SPz BMP-1

SPz BMP-1

Marder A1-

Marder 1A3

SPz BMP-1

Marder A1-

Marder 1A3

Germany

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.7	8.0	8.0

Class:

Light tank

Research:53 000

Purchase:300 000

This page is about the German light tank SPz BMP-1. For the Russian version, see BMP-1. For other uses, see BMP (Disambiguation).

Description

The SPz BMP-1 is a rank V German light tank with a battle rating of 7.7 (AB) and 8.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.93 "Shark Attack".

General info

Survivability and armour

The Spz BMP-1 has very little to speak of in the armour department. Minimal frontal and nearly non-existent side armour results in the vehicle being vulnerable to almost any incoming fire. As such, the vehicle's survivability stems entirely from its mobility and reasonably small profile. Where possible, utilise hills or other cover, only exposing as much of the vehicle as is necessary to engage an unaware target.

Despite the lack of armour, however, the SPz BMP-1 will, on occasion, survive hits unexpectedly - the internals of the vehicle are largely non-critical and many rounds will over-penetrate.

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	7-12 mm (80°) Front glacis 19 mm (56°) Lower glacis	16 mm (3-18°) Top 18 + 4 mm Bottom	16 mm (12°) Top 12 mm (48°) Bottom 12 mm (8-51°) Doors	6 mm 5 mm Engine exhausts
Turret	23 mm (0-53°) Turret front 33 + 26 mm Gun mantlet	13-23 mm (24-37°)	13 mm (23-26°)	6 mm
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupola	7 mm	7 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and tracks are 10 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 6 mm thick.

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	73	12	13	465	572	35.77	44
Realistic	66	11		265	300	20.38	23.08

Armaments

Main armament

When stock, all available ammunition for the weapon are unlocked - HEAT and HE.

Between the two, HE should be avoided as it only has 11 mm of pen and 290 m/sec muzzle velocity. While the HEAT round has only 670 m/sec velocity,with some training it can be shot at targets over 1 km reliably.

The HEAT round has 300 mm penetration and very good damage output, oneshots can be achieved quite often when shooting center mass, although larger tanks might give you some headache as they sometimes survive multiple shots.

Additional armament

While stock, the BMP is equipped with 9M14 missiles that penetrate 400 mm of armour. However, the "BMP-1P" modification, when unlocked, will give the vehicle access to four more lethal 9M113 Konkurs missiles.

The 9M113 has 600 mm of penetration and do very good damage while having good speed. Only their manouverability is a bit lacking, but you can quickly make a follow up shot with your cannon or use smoke if you want to retreat.

Machine guns

The SPz BMP-1 is only equipped with one PKT machinegun with an ammo reserve of 1,000 rounds.

It's not useful and cannot aim at air targets due to the coaxial mount. As such, it should only be used on vehicles with soft armour like trucks or at exposed crew members, or just annoy enemies with it.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very mobile, can quickly adapt to new situations
• Quick reload on grenade launcher (6 sec autloader, 5 sec max manual with P upgrade)
• Low module RP cost
• BMP-1P upgrade adds smoke launchers, which don't have to be researched separately
• BMP-1P upgrade also makes ATGM more powerful, mouse-guided and it will not launch upwards since its now mounted on top of the turret
• Scouting ability
• ESS allows you to smoke up big areas and provide cover for teammates as well as covering your retreat
• Small turret, hard to hit when hull down
• Upper hull can sometimes bounce shells due to steep angle

Cons:

• Easily hullbroken
• Big target from the side
• Bad gun depression of -5 degree for the main gun
• Only 3 crew members, bad survivability

History

The Schützenpanzer BMP-1 (Armoured personnel carrier BMP-1) was the East German variant of the Soviet BMP-1 APC. Approximately 1100 of these APC's were in service from 1968 up to the end of East Germany in 1990, mostly being ČSSR- build BMP-1SP2 (950 tanks). The East German Forces (Nationale Volksarmee (NVA) or National People's Army in English) began testing the BMP-1 SP1 in 1968. The NVA had around 270 of the in-game variant SPz BMP-1P equipped with the 9M113 Konkurs and smoke launchers. The SPz BMP-1P was used from 1987 until the German reunification in 1990. Around 600 BMP-1's were then transferred to the Bundeswehr, being slightly modified (BMP-1A1-Ost) and put out of service in 1993, mostly being sold to Greece, Sweden, and Finnland.

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