BTR-94
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| BTR-94 | |
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 A BTR-94 being transported to Iraq as a donation from the Jordanian government, 2004 | |
| Type | Armoured personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Ukraine |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Jordan, Iraq, Ukraine |
| Wars | Iraq War |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 13.6 tonnes |
| Length | 7.65 m |
| Width | 2.90 m |
| Height | 2.80 m |
| Crew | 3 +10 passengers |
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| Armor | Classified |
Main armament | twin 23x152mm 2A7M cannon |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun |
| Engine |
diesel engine 300 hp |
| Suspension | wheeled 8×8 |
| Ground clearance | 475 mm |
| Fuel capacity | 300 litres |
Operational range | 600 km |
| Speed | 85 km/h, 9 km/h swim |
The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier (Bronetransporter), a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80. The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2[1] is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1 and is fitted with a twin 23x152mm gun 2A7M with 200 rounds, a coaxial KT-7.62 machinegun with 2,000 rounds, six 81 mm smoke grenade launchers and a combined optical sight 1PZ-7-23. Each 2A7M gun has a max. rate of fire of 850 rds/min. The same gun is mounted on the ZSU-23-4. The BAU-23x2 module can also be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70 or Ratel IFV.
Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94's in 1997, the first vehicles were delivered in 2000. Iraq has 50 BTR-94's donated by Jordan in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.[2]
See also
References
External links
- BTR-94 at Ukrspetsexport
- BTR-94 at GlobalSecurity.org
- Morozov's site about BAU-23
- Development of Ukrainian armour
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