BMP-1 vs Ratel IFV: Specs Compared

AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

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BArmoured vehicles

Ratel IFV

Infantry fighting vehicle

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Ratel IFVHull

7.21 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 1

Width+18%

Ratel IFVlarger 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

23 of 39 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

7.21mHull

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

7.21 m

Hull

Single source

7.21 m (23 ft 8 in) (hull)^[source]

2.94m

2.5m

Width+18%

All recorded figures & sources

2.94 m

Width

Single source

2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)^[source]

2.5 m

Width

Single source

2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)^[source]

2.07m

3.11mRatel-60

Height

All recorded figures & sources

2.068 m

Height

Single source

1.881 m

to turret top

Single source

2.068 m (6 ft 9.4 in) 1.881 m (6 ft 2.1 in) to turret top^[source]

2.39 m

Ratel-20

Single source

3.11 m

Ratel-60

Single source

2.91 m

Ratel-90

Single source

2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) (Ratel-20) 3.11 m (10 ft 2 in) (Ratel-60) 2.91 m (9 ft 7 in) (Ratel-90)^[source]

13.2t

19tRatel-90

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

13,200 kg

Mass

Single source

13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)^[source]

18,500 kg

Ratel-20/Ratel-60

Single source

19,000 kg

Ratel-90

Single source

18.5 tonnes (20.4 short tons ; 18.2 long tons ) (Ratel-20/Ratel-60) 19 tonnes (21 short tons ; 19 long tons ) (Ratel-90)^[source]

CrewScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

(commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers

Single source

3 (commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers^[source]

3 people

(commander, gunner, driver) + maximum 9 passengers

Single source

3 (commander, gunner, driver) + maximum 9 passengers^[source]

65km/hMaximum; road

105km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

45 km/h

Maximum; Off-road

Single source

65 km/h

Maximum; road

Single source

7–8 km/h

Maximum; water

Single source

65 km/h (40 mph) road 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water^[source]

105 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

105 km/h (65 mph)^[source]

600kmOperational; road

1,000kmOperational; Operational range

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

500 km

Operational; Off-road

Single source

600 km

Operational; road

Single source

600 km (370 mi) road 500 km (310 mi) off-road^[source]

1,000 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

1,000 km (620 mi)^[source]

220kWUTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm

205kW

PowerScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

220 kW

UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm

Single source

UTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm^[source]

205 kW

Büssing D 3256 BTXF six-cylinder turbocharged diesel at 2,200 rpm

Single source

Büssing D 3256 BTXF six-cylinder turbocharged diesel 205 kW (275 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.

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and Ratel IFV configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Ratel IFV
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	South Africa^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	See Service history^[source]	South African Border War Western Sahara War Operation Boleas African Union Mission to Somalia Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2014) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)^[source]
Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Springfield Büssing^[source]
Designed	1961–1965^[source]	March 1972^[source]
Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Sandock Austral Reumech OMC^[source]
Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	1976 – 1987^[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]	1,381^[source]
Variants	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]	See Variants^[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]	See Variants^[source]
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial machine gun 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on rear ring mount 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on turret roof (Ratel-60/90) 3,600—6,000 stowed rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition^[source]
Power/weight	22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]	11.36 kW/t (0.00691 hp/lb)^[source]
Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	—
Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	0.34 m (1 ft 1 in)^[source]
Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	530 L (140 US gal)^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Cameroon Reported operator · Central African Republic Reported operator · Djibouti Reported operator · Ghana Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Libya Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Rwanda Reported operator · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · South Africa Reported operator · Yemen Reported operator · Zambia

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BMP-1

Ratel IFV

Type

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]

Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]

Place of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

South Africa^[source]

In service

1966–present^[source]

—

Used by

See Service history^[source]

See Operators^[source]

Wars

See Service history^[source]

South African Border War Western Sahara War Operation Boleas African Union Mission to Somalia Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil War (2012–2014) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)^[source]

Designer

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

Springfield Büssing^[source]

Designed

1961–1965^[source]

March 1972^[source]

Manufacturer

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

Sandock Austral Reumech OMC^[source]

Produced

1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]

1976 – 1987^[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]

1,381^[source]

Variants

BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]

See Variants^[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]

See Variants^[source]

Secondary armament

7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]

7.62 mm Browning M1919 coaxial machine gun 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on rear ring mount 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine gun on turret roof (Ratel-60/90) 3,600—6,000 stowed rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition^[source]

Power/weight

22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)^[source]

11.36 kW/t (0.00691 hp/lb)^[source]

Suspension

torsion bar^[source]

—

Ground clearance

370 mm (15 in)^[source]

0.34 m (1 ft 1 in)^[source]

Fuel capacity

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

530 L (140 US gal)^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Cameroon
Reported operator · Central African Republic
Reported operator · Djibouti
Reported operator · Ghana
Reported operator · Jordan
Reported operator · Libya
Reported operator · Morocco
Reported operator · Rwanda
Reported operator · Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Reported operator · Senegal
Reported operator · South Africa
Reported operator · Yemen
Reported operator · Zambia