BTR-80
The BTR-80 (Russian: бронетранспортёр, romanized: bronetransportyor, lit. 'armoured carrier') is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. It was first deployed during the Soviet–Afghan War.
| BTR-80 | |
|---|---|
Russian BTR-80 during Den Pobedi (Victory Day) celebrations in Moscow | |
| Type | Armored personnel carrier Variants: Infantry fighting vehicle Self-propelled artillery |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1986–present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Transnistria War Tajikistan Civil War War in Afghanistan Iraq War First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Insurgency in the North Caucasus Iraqi insurgency (2011–13) Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Sri Lankan Civil War War in Donbas 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, Nizhniy Novgorod |
| Produced | 1984–present |
| No. built | 5,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 13.6 tonnes (15.0 tons) |
| Length | 7.7 m (25.3 ft) |
| Width | 2.9 m (9.5 ft) |
| Height | 2.41 m (7.9 ft) |
| Crew | 3 (+7 passengers) |
| Armor | 10 mm (hull) 7 mm (turret) |
Main armament | 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun or 30 mm 2A72 |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun |
| Engine | diesel KamAZ-7403 260 hp (190 kW) |
| Power/weight | 19 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | wheeled 8×8 |
Operational range | 600 km (372.8 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 80–90 km/h (49.7–55.9 m/h) swim 10 km/h (6.2 m/h) |
The BTR-80 was developed into the larger BTR-90.
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