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Armoured vehicles1999–present
Armored personnel carrier , MRAP
BPM-97 is a armored personnel carrier , MRAP originating in Russia. It was built by KAMAZ.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human 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| 28 Sept 2026 | 5.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Armored personnel carrier , MRAP
Russia
1999–present
See Operators
Russo-Ukrainian War Syrian Civil War
Andrei Nikolaev
1997
KAMAZ
1999–present
150±
See Variants
10.5 metric tonnes
5.3 m
1.9 m
2.3 m (1.83 m without armament)
2 + 8 – 12 passengers 2 + 6 passengers (BTR-40B)
12.7–25 mm
14.5mm KPVT machine gun (optional) 12.7mm Kord machine gun (optional)
30mm AGS-17 grenade launcher (optional)
KAMAZ 740.10-20 V8 diesel 240 hp
4×4 wheel, leaf spring
400 mm
270 L
1100 km on roads
90 km/h
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Russia
Syria
Ukraine
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
BPM-97 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Azerbaijan
KazakhstanReported count for BPM-97. Service scope: Ground forces equipment; 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: 18. 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.
RussiaLower-bound count for BPM-97/KAMAZ-43269. 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. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 100+. 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.
Syria
UkraineReported count for BPM-97. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 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: 3. Origin: Russian Federation. 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.