BMP-1 vs Otokar Arma: 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

Otokar Arma — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

Otokar Arma

Armoured combat vehicle

Credit

ПринцШотландии · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Otokar ArmaLength

6.4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 1

Length+5%

Otokar Armalarger figure on 0 of 1

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

6.4m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

6.4 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Otokar Arma configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Otokar Arma
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Armoured combat vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Turkey^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	See Service history

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

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—

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

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[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]	Armored personnel carrier , Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]

Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	12.5 mm (6х6)^[source]

Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	One 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun or 30 mm gun or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher or 14.5 mm machine gun^[source]