page_title: List of BMP-1 operators
hierarchical_section_title: List of BMP-1 operators
caption_attribution_description: Iraqi Army BMP-1 at Coalition checkpoint in Tarmiya, Iraq.
context_page_description: The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked Infantry fighting vehicle used by many different nations around the world. This is a list of nations that operate it.
  Abkhazia – 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were claimed by the Abkhazian Army.
  Afghanistan – 350 BMP-1s ordered in 1979 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1990. 550 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in service in 1992. Between 60 and 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were delivered from Russia after 2002.
  Albania – More than 17 BMP-1s acquired from East German stock in 1995.
  Algeria – Between 690 and 800 BMP-1s ordered in 1978 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1984. There were 684 BMP-1s in service in 1996. Algeria signed a contract with Russia for modernization of 400 BMP-1s in 2006.
  Angola – 21 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Belarus and delivered in 1993. 29 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Bulgaria and delivered in 1993. 35 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered in 1993. 183 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered between 1993 and 1994. 65 BMP-1s were delivered from Russia in 1998. 7 BMP-1s were delivered from Belarus in 1999. 150 are currently in service.
context_section_description: The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked Infantry fighting vehicle used by many different nations around the world. This is a list of nations that operate it.
   Abkhazia – 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were claimed by the Abkhazian Army.
   Afghanistan – 350 BMP-1s ordered in 1979 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1990 (some of the vehicles were possibly previously in Soviet service). 550 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in service in 1992. Between 60 and 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were delivered from Russia after 2002.
   Albania – More than 17 BMP-1s acquired from East German stock in 1995.
   Algeria – Between 690 and 800 BMP-1s ordered in 1978 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1984. There were 684 BMP-1s in service in 1996. Algeria signed a contract with Russia for modernization of 400 BMP-1s in 2006.
   Angola – 21 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Belarus and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet and later Belorussian service and were sold through a Bulgarian company). 29 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Bulgaria and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Bulgarian service). 35 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet and later Russian service). 183 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered between 1993 and 1994. 65 BMP-1s were delivered from Russia in 1998. 7 BMP-1s were delivered from Belarus in 1999. 150 are currently in service.
   Armenia – 150 BMP vehicles in service with the armed forces in 1993. 212 BMP-1s in service with the armed forces in 1994, 159 in 1995 and 1996, 125 in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, 80 in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. 8 BMP-1Ks in service with the armed forces in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, 7 in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. 20 BRM-1s in service with the armed forces in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, 12 in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
   Azerbaijan – 102  BMP-1s in service  with the armed forces in 1992, 172 in 1993, 104 in 1994, 135 in 1995, 119 in 1996, 114 in 1997 and 1998, 95 in 1999, 44 in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and 6 in 2006 including 2 ordered in 2004 from Ukraine and delivered in 2005. 13 BRM-1s in service with the armed forces in 1992, 12 in 1993, 34 in 1994, 33 in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, 23 in 1999 and 21 in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
   Belarus – Originally 938 BMP-1s were inherited from former USSR in 1991. 461 BMP-1s in service in 1995, 98 in 2000 and 109 in 2003 and 2005. There were also 161 BRM-1s in service in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005.
   Brunei –
   Bulgaria – 560 bought including 100 ordered in 1995 from Russia and delivered in 1996 (the vehicles were previously in Russian service). 100 BMP-1Ps are currently in service.
   Cambodia – 70
   China – Produced more than 3,000 Type 86s and vehicles based on it. 1,000 Type 86s were in service in 2003 and 2005. Around 1,000 are currently in service.
   Ivory Coast – 13 ordered in 2002 from Belarus and delivered between 2002 and 2003.
   Cuba – 200 ordered in 1978 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1981 and 1988. 200 more were ordered in 1989 and delivered in 1990. They are now modernized to the BMP-1P variant with new ATGMs and improved night vision equipment.
   Czech Republic – 623 BVP-1s, 145 BPzV "Svatava"s and 413 OT-90s were inherited from former Czechoslovakia in 1992. There were 605 in service as 1995, 600 BVP-1s as 1996. On 1 January 2008 there were 207 BVP-1s (most in reserve – getting replaced by APCs), 76 BPzV "Svatava"s and 29 OT-90s (in the process of being withdrawn from service and replaced by more modern vehicles). There are also 15 BRM-1Ks in service.
   DR Congo – 20 ordered in 2005 from Ukraine and delivered in 2006.
   Egypt – 80 were delivered between July and August 1973, 150 between August and September 1973. After the war Egypt received between 30 and 50. There were 200 in service in 1996. Those 200 were fitted with French diesel engines and received the designation BMP-1S (See Egypt section in BMP-1 variants article for details).
   Equatorial Guinea – 20 ordered in 2006 from Czech R
caption: Two New Iraqi Army BMP-1s at Coalition checkpoint in Tarmiya, Iraq, 25 June 2006.
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