BTR-7
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Armored personnel carrier
| BTR-7 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Armored personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Ukraine |
| Service history | |
| In service | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 2011 |
| Variants | See below |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 12.2 tonnes [1] |
| Length | 7.595 m[1] |
| Width | 2.8 m[1] |
| Height | 2.25 m (including turret)[1] |
| Crew | 3 crew (+7 troops)[1] |
| Armor | Classified |
Main armament | ×ばつ114mm">14.5 mm KPVT machine gun [1] |
Secondary armament | ×ばつ54mmR">7.62 mm PKT machine gun [1] |
| Engine | FPT Iveco Tector[1] 2 ×ばつ 150 hp[1] |
| Suspension | wheeled ×ばつ8[1] |
| Ground clearance | 0.49 m[1] |
| Maximum speed | 100 km/h[1] |
The BTR-70DI[1] is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet BTR-70 with BTR-80 hatch and new diesel engines.[2]
Description
[edit ]The vehicle is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier.[1]
It has 2 FPT Iveco Tector engines (from the Iveco EuroCargo truck) P4 (Euro III), 150 hp each.[1]
Can be optionally fitted with modular turrets "Ingul" or "Bug" or with the "Zaslon" active protection system.
Variants
[edit ]
- BTR-70DI (БТР-70Дi),[1] also known as BTR-7 "Defender" - armoured personnel carrier[2]
- BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (БТР-70Дi-02 "Свiтязь") - armoured command vehicle. The first vehicle was built in 2012[3]
- BMM-70 (БММ-70) - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built[4]
- BREM-7K (БРЕМ-7К), also known as BREM-2000 - armoured recovery vehicle equipped with specialized lifting and recovery equipment
Operators
[edit ]- Ukraine: As of 2 March 2025, Ukraine lost 33 BRT 7 (15 destroyed,3 damaged and abandoned,15 captured.[5]
- Russia: At least 15 were captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p BTR-70DI // "Ukrspetsexport" official website
- ^ a b О. В. Канiщев. Комплексна модернiзацiя бронетранспортера БТР-70 // Наукове забезпечення службово-бойового застосування сил охорони правопорядку та військових формувань держави: Збірник тез II науково-практичної конференції факультету No 1 (командно-штабного) Академії внутрішніх військ МВС України (м. Харків, 25 листопада 2013 р.). Харків, 2013. стор.44-45
- ^ Виктория Тонковид. Николаевский ремонтно-механический: здесь умеют работать Archived 2015年06月14日 at the Wayback Machine // газета "Вечерний Николаев" от 1 июня 2012
- ^ «БММ-70, так официально называется медицинский БТР — собственная разработка николаевских бронестроителей, начатая ещё в 2008 году... Завод за последние пару месяцев запустил свою разработку в серию — уже изготовлено шесть машин, строится седьмая и заказана восьмая»
Александр Вельможко. Тыл — фронту: в Николаеве делают санитарный БТР для одесской мехбригады (фоторепортаж) // «Думская. NET» от 28 августа 2014 - ^ Oryx. "Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine". Oryx. Retrieved 2025年03月02日.
- ^ "Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine". Oryx Blog. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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