25/10/2024
BTR-80A
Description:
The BTR-80 (Russian: бронетранспортёр, romanized: bronetransportyor, lit. '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]
Information:
Type: Armored personnel carrier
Variants: Infantry fighting vehicle
Self-propelled artillery
Place of origin: Soviet Union
Service history:
In service: 1986–present
Used by: See Operators
Wars: Soviet–Afghan War, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Georgian Civil War
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), Transnistria War, Tajikistan Civil War, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War, First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, Second Chechen War, Russo-Georgian War, Insurgency in the North Caucasus[1], Iraqi insurgency (2011–13), Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile[2], Sri Lankan Civil War, War in Donbas, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Production history:
Manufacturer, Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, Nizhniy Novgorod[3]
Produced: 1984–present
No. built: 5,000
Specifications:
Mass: 13.6 tonnes (15.0 tons)
Length: 7.7 m (25.3 ft)
Width: 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Height: 2.41 m (7.9 ft)
Crew: 3 (+7 passengers)
Armor: 10 mm (hull), 7 mm (turret)[4]
Main armament: 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun or
30 mm 2A72
Secondary armament: 7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Engine: diesel KamAZ-7403 260 hp (190 kW)
Power/weight: 19 hp/tonne
Suspension: wheeled 8×8
Operational range: 600 km (372.8 mi)
Maximum speed: 80–90 km/h (49.7–55.9 m/h) swim 10 km/h (6.2 m/h)