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80 km/h (50 mph) on road 10 km/h (6 mph) in water [ 5 ] The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961.
The BTR-70 was developed as a potential successor for the earlier BTR-60 series of Soviet wheeled armored personnel carriers, specifically the BTR-60PB, which it most closely resembled. It evolved out of an earlier, unsuccessful project known as the GAZ-50 to design a new wheeled infantry fighting vehicle on the chassis and drive train of a BTR ...
The OT-64 was the answer to the Soviet BTR-60. Contrary to this, the OT-64 used a diesel set in place of a petrol engine. That diminished the danger of fire and at the same time increased the range. The main advantage in relation to the Russian counterpart was the full-armored interior. The entrance is at the rear of the vehicle via twin doors.
TAB (Romanian: Transportor Amfibiu Blindat, translated Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier) is the Romanian military designation of armoured personnel carriers. The TAB APCs were based on the Russian BTR series until the early 1990s, with several improvements, including better diesel engines. After 1990, new TAB designs have been developed ...
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.
5.56×45mm NATO. Special forces only. In limited use with the 101st Alpine Regiment. [citation needed] AR-M4SF. Bulgaria. Assault rifle. 5.56×45mm NATO. 7.62×39mm. Carbine rifle made by Arsenal Jsco and used by the Joint Special Operations Command and the Bulgarian Military Police.
Description. The Otaman 6x6 is based on the BTR-60 APC. It is powered by a single 320 hp engine and has a torque of 1250 N⋅m. It has a length of 6.7 metres (22 ft) and it weighs 16 tons. It can carry three members of the crew (commander, driver and gunner) and ten army personnel. The 6x6 is mainly produced for the Ukrainian army, but is also ...
The BTR-80 is based on the BTR-70 APC, which itself was based on the BTR-60. It has a single 260-hp V-8 turbocharged water-cooled diesel engine, an improvement over the twin gasoline engines installed in the BTR-60 and BTR-70 vehicles. The reconfigured rear portion of the hull accommodates the new, single engine.