BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)Infantry fighting vehicle

BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty)
Infantry fighting vehicle
Origin Soviet Union

In service 1966–present
Used by Soviet Union, Russia, Poland, Egypt, Syria, China, Afghanistan,
India, Iraq, Germany, Greece, and Sweden.

Manufacturer Kurgan Engineering Works (KMZ) (USSR)
ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom (Czechoslovakia)
Military Motorization Works No. 5 (Poland)

Produced 1966–1983 (USSR)
unknown–1988 (Poland)
Number built More than 20,000 of all variants (USSR)
More than 3,000 of all variants (PRC)
1,994 - Czechoslovakia,  274 - Poland,  800 - India

Variants BMP-1, BMP-2, MLI-84, Boragh.

Crew 3 (commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers
Armor 6–33 mm (0.24–1.3 in) welded rolled steel
Primary armament 73 mm 2A28 Grom low pressure smoothbore short-recoil semi-automatic gun - 40 rounds
9S428 ATGM launcher for 9M14 Malyutka (4 + 1 rounds)
Secondary armament 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machinegun  -2,000 rounds

Operational range 600 km road
500 km off-road
Speed 65 km/h road, 45 km/h off-road, 7–8 km/h water