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The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armoured personnel carrier (APC) built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Soviet motor rifle battalions until the advent of the amphibious BTR-60 series during the 1960s. [8]
BTR-152, the model of vehicle that was used by Engels in his escape. On 17 April 1963, on the eve of the communist May Day celebrations, Engels stole an East German National People's Army BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier from his military-base while its crew were at lunch and drove it through the streets of East Berlin. The police were used ...
The BTR-3 is an all-new production vehicle, rather than an upgrade of the existing in-service vehicle, such as the BTR-80. BTR-4 – Another Ukrainian eight-wheeled APC (2006) with rear doors designed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB) as a private venture.
Around 40 BTR-152V1 armored personnel carriers were acquired for the Cypriot National Guard from Soviet Union in 1964-65 during the early presidency of Archbishop Makarios. During the period of the 1974 war, all of the BTR-152 armored personnel carriers are believed to have served with the 286MTP (Tagmatos Pezikou / Battalion Infantry Mechanised).
Thailand: Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle: Hanoman Unknown Used by Kopassus. [107] BTR-40 Soviet Union: Armoured personnel carrier: BTR-40 Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle 85 [108] Total of 100 originally but 85 still in service. Locally modified from armoured personnel carrier to armoured reconnaissance variants. [109] Kozak Ukraine
The PTH85D44-VN18 is a mobile artillery unit that contains a D-44 artillery gun mounted on a Ural-375 6x6 truck. This may just be a prototype that never went into full production. D-30: 122 mm towed howitzer Soviet Union: While the current number in service is unclear, the Soviet Union provided 50 pieces of the D-30 in 1974. [83]
It was exported for use by Royal Thai Army, who remain the only user. [45] [46] Combat vehicle; M901 ITV: Tank destroyer United States: 18 [41] BTR-3E1: Infantry fighting vehicle Ukraine: 238 Two variants were purchased, the BTR-3E1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, and a specifically designed tank destroyer variant of the BTR-3, the BTR-3RK.
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Austria. SPz Ulan (modern, co-development with Spain); Steyr 4K 7FA tracked armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (production from 1977 for Bolivia, Greece (as Leonidas) and Nigeria).