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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.
The most famous developments of ZIS-151 were the BTR-152 armored personnel carrier and the BAV 485 amphibious vehicle. Due to de-Stalinization the ZIS-151 was renamed in 1956 to ZIL-151. In 1958, an improved model, the ZIL-157, was introduced and replaced the ZIS-151. It differed outwardly by its grille and having single rear tires, instead of ...
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
BTR-60PB: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 70 [11] Currently 70 are in service. BTR-60s have been seen in service as recently as January 2019 BTR-152: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: Unknown [12] BTR-40: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 10 [13] BRDM-2M: Armoured car Soviet Union Russia: 20 [14] Upgraded BRDM-2M supplied by ...
The BTR-3 [4] [5] is an eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier developed in 2000 and 2001 by an international consortium. The companies involved in the project include the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau of Ukraine, Adcom Systems of Abu-Dhabi, UAE, and the State Scientific Technical Centre of Artillery & Rifle Arms of Ukraine.
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).