- Domain
- Land
- NCF capability
- Land manoeuvre
- Military Balance category
- Armoured infantry fighting vehicles
- SIPRI category
- Armoured vehicles
- Evidence that places a platform here
- infantry fighting vehicle · \bIFVs?\b · \bAIFVs?\b · armou?red fighting vehicle · airborne combat vehicle · BMP-\d · \bBMD-\d
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesLegacy only · 4United KingdomModern · 3AustraliaModern and on order · 2FranceLegacy only · 1GermanyModern and on order · 4JapanNoneSouth KoreaModern · 2CanadaLegacy only · 1ItalyModern and on order · 3IndiaLegacy only · 2TürkiyeLegacy only · 5Saudi ArabiaLegacy only · 6BrazilLegacy only · 1IndonesiaLegacy only · 6MexicoNoneArgentinaNoneSouth AfricaLegacy only · 2RussiaLegacy only · 6ChinaModern · 9IsraelModern · 1UkraineModern and on order · 18TaiwanLegacy only · 1IranLegacy only · 4North KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 18, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only infantry fighting vehicle in colour.
United States M3 Bradley 1,200, BMP-1 57, BMP-2 15
United Kingdom FV510 Warrior 526, Ajax 185, Boxer 28
Australia Boxer 25, K21 –
France Véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie 628
Germany Boxer 404, Mungo ESK 400, Puma 350
South Korea K21 466, BMP-3 33
Canada LAV 6 616
Italy Freccia 665, Dardo 198, Lynx 5
India BMP-2 Sarath 2,400, TATA Kestrel 15
Türkiye ACV-300 ACV-AIFV 511, ACV-300 ACV-15-TOW 365, FNSS Pars Pars 4x4 135
Saudi Arabia Piranha 1,117, Commando V-150S 579, AMX-10P 470
Brazil Piranha 30
Indonesia Commando 58, BMP-3F 54, Marder 1A2 Marder 1A3 50
South Africa Ratel IFV 1,400, Badger IFV 22
Russia Russian Armored Train Baikal 1, Russian armoured train Yenisei 1, BMP-1 –
China ZBL-08 9,200, Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle 3,000, ZBD-04 3,000
Israel Eitan AFV –
Ukraine BMP-1 400, BMP-2 400, YPR-765 353
Taiwan CM-32 265–491
Iran BMP-2 280–520, BMP-1 147–273, Bradley Fighting Vehicle –