BMP-2 vs Namer: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

BMP-2

Infantry fighting vehicle

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Namer

Heavy armoured personnel carrier

Credit

https://www.flickr.com/people/45644610@N03 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

BMP-2larger figure on 1 of 2

Range+20%

Namerlarger figure on 1 of 2

Width+24%

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 58 rows sourced on both sides

6.74m

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.735 m

Length

Single source

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

8.2 מטרים^[source]

3.15m

Configuration

Details

BMP-2 and Namer configuration
Specification	BMP-2	Namer
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Israel^[source]
In service	1980–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Wars	See combat history^[source]	Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War^[source]

Manufacturer	Kurganmashzavod , Ordnance Factory Medak , ZTS Detva^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Produced	1979–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

No. built	20,000+ (USSR), 26,000–35,000 (licence-built variants included)^[source]	Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027^[source]

Armor	33 millimetres (1.3 in) (max)^[source]	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Main armament	30 mm 2A42 autocannon 9M113 Konkurs ATGM ,^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]

Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT machine gun^[source]	1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades^[source]

Power/weight	21 hp/tonne^[source]	20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Helical spring^[source]

Used by	—	Israel Defense Forces^[source]

Designer	—	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Unit cost	—	$5 million^[source]

Payload capacity	—	9 infantrymen^[source]

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