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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]
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.
BTR-152: Soviet Union Wheeled armoured personnel carrier 200 Serviceability doubtful. [3] BTR-60: BTR-70: BTR-80: WZ-551: China Wheeled armoured personnel carrier Command vehicle variant. [3] Casspir: South Africa: MRAP: 45 NG2000 variant. [3] BTS-2: Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle: 5 [3] Bozena Slovakia: Mine flail [3] Engesa EE-12 ...
BTR-152: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 150 [22] INS BTR-50: Amphibious Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 200 [22] INS BTR-60: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 400 [22] INS BTR-70M: Armored personnel carrier Soviet Union: 6 [22] INS T40 Infantry mobility vehicle Cuba: Unknown [22] INS
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 ...
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 ...
BTR-3 Ukraine: 50 [7] BTR-80A Russia / Sudan: Shareef 1 IFV 70 [7] WZ-523 China / 150 [7] Armoured Personnel Carriers BTR-50 Soviet Union: 30 [7] M113 United States: 50 [7] OT-62 TOPAS Czechoslovakia: 70 [7] BTR-70 Soviet Union Belarus: BTR-70M Kobra 2 150 [7] BTR-152 Soviet Union: 10 [7] Cadillac Gage Commando United States: V-150 20 [7] OT-64 ...
The BTR-40 began to enter service with two other Warsaw Pact members in late 1949, namely East Germany and Poland, where it was used as a standard APC until more advanced vehicles like the BTR-152 were available. The last BTR-40s were withdrawn from Warsaw Pact countries in the early 1970s.