004: Mowag under GM Canada 2004–2026: GDELS Mowag GmbH 2026–present: GDELS Mowag GmbH and GDELS Deutschland GmbH[source] |
| Produced | 1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)[source] | 1993–present[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] | — |
| Variants | BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .[source] | Eagle I, II, III, IV, V[source] |
| Armor | 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel[source] | — |
| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | — |
| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | — |
| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | — |
| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | — |
| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | — |
| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | — |
| Developed from | — | Eagle I from Humvee Eagle II and III from Humvee ECV Eagle IV from Duro II 4×4 Eagle V 4×4 / 6×6 from Duro IIIP[source] |
| Unit cost | — | USD $886,813 in 2020[source] |