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'armoured carrier') is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. [5] It was first deployed during the Soviet–Afghan War. [6] The BTR-80 was developed into the larger BTR-90 in the early 1990s.
The BTR-152 and BTR-40, the first two Soviet mass-produced APCs developed after the Second World War, gave the Soviet Army useful experience with wheeled armoured personnel carriers. However, even as they were designed, they were not suited for the needs of the Soviet Army as they lacked a roof (which was added in later versions designated BTR ...
Pages in category "Armoured personnel carriers of the Soviet Union" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier Reconnaissance vehicle: Place of origin: Soviet Union: Service history; In service: 1950–1980s: Used by: See Operators: Production history; Designer: V. A. Dedkov: Designed: 1947–1950: Manufacturer: Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod unknown Chinese manufacturer: Unit cost: US$30,000 (export price to Libya, 1970 ...
These flaws became especially evident when the vehicle was tested in combat during the Soviet–Afghan War. [2] As a result, in 1984 the Soviet Army took delivery of a new wheeled armored personnel carrier, the BTR-80, which was powered by a single 260 horsepower diesel engine and a simpler drive train. [5]
The VPK-7829 Bumerang (Russian: Бумеранг, Boomerang) is a modular amphibious wheeled infantry fighting vehicle and armored personnel carrier being developed by Russian Military Industrial Company (MIC) for the Russian army. [4] [5]
The MT-LB (Russian: Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный, romanized: Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s.
It is currently being replaced by the American-made M113 armored personnel carrier. Algeria – 130 BTR-50s' ordered in 1977 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1978 and 1979 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet service). [ 21 ]