 The maximum speed of the vehicle is 60 km/h over highways and a cruising range of 550 km with external fuel tanks.The BMPT can cross a trench that's as long as 2.7 ± 0.1 m and over come vertical obstacles as high as 0.85 m. Like the T-72, the transmission of the engine is manual with seven gears for forward and one gear for reverse.The maximum gradient for the BMPT is 30° and 25° when climbing forwards and travelling along a side respectively.