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BMP-1larger figure on 2 of 3
ST-500larger 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-500 |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] | Light tactical armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Egypt[source] |
| In service | 1966–present[source] | 2018-present[source] |
| Used by | See Service history[source] | Egyptian Armed Forces Saudi Arabian Army United Arab Emirates Armed Forces[source] |
5.65 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 Cummins QSB 6.7 diesel with a capacity of 6700 cc, turbocharged and generating a power of at 2500 rpm with an American automatic transmission model Allison 3000 SP
Single sourceAmerican Cummins QSB 6.7 diesel with a capacity of 6700 cc, turbocharged and generating a power of 300 hp at 2500 rpm with an American automatic transmission model Allison 3000 SP.[source]
Bars 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] | 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 remote-controlled weapon station equipped with multi-caliber machine guns, 30 mm grenade launchers, an anti-tank missile launcher, or a mortar carrier other than smoke launchers.[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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| Reported operators | — |
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