| BTR-60 | |
|---|---|
 A BTR-60PB | |
| Type | Wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1959–present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | See List of conflicts |
| Production history | |
| Designer | V. A. Dedkov |
| Designed | 1955[1] |
| Manufacturer | Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Soviet Union) Regia Autonomă Pentru Producția De Tehnică Militară (Romania, TAB-71) |
| Produced | 1960–1976 (Soviet Union)[2] 1970-1990 (Romania)[3] |
| No. built | ~25,000 (Soviet Union)[4] 1,878 (Romania, TAB-71)[3] |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications (BTR-60PB) | |
| Mass | 10.3 t (11.4 short tons)[5] |
| Length | 7.56 metres (24 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[5] |
| Width | 2.825 m (9 ft 3 in)[5] |
| Height | 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)[5][a] |
| Crew | 2 crew + 14 passengers[5][b] |
| Armor | Welded steel[6] 5−9 mm at hull[5] 7 mm at turret[5] |
Main armament | 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)[7][c] |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (3,000 rounds)[7] |
| Engine | 2×GAZ-49B 6-cylinder water-cooled gasoline[5] 67 kW (90 hp) each[5] 134 kW (180 hp) (combined) |
| Power/weight | 13.03 kW/t (17.47 hp/t)[5] |
| Suspension | Torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers[5] |
| Ground clearance | 475 mm (18+11⁄16 in)[5] |
| Fuel capacity | 290 L (77 US gal)[5] |
Operational range | 500 km (300 mi)[5] |
| Maximum speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) on road 10 km/h (6 mph) in water[5] |
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 (Russian: бронетранспортёр, БТР, lit. 'armoured carrier').[8]
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- ^ a b Foss 1990, pp. 432, 434.
- ^ KAT-orygie-0/24-49-soderzanie. Web.archive.org (3 November 2006). Retrieved on 21 September 2011.
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