BTR-50
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The BTR-50 (BTR stands for Bronetransporter (), literally "armoured transporter") is a Soviet tracked amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) based on the PT-76 light tank chassis. The BTR-50 was developed in 1952 and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1954. It ceased production in the USSR in 1970, but production continued in Czechoslovakia until 1972 and there is suggestion that it still produced by some foreign companies. It has the ability to transport up to 20 fully equipped infantrymen, and can be armed with nothing, a 7.62 mm SGMB medium machine gun, or a 14.5 mm KPV heavy
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BTR-50
- Weapon.image
- BTR-50-latrun-1-2.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- An Israeli-modified ex-Syrian or ex-Egyptian late-production model BTR-50PK APC at the Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Israel, 2005.
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1954–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Volgograd Tractor Plant
- Weapon.design_date
- 1952
- Weapon.production_date
- 1954–1970 (also produced in Czechoslovakia until 1972; maybe still produced by some foreign companies)
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.length
- 7,080 mm
- Weapon.width
- 3,140 mm
- Weapon.height
- 2,030 mm
- Weapon.weight
- 14.5 tonnes
- Weapon.suspension
- torsion bar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 14.5
- Image
- BTR-50-latrun-1-2.jpg
- Height
- 2.03
- Width
- 3.14
- Length
- 7.08
- Speed
- 44
Show 5 more facts
- service entry
- 1954-01-01
- Commons category
- BTR-50
- Commons gallery
- BTR-50
- total produced
- 6500
- ride height
- 370
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23 sectionsContents
- Description
- Service history
- Russo-Ukraine War
- Variants
- Former USSR
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Egypt
- Finland
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Poland
- Serbia
- South Lebanon
- Ukraine
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- References
- External links
The BTR-50 (BTR stands for Bronetransporter (), literally "armoured transporter") is a Soviet tracked amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) based on the PT-76 light tank chassis. The BTR-50 was developed in 1952 and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1954. It ceased production in the USSR in 1970, but production continued in Czechoslovakia until 1972 and there is suggestion that it still produced by some foreign companies. It has the ability to transport up to 20 fully equipped infantrymen, and can be armed with nothing, a 7.62 mm SGMB medium machine gun, or a 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine gun. It saw notable service in the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and most recently in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
The BTR-50 shares similarities with two other APCs developed independently, the OT-62 TOPAS and the Type 77. While the OT-62 is an improved copy of the BTR-50 developed jointly by Czechoslovakia and Poland, the Type 77 is based on the Type 63 amphibious light tank developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), which was developed from the PT-76.