BMP-1

The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle has 6–26 mm hull armour. It became the first Soviet series-production armoured amphibious tracked fighting vehicle, developed by Main Special Design Bureau No. 2 at the V. I. Lenin Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. The BMP-1 entered service in 1966 and remained in production until 1979.

Engine: UTD-20: naturally aspirated four-stroke V6 diesel, 15,800 cc, producing 300 PS at 2,600 rpm.

Crew: 3; combat weight: 13 tonnes. Maximum speed: 65 km/h on land and 7 km/h afloat; land range: 600 km.

Main armament: A 73 mm 2A28 Grom gun; a 9M14M Malyutka anti-tank guided missile system; a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun; a 9K32 Strela-2 portable air-defence system, alternatively replaced in the vehicle by an RPG-7 launcher.

Ammunition: 40 gun rounds; four anti-tank guided missiles; 2,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition.