BTR-60 Armored Fighting Vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
Designer: |
V.A Dedkov
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Manufacturer: | Gorki Automotive Plant at Gorki | ||||||||||||||||||
Role: | Armored Personnel Carrier | ||||||||||||||||||
Year Adopted: |
1960
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Produced: | 1960-1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Operational Status: | Used By: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, East Germany, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Libya, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Romania, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and other former Soviet Republics | ||||||||||||||||||
Armament:* |
1 x 14.5mm KPV machine gun with 500 rounds**
1 x coaxial 12.7 DShK MG with 2000 rounds***
* 1 x PKT machine gun is also carried on some models
** 2000 rounds on BTR-60PA version *** not present on BTR-60PA versions | ||||||||||||||||||
Engine: | 2x GAZ-49B, 6 cylinder in-line, water-cooled petrol engines, producing 90 horsepower @ 3400 RPM each. | ||||||||||||||||||
Suspension: |
Wheeled 8x8
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Crew BTR-60PA: BTR-60PB: | 4+16 (Driver, Gunner, additional troops) 2+14 (Driver, Gunner, additional troops) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The most recent conflict between Chechen and the Russian government took place in the 1990s. As the Soviet Union disintegrated, the Chechen separatists declared independence in 1991. By late 1994 the First Chechen War broke out and after two years of fighting the Russian forces withdrew from the region. In 1999, the fighting restarted and concluded the next year with the Russian security forces establishing control over Chechnya.
Monday, August 27, 2018
BTR-60 Armored Personnel Carrier
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