BMP-1 vs VBMR Griffon: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

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

VBMR Griffon — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

VBMR Griffon

Multirole armoured personnel carrier

Credit

Kevin.B · 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 ↗

VBMR GriffonLength

7.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 1 of 4

Width+18%

VBMR Griffonlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+13%
Height+79%
Mass+89%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

7.6m

Length+13%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

7.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMP-1 and VBMR Griffon configuration
Specification	BMP-1	VBMR Griffon
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Multirole armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	France^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	2019 – present^[source]
Used by	See Service history^[source]	France Belgium^[source]

Wars	See Service history^[source]	—

Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	KNDS France Arquus Thales^[source]

Designed	1961–1965^[source]	2010 - 2017^[source]

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

Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[source]	2018 - present^[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]	575 units as of 31 December 2023^[source]

Variants	BMP-1, BMP-2 , MLI-84 , Boragh ; see also BMP-1 variants .^[source]	Armoured personnel carrier, command post, artillery observation, self-propelled mortar, medical evacuation, and associated subvariants^[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]	T1 Hornet RWS with a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun, or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (standard variant) Akeron MP missiles, MEPAC mortar system, LLR 81mm mortar, etc (depending on the version)^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (2,000 rounds)^[source]	GALIX self-protection system with 8 80 mm smoke grenade dischargers (all versions) T2 Hornet Lite RWS with a 7.62 mm machine gun (version-specific)^[source]