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Pages in category "Armoured personnel carriers of the Soviet Union" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
'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 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-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 ...
The Kurganets-25 (Russian: Курганец-25) is a tracked amphibious, 25-ton modular infantry fighting vehicle and armored personnel carrier being developed for the Russian Army. The Kurganets-25 is planned to evolve into various models, gradually replacing BMP, BMD, MT-LB and other types of tracked Soviet armored platforms.
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]
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 ]
Armoured personnel carrier: N/A BTR-50P [12] BTR-152 [13] Armoured personnel carrier: N/A Some vehicles were kept by 1980s as ambulances, command, radio, and engineering vehicles. [14]: III-5 BTR-D: Armoured personnel carrier: N/A Used by airborne units. [14]: IV-10−IV-11 MT-LB: Tracked Armoured personnel carrier: 4,500 [13] PTS-2: Amphibious ...