#btr-80

[captain-price-returns]

Russian Wagner Group "Africa Corps" BTR-82AT, captured by the Azawad Liberation Front.

[masonjarhead]

The BTR family of vehicles are certainly an oddity. Adopted in 1959, the BTR-60 was the true start of the BTR line of amphibious APCs. Seating 14-16 cozy dismounts and 2 crew, the BTR-60 was made to replace the older BTR-152 and BTR-40 vehicles in Soviet service, which were found disappointing largely because of their lack of a roof. With the accompanying decision to restructure many units to the Motor Rifle Division layout, a new, armored APC was needed. Development would lead to two vehicles, the BTR-60, a lighter, cheaper, APC concept designed primarily for offloading infantry in Motor Rifle Divisions, and the more expensive BMP-1, which, while called an APC, was really more of an IFV concept for use in Tank Divisions. The BTR-70 would be an incremental improvement on the 60, while the BTR-80 would be considered a larger modernization effort. The BTR-90 would come into existence in the early 90's, but has mostly only been present on paper.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Destroyed BTR-80 № 113 of Russia's 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defence Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, Black Sea Fleet, Ukraine, 2023. Source:  Naalsio26

P.S. Though destroyed as of Autumn 2022, this loss has remained undocumented until now.

[nelc]

Ukrainian BTR-80 with 4 SPG-9 recoilless rifles.

When it's mature it will have six, just like its grand-daddy ONTOS.

[redarmyscreaming]

Bucharest, Romania, 1990 by Danish photographer Marianne Grøndahl

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[kevlarii]

[weekendjail]

Anyone have that .gif of that BTR in Ukraine getting rekt with molotovs?