BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning “infantry fighting vehicle”. The BMP-1 was the first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of the Soviet Union. It was called the M-1967, BMP and BMP-76PB by NATO.
Kurganmashzavod
Type
Infantry Fighting Vehicle / Armored Personnel Carrier
Role
Soviet Union
Country of Origin
1966–present
Introduction
More than 20000
Note
The Soviet military leadership saw any future wars as being conducted with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and a new design, like the BMP, combining the properties of an armored personnel carrier (APC) and a light tank would allow infantry to operate from the relative safety of its armoured, radiation-shielded interior in contaminated areas and to fight alongside it in uncontaminated areas. It would increase infantry squad mobility, provide fire support to them, and also be able to fight alongside main battle tanks. The Red Army Mechanized infantry tactics during the 1950s were similar to World War II methods in which APCs were used as “battle taxis”; they would keep the infantry in close proximity to the battle-tanks during movement, but on enemy contact they would unload their infantry before retreating to safer areas.
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Mass: 13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)
Length: 6.735 m (22 ft 1.2 in)
Width: 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.068 m (6 ft 9.4 in); 1.881 m (6 ft 2.1 in) to turret top
Crew: 3 (commander, driver and gunner) + 8 passengers
Armor: 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel
Main armament: 73 mm 2A28 Grom low pressure smoothbore short-recoil semi-automatic gun (40 rounds) with ATGM launcher for 9M14 Malyutka (4 rounds) or other turrets with 2A42 or 2A72 autocannons
Secondary armament: 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machinegun (2,000 rounds)
Engine: UTD-20, 6-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped airless-injection water-cooled multifuel 15.8 liter diesel – 300 hp (224 kW) at 2,600 rpm
Power/weight: 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)
Suspension: Individual torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers on the 1st and 6th road wheels
Ground clearance: 370 mm (15 in)
Fuel capacity: 462 l (102 imp gal; 122 US gal)
Operational range: 600 km (370 mi) road or 500 km (310 mi) off-road
Maximum speed: 65 km/h (40 mph) road or 45 km/h (28 mph) off-road or 7–8 km/h (4.3–5.0 mph) water
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