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The BMP-1 entered service with the Soviet Army in 1966. The first unit to be equipped was the 1st Motor Rifle (renamed as Armoured) Battalion of the 339th Guards Red Banner Belostok Motor Rifle Regiment of the 120th Guards Rogachev Motor Rifle Division (Belorussian Military District), which tested thirty Ob'yekt 765 IFVs and three experimental Ob'yekt 765s.
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1 (Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1 ), meaning "infantry fighting vehicle, 1st serial model". [ 11 ]
BMP (Ob'yekt 764) – The original main prototype of the BMP-1 was developed by the design bureau of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Works (ChTZ) and built in 1965. In comparison with Ob'yekt 765Sp1, Ob'yekt 764 was 4 mm higher, had a maximum swimming speed of 10 km/h, a lower maximum range (550 km on road) and a reduced number of firing ports for its passenger's armament (six).
Greece – 129 BMP-1 in service as of 2024. [21] 200 BMP-1s remained in service in 2019 of which 140 are estimated to be fully operational. [22] Originally 501 BMP-1A1 Osts were order from Germany in 1991 and delivered between 1992 and 1994. [1]
[11] 1,000 BMP-1 and BMP-2 in service in 1989, [96] and 900 BMP-1 and BMP-2 in 2001. [97] Possibly captured some from Kuwait in the First Persian Gulf War. All destroyed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and later scrapped. Jordan – 37 BMP-2 ordered from the Soviet Union in 1986 and delivered in 1987. [11] None remain in service in 2023 [98]
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In Soviet and Russian service, the only other armored fighting vehicle besides the BMP-1 known to have utilized the 2A28 Grom was the BMD-1. [1] However, it is also mounted on other BMP-1 inspired designs, like the Chinese Type 86 (WZ-501) [9] and the Iranian Boragh. [10]
BMP-1 service history; L. List of BMP-1 operators; M. Non-U.S. operators of the M60 tank; T. T-54/T-55 operators and variants; T-72 operators and variants