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| Specification | BMP-3 | Namer |
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union Russia[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1987–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
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| Wars | First Chechen War Second Chechen War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designed | 1975–1987[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Kurganmashzavod[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| No. built | 2,000+[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Armor | Aluminium alloy (ABT-102) and steel armour (BT-70Sh) Hull Front: 22 mm steel, 60 mm aluminium Hull Sides/Rear: 43 mm aluminium Hull Roof: 15 mm aluminium Hull Floor: 10 mm aluminium Turret Front: 16 mm steel, 70 mm space, 50 mm aluminium Turret Roof: 18 mm aluminium Turret Sides/Rear: 43 mm aluminium[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 2K23/Bakhcha-U/Berezhok turret with 100 mm 2A70 cannon 30 mm 2A72 autocannon AGS-30 grenade launcher and Kornet-EM (Berezhok turret only) AU-220M Baikal remote weapon station turret with 57 mm BM-57 autocannon[source] | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 3 × 7.62 mm PKT machine guns[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
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| Power/weight | 27 hp/tonne[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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