MT-LB

MT-LB
MT-LB
TypeAmphibious armored personnel carrier
Multi-purpose armored vehicle
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In serviceearly 1970s – present
Used bySee Operators
WarsSoviet-Afghan War
Iran-Iraq War
Gulf War
Transnistrian War
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Iraq War
Russo-Georgian War
Boko Haram insurgency
Syrian Civil War
War in Iraq (2013-2017)
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
Russo-Ukrainian War[1]
Production history
DesignerCentral Auto and Tractor Directorate
Designed1950s
ManufacturerKharkiv Tractor Plant
Specifications
Mass11.9 tonnes (13.1 short tons; 11.7 long tons)
Length6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Width2.86 m (9 ft 5 in)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Crew2 (+ 11 passengers)

Armor14 mm max.
Main
armament
12.7mm NSV/Kord heavy machine gun; or
30mm AGS17D/AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher, or
30mm 2A42/2A72 autocannon
Secondary
armament
PKT (2,500 rounds)
Engine

  • YaMZ 238: 240 hp at 2,100 rpm
  • SW 680: 240 hp at 2,200 rpm
Power/weight20 hp/tonne
SuspensionTorsion bar
Operational
range
500 km (310 mi) (road)
Maximum speed 61 km/h (38 mph) (road)
30 km/h (19 mph) (off-road)
5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water)

The MT-LB (Russian: Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный, romanizedMnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.[2]

  1. ^ Kadam, Tanmay (7 March 2023). "Desperate For 'War Machines', Russia & Ukraine Turn Their 70-Year-Old Armored Vehicles Into Fire Support Weapons". Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "MT-LB multipurpose tracked armoured vehicle technical data sheet specifications pictures video". Archived from the original on 3 November 2018.