BMP-1 vs Otokar Cobra: 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 Cobra — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

Otokar Cobra

Infantry mobility vehicle with MRAP capabilities

Credit

Shadman Samee from Dhaka, Bangladesh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 CobraLength

5.23 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4

Length+29%
Width+32%
Mass+113%

Otokar Cobralarger figure on 1 of 4

Height+2%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 54 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.23m

Length+29%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.23 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Otokar Cobra configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Otokar Cobra
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry mobility vehicle with MRAP capabilities^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Turkey^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	1997–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	Operators^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Russo-Georgian War Kurdish–Turkish conflict Boko Haram insurgency Operation Euphrates Shield Operation Olive Branch Kosovo War^[source]

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]	Configurable as Armoured Personnel Carrier, Anti-Tank Vehicle, Amphibious vehicle, Reconnaissance Vehicle, Ground Surveillance Radar Vehicle, Forward Observation Vehicle, Armoured Ambulance^[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]	Helical coil suspension^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	—

Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	—

Developed into	—	Cobra II^[source]

Transmission	—	4-speed automatic^[source]

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