BMP-1 vs ZFB-05: Specs Compared

AArmoured vehicles

BMP-1

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

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

BArmoured vehicles

ZFB-05

Infantry mobility vehicle

Credit

Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BMP-1Length

6.735 m

Length source ↗

ZFB-05Length

5.275 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BMP-1larger figure on 3 of 4

Length+28%
Width+16%
Mass+193%

ZFB-05larger figure on 1 of 4

Height+9%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 39 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

5.28m

Length+28%

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

5.275 m

Length

Single source

5.275m^[source]

2.94m

2.54m

Width+16%

All recorded figures & sources

2.94 m

Width

Single source

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

2.54 m

Width

Single source

2.54m^[source]

2.07m

2.26m

Height+9%

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]

2.26 m

Height

Single source

2.26m^[source]

13.2t

4.5t

Mass+193%

All recorded figures & sources

13,200 kg

Mass

Single source

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

4,500 kg

Mass

Single source

4500kg^[source]

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

(commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers

Single source

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

2 people

Crew

Single source

2^[source]

65km/hMaximum; road

100km/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]

100 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

100km/h^[source]

600kmOperational; road

800kmOperational; 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]

800 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

800km^[source]

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

95kW

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]

94.703884 kW

SOFIM 8142.43 or SOFIM 8142.45 diesel engine 117 or

Single source

SOFIM 8142.43 or SOFIM 8142.45 diesel engine 117 or 127hp^[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 ZFB-05 configuration
Specification	BMP-1	ZFB-05
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Infantry mobility vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	China^[source]
In service	1966–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Service history^[source]	—
Wars	See Service history^[source]	Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]
Designer	Pavel Isakov (Design Bureau of the ChTZ )^[source]	—
Designed	1961–1965^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod (Soviet Union) ZTS Detva (Czechoslovakia) See also Production history section for details.^[source]	Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Co., LTD^[source]
Produced	1966–(production in the Soviet Union ended in 1982 or 1983) 2026–(production to restart in Slovakia between 2026 and 2027)^[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]	—
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]	12.7 mm heavy machine gun or 7.62 mm machine gun^[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]	124L^[source]
Passengers	—	7-9^[source]
Payload capacity	—	1100kg^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Benin Reported operator · Bolivia Reported operator · Chad Reported operator · China Reported operator · Congo Reported operator · Gabon Reported operator · Myanmar Reported operator · Niger Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Rwanda Reported operator · Somalia

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BMP-1

ZFB-05

Type

Infantry fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier^[source]

Infantry mobility vehicle^[source]

Place of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

China^[source]

In service

1966–present^[source]

—

Used by

See Service history^[source]

—

Wars

See Service history^[source]

Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Designer

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

—

Designed

1961–1965^[source]

—

Manufacturer

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

Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Co., LTD^[source]

Produced

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

—

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]

12.7 mm heavy machine gun or 7.62 mm machine gun^[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]

124L^[source]

Passengers

—

7-9^[source]

Payload capacity

—

1100kg^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Benin
Reported operator · Bolivia
Reported operator · Chad
Reported operator · China
Reported operator · Congo
Reported operator · Gabon
Reported operator · Myanmar
Reported operator · Niger
Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Rwanda
Reported operator · Somalia