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Armoured vehicles1987–present
Infantry fighting vehicle
The BMP-3 combines a 100 mm gun/launcher and 30 mm cannon in a compact tracked infantry vehicle. Its rear engine layout differs from many Western infantry fighting vehicles.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
The system in detail
The low hull and six-wheel running gear support an amphibious design. Troop access around the rear powerpack is an important packaging difference from front-engine vehicles.1
The combined turret armament serves different engagement roles. Additional armour, sights and remote turret proposals change the baseline configuration.1
This record concerns the standard BMP-3. BMP-3F naval-infantry changes and later unmanned-turret derivatives are outside the baseline.1
Amphibious capability depends on load and configuration. Add-on protection may change the weight and water-operation assumptions, so those figures require matching scope.1
Visual reference
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.14 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.14 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.14 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Infantry fighting vehicle
Soviet Union Russia
1987–present
See Operators
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)
1975–1987
Kurganmashzavod
2,000+
18.7 tonnes (18.4 long tons ; 20.6 short tons )
7.14 m (23 ft 5 in)
3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
3 (commander, gunner, driver) 7 troopers (+ 2 additional seats)
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
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
3 × 7.62 mm PKT machine guns
UTD-29M diesel 500 hp (375 kW)
27 hp/tonne
torsion bar
600 km (370 mi)
72 km/h (45 mph) (road) 45 km/h (28 mph) (off-road) 10 km/h (6.2 mph) (water)
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Indonesia
Iraq
Kuwait
Russia
South Korea
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
Greece
India
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Reference photograph · Configuration may differБМП-3 (BMP-3) Historical equipment reference photograph. It does not establish current availability or every detail of the named variant.
Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedBMP-3 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AzerbaijanArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named BMP-3 component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
CyprusNational Guard exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Greece
India
IndonesiaMarines exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3F. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IraqReported count for BMP-3. Service scope: current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 300. Origin: Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
KuwaitArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Libya
MadagascarReported count for BMP-3. Service scope: Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 2. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
RussiaNaval Infantry (Marines) exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3F. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Saudi Arabia
South KoreaArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TurkmenistanArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
UkraineArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
United Arab EmiratesPresidential Guard Command exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
VenezuelaArmy exact named equipment holdings: BMP-3 (incl variants). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Russia, South Korea, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Greece, India
Equipment reference ↗National Guard exact named equipment holdings of BMP-3. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for BMP-3 · BMP-3 (Basic Version). Service scope: Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 43. Origin: Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for BMP-3 · BMP-3F. Service scope: Indonesian Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 54. Origin: Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2014), not the article revision. Cited source 2014-01-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Army holdings of the exact named BMP-3 component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Reported count for BMP-3. Service scope: Russian Ground Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 650. Origin: Soviet Union Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited reference period. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Army holdings of the exact named BMP-3 component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Reported count for BMP-3. Service scope: United Arab Emirates Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): number: 652. Origin: Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.