BTR-60
BTR-60 was a revolutionary design for its time. It had a non-standard layout for an APC; the crew compartment was in the front, the troop compartment in the middle and the engine compartment in the rear. This meant that, while the BTR-60 did not share some of the weaknesses that other APCs had, it had several disadvantages of its own.
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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 Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armoured transporter").
The hull armour is made from welded steel and provides protection against small arms fire and shrapnel. The frontal armour can withstand 7.62 mm bullets from any range. The rest of the armour can withstand 7.62 mm bullets from a range of 100 m.
Mass: 10.3 tonnes (11.4 short tons)
Length: 7.56 m
Width: 2.83 m (9.28 ft)
Height: 2.31 m (7.58 ft)
Crew: 3 + 14 passengers (original roofless BTR-60P had 2+14 capacity, reduced to 2+12 in BTR-60PA and 2+8 in BTR-60PB)
Armor: Welded steel; 7 mm at 86° hull upper front; 9 mm at 47° hull lower front; 7 mm hull sides; 5 mm hull upper rear; 7 mm hull lower rear; 5 mm hull floor; 7 mm hull roof; 10 mm turret front; 7 mm turret sides; 7 mm turret sear; 7 mm turret roof
Main armament: 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)
Secondary armament: 7.62 mm PKT tank coaxial machine gun (3,000 rounds)
Engine: 2×GAZ-40P 6-cylinder gasoline - 90 hp (67 kW) each; 180 hp (134 kW) (combined)
Power/weight: 18.4 hp/tonne (13.7 kW/tonne)
Suspension: wheeled 8×8
Ground clearance: 475 mm (18.7 in)
Fuel capacity: 290 l (76.6 g)
Operational range: 500 km (310.7 mi)
Maximum speed: 80 km/h (49.7 mi/h) on road or 10 km/h (6.2 mi/h) in water
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BTR-60
Description
Type
Role
Country of Origin
Introduction
Note
BTR-60 was a revolutionary design for its time. It had a non-standard layout for an APC; the crew compartment was in the front, the troop compartment in the middle and the engine compartment in the rear. This meant that, while the BTR-60 did not share some of the weaknesses that other APCs had, it had several disadvantages of its own.
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 Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armoured transporter").
The hull armour is made from welded steel and provides protection against small arms fire and shrapnel. The frontal armour can withstand 7.62 mm bullets from any range. The rest of the armour can withstand 7.62 mm bullets from a range of 100 m.
Technical data and Packaging
Mass: 10.3 tonnes (11.4 short tons)
Length: 7.56 m
Width: 2.83 m (9.28 ft)
Height: 2.31 m (7.58 ft)
Crew: 3 + 14 passengers (original roofless BTR-60P had 2+14 capacity, reduced to 2+12 in BTR-60PA and 2+8 in BTR-60PB)
Armor: Welded steel; 7 mm at 86° hull upper front; 9 mm at 47° hull lower front; 7 mm hull sides; 5 mm hull upper rear; 7 mm hull lower rear; 5 mm hull floor; 7 mm hull roof; 10 mm turret front; 7 mm turret sides; 7 mm turret sear; 7 mm turret roof
Main armament: 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)
Secondary armament: 7.62 mm PKT tank coaxial machine gun (3,000 rounds)
Engine: 2×GAZ-40P 6-cylinder gasoline - 90 hp (67 kW) each; 180 hp (134 kW) (combined)
Power/weight: 18.4 hp/tonne (13.7 kW/tonne)
Suspension: wheeled 8×8
Ground clearance: 475 mm (18.7 in)
Fuel capacity: 290 l (76.6 g)
Operational range: 500 km (310.7 mi)
Maximum speed: 80 km/h (49.7 mi/h) on road or 10 km/h (6.2 mi/h) in water
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