BMP-1 vs Tigr (military vehicle): Specs Compared

AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

One half 3544 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Tigr (military vehicle) — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

Tigr (military vehicle)

Infantry Mobility Vehicle

Credit

Srđan Popović · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

Tigr (military vehicle)Length

5.67 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 4 of 5

Length+19%
Width+34%
Height+3%
Mass+83%

Tigr (military vehicle)larger figure on 1 of 5

Speed+78%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 48 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.67m

Length+19%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.67 m

Length

Single source

5.7 m

Falcon

Single source

5.7 m

Tigr-6A SPV

Single source

5.67 m (18.6 ft) 5.7 m (19 ft) (Tigr-6A SPV) 5.7 m (19 ft) (Falcon)^[source]

2.94m

2.2m

Width+34%

All recorded figures & sources

2.94 m

Width

Single source

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

2.2 m

Width

Single source

2.33 m

Falcon

Single source

2.3 m

Tigr-6A SPV

Single source

2.2 m (7.2 ft) 2.3 m (7.5 ft) (Tigr-6A SPV) 2.33 m (7.6 ft) (Falcon)^[source]

2.07m

Height+3%

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 m

Height

Single source

2.4 m

Falcon

Single source

2.2 m

Tigr-6A SPV

Single source

2.0 m (6.6 ft) 2.2 m (7.2 ft) (Tigr-6A SPV) 2.4 m (7.9 ft) (Falcon)^[source]

13.2t

7.2t

Mass+83%

All recorded figures & sources

13,200 kg

Mass

Single source

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

7,200 kg

Mass

Single source

7,200 kg (15,900 lb)^[source]

2 + 9, 10, or 11 depending on variant 6 (Tigr-6A SPV)

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

(commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers

Single source

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

2 + 9, 10, or 11 depending on variant 6 (Tigr-6A SPV)^[source]

45km/hMaximum; Off-road

80km/hMaximum; Off-road

Speed+78%

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]

80 km/h

Maximum; Off-road

Single source

140 km/h

Maximum; On road

Single source

140 km/h (87 mph) on road 80 km/h (50 mph) off-road^[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

287kWEngine

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]

130 kW

Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B205 TD 6cyl

Single source

130 kW

Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B-214 TD 6cyl

Single source

220 kW

Cummins ISB 6.7 litre diesel engine

Single source

287 kW

Engine

Single source

158 kW

YaMZ -5347-10 4.43 L 4 cylinder turbodiesel Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B180 TD 6cyl

Single source

160 kW

Yuchai YC V6 V-type six-cylinder diesel engine

Single source

YaMZ -5347-10 4.43 L 4 cylinder turbodiesel 215 hp (158 kW) Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B180 TD 6cyl, 180 hp (130 kW) Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B205 TD 6cyl, 180 hp (130 kW) Cummins 5.9 L (360 cu in) B-214 TD 6cyl 215 hp (160 kW) Yuchai YC V6 V-type six-cylinder diesel engine 300 hp (220 kW) Cummins ISB 6.7 litre diesel engine 385 hp (287 kW)^[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 Tigr (military vehicle) configuration
Specification	BMP-1	Tigr (military vehicle)
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry Mobility Vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Russia^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	2005–present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	See Service history^[source]	Syrian Civil War Russian intervention in Syria Russo-Ukrainian War Annexation of Crimea Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]
Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	Military Industrial Company , 2-door and 4-door truck , 3-door and 5-door station wagon^[source]
Designed	1961–1965^[source]	2001^[source]
Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Arzamas Machinery Plant and other plants across the country included ARZ plants (e.g. CARZ172) (Russia) Beijing Yanjing Motor Company (China) Minsk Wheel Tractors Plant (Belarus) Corvus Slovakia (Slovakia) STREIT Group (UAE)^[source]
Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	2004–present (Russian production) 2008–present (Chinese production) 2017–present (Slovak production) 2018-present (Emirati production) Unknown–present (Belarusian production)^[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]	See Variants^[source]
Armor	6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]	SPM-1: 5 mm (0.20 in) SPM-2: 7 mm (0.28 in)^[source]
Main armament	73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]	7.62mm PKP "Pecheneg" machine gun or Kord-12.7mm heavy machine gun or .50 Cal M2HB or 30mm AGS-17 grenade launcher^[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]	—
Ground clearance	370 mm (15 in)^[source]	—
Fuel capacity	462 L (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)^[source]	—
Unit cost	—	160,000 USD (estimate)^[source]
Transmission	—	Allison LCT-1000 automatic Chrysler 545RFE automatic 5-speed manual (Yanjing models and Tigr-6A SPV)^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Algeria Reported operator · Armenia Reported operator · Belarus Reported operator · Chad Reported operator · China Reported operator · Congo Reported operator · Guinea Reported operator · Kazakhstan Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan Reported operator · Libya Reported operator · Mongolia Reported operator · Nicaragua Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Slovakia Reported operator · Tajikistan Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Uruguay Reported operator · Uzbekistan Reported operator · Yemen Reported operator · Zambia

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BMP-1

Tigr (military vehicle)

Type

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]

Infantry Mobility Vehicle^[source]

Place of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

Russia^[source]

In service

1966–present^[source]

2005–present^[source]

Used by

See Service history^[source]

See Operators^[source]

Wars

See Service history^[source]

Syrian Civil War Russian intervention in Syria Russo-Ukrainian War Annexation of Crimea Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]

Designer

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

Military Industrial Company , 2-door and 4-door truck , 3-door and 5-door station wagon^[source]

Designed

1961–1965^[source]

2001^[source]

Manufacturer

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

Arzamas Machinery Plant and other plants across the country included ARZ plants (e.g. CARZ172) (Russia) Beijing Yanjing Motor Company (China) Minsk Wheel Tractors Plant (Belarus) Corvus Slovakia (Slovakia) STREIT Group (UAE)^[source]

Produced

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

2004–present (Russian production) 2008–present (Chinese production) 2017–present (Slovak production) 2018-present (Emirati production) Unknown–present (Belarusian production)^[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]

See Variants^[source]

Armor

6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel^[source]

SPM-1: 5 mm (0.20 in) SPM-2: 7 mm (0.28 in)^[source]

Main armament

73 mm 2A28 Grom smoothbore gun (40 rounds) 9M14 Malyutka ATGM (4 rounds)^[source]

7.62mm PKP "Pecheneg" machine gun or Kord-12.7mm heavy machine gun or .50 Cal M2HB or 30mm AGS-17 grenade launcher^[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]

—

Ground clearance

370 mm (15 in)^[source]

—

Fuel capacity

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

—

Unit cost

—

160,000 USD (estimate)^[source]

Transmission

—

Allison LCT-1000 automatic Chrysler 545RFE automatic 5-speed manual (Yanjing models and Tigr-6A SPV)^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Algeria
Reported operator · Armenia
Reported operator · Belarus
Reported operator · Chad
Reported operator · China
Reported operator · Congo
Reported operator · Guinea
Reported operator · Kazakhstan
Reported operator · Kyrgyzstan
Reported operator · Libya
Reported operator · Mongolia
Reported operator · Nicaragua
Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Slovakia
Reported operator · Tajikistan
Reported operator · Ukraine
Reported operator · Uruguay
Reported operator · Uzbekistan
Reported operator · Yemen
Reported operator · Zambia