BTR-80

BTR-80

BTR-80 in Russia

Russian BTR-80
Type Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin Soviet Union
Russia
Service history
In service 1986  present
Used by See Operators
Wars Soviet War in Afghanistan
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Georgian Civil War
Turkish-Kurdish conflict
Transnistria War
Tajikistan Civil War
First Chechen War
War of Dagestan
Second Chechen War
2008 South Ossetian War
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
War in Donbass
Production history
Manufacturer Arzamas Machinery Plant, Nizhniy Novgorod[1]
Produced 1984  present
Number built 5000+
Specifications
Weight 13.6 tonnes (15.0 tons)
Length 7.7 m (25.3 ft)
Width 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Height 2.41 m (7.9 ft)
Crew 3 (+7 passengers)

Main
armament
14.5 mm KPVT machine gun or
30mm 2A42 automatic cannon
Secondary
armament
7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Engine diesel KamAZ-7403
260 hp (190 kW)
Power/weight 19 hp/tonne
Suspension wheeled 8×8
Operational
range
600 km (372.8 mi)
Speed 80-90 km/h (49.7–55.9 m/h)
swim 10 km/h (6.2 m/h)

The BTR-80 (Russian: бронетранспортер, BTR stands for bronyetransportyer, literally meaning "armoured transporter") is an 8x8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. Adopted in 1986 and replaced the previous versions, BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet Army.[2] It was first deployed during Soviet war in Afghanistan .

Description

The Soviets based the BTR-80 on the BTR-70 APC. It has a single 260-hp, V-8 turbocharged, water-cooled, diesel engine, an improvement over the twin gasoline engines installed in the BTR-60 and BTR-70 vehicles. The reconfigured rear portion of the hull accommodates a new, single engine. The Soviets removed the roof chamfers of the modified BTR-70, raised the rear, and squared off the rearward-sloping engine compartment. Standard equipment include TNPO vision blocks, optical devices TNP-B and TKN-3 for the driver and commander, an OU-3GA2M infra-red search light, six 81 mm smoke grenade launchers 902V "Tucha", a radioset (R-173 or R-163-50U), an intercom and hydrojets.

Capabilities

BTR-80 interior

The Soviets modified the truncated cone turret used on the BTR-70 for the BTR-80 by redesigning the mantlet. This allows the 14.5mm KPVT and coaxial 7.62mm PKT machine guns to be elevated to a maximum of 60 degrees. This high angle of fire is useful in engaging targets on steep slopes, in urban fighting, and for engaging low slow flying air targets.[3] The Soviets have also modified the design and positioning of the firing ports; the ports are now round, rather than tear-shaped, and have ball mounts similar to those used on the BMP-1. The forward firing ports now sit in angled recesses which allow infantry to fire from the front of the vehicle.

A BTR-80 alongside a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor.

The redesigned side doors are split horizontally. The upper portion opens forward; this gives dismounting troops some protection against small arms fire from the front of the vehicle. The lower portion opens down, forming a step. Six smoke grenade projectors are mounted on the rear of the turret.

The BTR-80 can also climb a slope with up to 60% gradient and climb a vertical step of 0.5 m[4]

Remarks

In 1984, the Soviets began production of a diesel-engined variant of the BTR-70, which they called the BTR-80. The Soviets have retrofitted some BTR-70s with several of the improvements incorporated into the BTR-80, including the high-angle-of-fire turret. The twin doors are designed to allow the infantry to disembark while the vehicle is in motion, and allow the infantry inside to exit from one side if the other is receiving fire. The 30mm Cannon variants are capable of engaging most threats effectively besides MBT, where they can still cause significant damage to optics, weapons, and important systems. The main gun is not stabilized (neither in the BTR-80 nor the BTR-80A), so accurate fire on the move is limited (only at low speeds), and the rotation mechanism is manually operated. The gunner sits in a roof mounted chair located above the flat floor behind the driver/commander and two passengers, and before the passenger bench. The gunner's station is basic, but uncharacteristically uncramped for a Soviet armored vehicle. The gunner is equipped with both a day time optical sight and an infrared night sight.

Versions

Russian Federation

A Russian BTR-80 makes its way ashore from a Ropucha-class landing ship during a combined American-Russian disaster relief exercise in June 1994 near Vladivostok
BTR-82A
2S23 Nona-SVK

Colombia

Estonia

Hungary

Romania

Zimbru 2000 prototype.

Ukraine

Operators


There are over 5,000 BTR-80s in service in various armies around the world:

Romanian B-33 Zimbru during the National Day military parade (Bucharest, 1 December 2009).
A Ukrainian Marine Corps' BTR-80 takes part in Exercise Sea Breeze 2010.

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A Russian BTR-80 in water.

Museum exhibits

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