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BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Upgrade
COMBAT VEHICLES
ARMOUR
Purpose The BMP-1 upgrade programme complies with up-to-date requirements to combat effectiveness, including firepower, armour protection, mobility and operational reliability.
Modernisation programme Several modernisation options are proposed. The elementary upgrade programme includes: • introduction of the AG-17 automatic grenade-launcher into the weapons suite; • replacement of the Malyutka ATGW with the Konkurs ATGW; • installation of the tracks and the driving wheels of the BMP-2. Another two modernisation variants bring the BMP-1 to BMP-2’s level in terms of specifications. They encompass: • installation of the BMP-2 IFV’s two-seat combat compartment, or the single seat compartment of the BMD-2 vehicle; • chassis upgrading to increase the vehicle’s carrying capacity, as well as run smoothness and cross-country capabilities; • introduction of water displacing wings of the BMP-2. Modernisation of the BMP-1 may include: • enhancement of the crew and troops armour
protection from personnel and antitank mines; • improvement of fire-fighting capability; • increase of the ballistic protection of the vehicle’s sides and rear; • ensuring comfortable habitability of the crew and troops at temperatures of up to +50ºC; • increase in the target detection range at night by more than three times through installation of the improved active/passive gunner's sight; • improvement of the vehicle's mobility and fuel consumption characteristics owing to the new 360hp UTD-23 turbocharged engine, upgraded by 20 per cent as compared to BMP-1’s engine.
Basic specifications BMP-1 with AG-17 grenade launcher Combat weight, t Crew + troops Main armament, type
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13.4+2% 3/8 73mm gun, Malyutka ATGW
Ammunition, rds
40 3 ATGM
Elevation of the main armament, deg Armament stabiliser, type
–4…+30
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O
none
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O
B
O
13.6+2% 3/8 73mm gun, 30mm AG-17 automatic grenade launcher, Konkurs ATGW 40 (gun) 427 (AG-17) 3 ATGM –4…+30 (Gun) –4…+70 (AG-17) none
R
O
N
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BMP-1 upgrades with BMP-2 combat compartment 14.25+2% 3/7 30mm 2A42 automatic gun, Konkurs ATGW
with BMD-2 combat compartment 13.8+2% 3/7 30mm 2A42 automatic gun, Konkurs ATGW
500 3 ATGM
300 3 ATGM
–5…+75
–5…+75
two-plane electromechanical
two-plane electromechanical
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P
O
R
T
