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BMP-1larger figure on 6 of 6
MT-LBlarger figure on 0 of 6
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Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | MT-LB |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Amphibious armoured personnel carrier Multi-purpose armored vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | early 1970s – present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators[source] |
6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)[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]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
100 rpm SW 680 at 2,200 rpm
Single sourceYaMZ 238 , V-8 diesel SW 680 , I6 diesel (in Poland) YaMZ 238 at 2
Single sourceYaMZ 238 , V-8 diesel SW 680 , I6 diesel (in Poland) YaMZ 238: 240 hp at 2,100 rpm SW 680: 240 hp at 2,200 rpm[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | See Service history[source] | Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Transnistrian War First Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Boko Haram insurgency Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | Central Auto and Tractor Directorate[source] |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1950s[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Kharkov Tractor Plant[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] | — |
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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] | Over 55,000, including the MT-LBu[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] | 14 mm max.[source] |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | 12.7mm NSV / Kord heavy machine gun ; or 30mm AGS17D / AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher , or 30mm 2A42 / 2A72 autocannon[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | PKT (2,500 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 20 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (15 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)[source] | — |
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| Reported operators | — |
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Maximum; in the water
Single source61 km/h (38 mph) (road) 30 km/h (19 mph) (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water)[source]