BTR-152
Sign in to saveAlso known as BTR152, BTR-140, BTR140, Armored Transporter 152, Armored Transporter 140, ZIS-152, BTR-152A
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. BTR stands for bronetransportyor ().
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BTR-152
- Weapon.image
- File:Schützenpanzerwagen SPW 152 W1.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Former East German BTR-152 (SPW-152) at a public exhibit.
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Armoured personnel carrier
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 24 March 1950 – present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- See Service History
- Weapon.designer
- B. M. Fitterman
- Weapon.design_date
- November 1946 – 1949
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Stalina (until 1956) Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Likhacheva (from 1956 to 1962)
- Weapon.unit_cost
- (export price to Iraq, 1964-1969)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1950–1959
- Weapon.number
- 8,600
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.crew
- 2 (+18 passengers)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- Albanian Joint Forces Command
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- BTR-60
- Follows
- BTR-40
- Mass
- 9.91
- Manufacturer
- Bryansk Automobile Plant
- Image
- BTR-152-latrun-3.jpg
- Height
- 2.04
- Width
- 2.32
- Length
- 6.55
- Speed
- 75
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- Commons category
- BTR-152
- service entry
- 1950-03-24
- total produced
- 15000
- Commons gallery
- BTR-152
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