BTR-60
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The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for bronetransportyor ().
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BTR-60
- Weapon.image
- BTR-60PB NVA.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A BTR-60PB
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1959–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- See List of conflicts
- Weapon.designer
- V. A. Dedkov
- Weapon.design_date
- 1955
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Soviet Union) Regia Autonomă Pentru Producția De Tehnică Militară (Romania, TAB-71)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1960–1976 (Soviet Union) 1970-1990 (Romania)
- Weapon.number
- ~25,000 (Soviet Union) 1,878 (Romania, TAB-71)
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.spec_label
- BTR-60PB
- Weapon.crew
- 3 crew + 14 passengers
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 10.3
- Image
- Бронетраспортер БТР-60.jpg
- Height
- 2.31
- Width
- 2.82
- Length
- 7.56
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- total produced
- 25000
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- BTR-60
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- BTR-60
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- 1959-12-13
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52 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Description
- Crew
- Troop compartment
- Protection
- Maneuverability
- Amphibious capability
- Production models
- Production history
- Service history
- Soviet Union
- Sino-Soviet border conflict
- Soviet–Afghan War
- Other operational use
- Soviet Union successor states
- Russia
- Moldova
- Georgia
- Armenia
- Ukraine
- Foreign service
- Angola
- Finland
- Poland
- People's Republic of China
- List of conflicts
- Variants
- Former Soviet Union
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Bulgaria
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Finland
- Former East Germany
- Iran
- Israel
- Mexico
- People's Republic of China
- Poland
- Romania
- Yemen
- Vietnam
- Operators
- Current
- Former
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for bronetransportyor ().
==History== ===Origins=== 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-152K and BTR-40B respectively). The low combat values of the BTR-152 and BTR-40 were exposed when the Egyptian Army used them during the Suez Crisis and also when the Soviet Army used them in the fighting on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. These were among the reasons why the new APC was developed.