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BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 3
Panhard ERClarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | Panhard ERC |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Armored Car[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | France[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 1980–present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | — |
| Wars | See Service history |
7.7 m (25 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Peacekeeping missions in Lebanon Gulf War Chiapas conflict Bosnian war Kosovo war First Ivorian Civil War Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) Second Ivorian Civil War Northern Mali Boko Haram insurgency[source] |
| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | 1975[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | Panhard[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] | 411[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] | — |
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| Main armament | 73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)[source] | 90 mm CN90 cannon[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | 2× MAS machine guns[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | 18.7 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | 6×6 coil springs with shock absorbers[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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| Armour | — | 10 mm[source] |
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| Former operator · France | — | France[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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