page_title: List of BMP-1 operators
section_title: Former operators
hierarchical_section_title: List of BMP-1 operators / Former operators
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Pansarbandvagn 501 på Försvarsfordonsmuseet Arsenalen i Strängnäs
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:  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – 36 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in 1991–1992.
   Czechoslovakia – 2,252 ordered in 1973 and delivered between 1973 and 1989 (most produced in Czechoslovakia while the rest was imported from the Soviet Union). 1,006 BVP-1 and BVP-1KS, 265 BPzV "Svatava" reconnaissance vehicles and 620 OT-90 APCs right before the breakup of Czechoslovakia, passed on to successor states. Czechoslovakia also produced 151 BMP-1P/c for East Germany.
   Finland – 195, bought in three batches. The first one which consisted of BMP-1 IFVs was delivered in June 1981 by the Soviet Union. The second one which consisted of BMP-1 and BMP-1K IFVs was delivered in summer of 1982 by the Soviet Union. A total of 85 BMP-1 and BMP-1K IFVs was delivered by the USSR. The third one which consisted of 110 units, was made out different variants of BMP-1/BMP-1P vehicles and was delivered in 1990 by Germany from ex-East German stocks (all were modernized in 1994–1997 by Patria Vammas Oy). There were 40 BMP-1 (+ native produced BMP-1TJ "Tuija" artillery reconnaissance vehicles) in service with the Finnish Army in 1995 and 1996. The BMP-1 IFVs were withdrawn from Finnish Army service in 2004 but 38 were saved. 20 converted to command and artillery observing vehicles, some to museums and the rest kept as spare parts.
   East Germany – 1,133 ordered in 1974 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1974 and 1982 (some of the vehicles were produced in Czechoslovakia).
   West Germany/ Germany – Taken from East Germany's Army. After the reunification, the West-German Bundeswehr modified more than 851 vehicles (mainly BMP-1P model) and brought them to NATO safety standards and gave them the designation BMP-1A1 Ost. There were 764 BMP-1A1 Ost vehicles in 1994 and 450 in 1996. Eventually all were scrapped or sold to other countries. 110 different variants of BMP-1/BMP-1P were sold to Finland in 1990 (these weren't modified). 501 BMP-1A1 Ost IFVs were sold to Greece in 1993–1994 and 350 BMP-1A1 Ost IFVs were sold to Sweden in the beginning of the 1990s.
   Sweden – 12 ordered from Germany in 1993 and delivered between 1995 and 1997 for trials. 360 ordered from Germany in 1994 and delivered between 1998 and 2001 (the vehicles were modernized in Poland before being delivered). All upgraded to Pbv 501A standard. 340 in service in 2006. In the same year they were withdrawn from service and later were sold.
   Soviet Union – More than 20,000 BMP-1s and vehicles based on it produced. 5,100 BMP-1s ordered in 1972 from Czechoslovakia and delivered between 1972 and 1988. More than 14,473 BMP-1s before the  Soviet–Afghan War. 24,000 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in service in 1985. About 14,353 BMP-1s and vehicles based on it right before the breakup of USSR, passed on to successor states.
   North Yemen – 150
   South Yemen – 100 ordered in 1983 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1983 and 1984. 40 ordered in 1986 from Soviet Union and delivered in 1986.
   Lebanon – A few BMP-1s were captured from the Syrian Army by the Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) in 1976. An unknown number was provided on loan between 1983 and 1990 to the Druze People's Liberation Army (PLA) militia by Syria and the Soviet Union.
caption: Swedish Pbv 501A displayed at the museum Arsenalen in Sweden
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