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BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 3
ST-100larger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BMP-1 | ST-100 |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | MRAP[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Egypt[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 2018–present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | See Operators below[source] |
6.45 m[source]
UTD-20 V6 diesel engine at 2,600 rpm
Single sourceUTD-20 V6 diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) at 2,600 rpm[source]
American-made Cummins ISL 6-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 8,900 cc, generating at 2,100 rpm
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | See Service history[source] | — |
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| Designer | Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )[source] | IMUT[source] |
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| Designed | 1961–1965[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.[source] | IMUT in co-operation with the Ministry of Military Production's Military Factory 200[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] | — |
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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] | Can be armed with a 7.62×51mm multiple machine gun, a 12.7×99mm heavy machine gun, or a 40 mm grenade launcher, all of which can be installed on a remote-controlled weapon station.[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)[source] | — |
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| Suspension | 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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| Engine | — | American-made Cummins ISL 6-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 8,900 cc, generating 400 horsepower at 2,100 rpm.[source] |
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| Transmission | — | 6-speed automatic transmission, model ZF EcoLife, from the German company ZF Friedrichshafen .[source] |
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