BTR (), from ''Bronetransportyor''/''Bronetransporter'' (russian: бронетранспортёр/ uk, бронетранспортер; literally "armoured transporter"), is any of a series of

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

or post-Soviet military

armoured personnel carrier An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world. Acc ...

Manufacturers

Soviet Union

BTR-40 The BTR-40 (БТР, from Бронетранспортёр, or '' Bronetransporter'', literally "armoured transporter† is a Soviet non-amphibious, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as the ''So ...

– Armored 4×4 truck (1950s) based on GAZ-63 four wheel drive truck. ** BTR-40P – Another name for the

BRDM-1 The BRDM-1 (''Bronirovannaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina'', Бронированная Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "armored reconnaissance/patrol vehicle") is a Soviet amphibious armored scout ca ...

. ** BTR-40PB – Another name for the

BRDM-2 The BRDM-2 (''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina'', Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car used by states that we ...

. *

BTR-50 The BTR-50 (BTR stands for ''Bronetransporter'' (БТР, Бронетранспортер), literally "armored transporter") is a Soviet amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC) based on the PT-76 light tank. The BTR-50 is tracked, unlike mos ...

– Tracked APC (1954) based on the

PT-76 The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like ...

amphibious

light tank A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks. It is smaller in size with thinner armor and a less powerful main gun, tailored for better tactical mobility and ease of ...

chassis. *

BTR-60 The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for ''Brone ...

– Eight-wheeled APC (1959). * BTR-70 – Eight-wheeled APC (1972). *

BTR-80 The BTR-80 (russian: бронетранспортёр, bronyetransportyor, literally "armoured transporter") is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous ...

– Eight-wheeled APC (1986). *

BTR-152 The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet Union, Soviet armored personnel carrier (БТР, from Бронетранспортер/''BTR (vehicle), Bronetransporter'', literally "armored transporter"), built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 uti ...

– Armoured 6×6 truck (1950s) based on the

ZIS-151 The ZIS-151 (russian: ЗИС-151) was a general-purpose truck produced by the Soviet car manufacturer Automotive Factory No. 2 ''Zavod imeni Stalina'' in 1948–1958. In 1956, the factory was renamed to ''Zavod imeni Likhacheva'', and new tru ...

, with later variants using the

ZIL-157 The ZIL-157 is a general-purpose -ton 6×6 truck, produced at the Lichachev plant in the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1977, when production was transferred to the Amur plant, since the Lichachev plant wanted to focus more on modern trucks, such as ...

truck. * BTR-D – ''Bronetransportyor, Desanta'' (russian: Бронетранспортёр Десанта, literally "armored transporter of the Airborne"), stretched six-wheel transport variantFederation of American Scientists – Military Analysis Network: BTR-D BMD M1979
/ref>Russian Military Analysis: BTR-D /RD/ ZD
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BMD-1 The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for ''Boyevaya Mashina Desanta'' (Боевая Машина Десанта, which literally ...

airborne IFV.Global Security: BMD-1
/ref>
/ref> * BTR-MD "Rakushka" – APC variant of the

BMD-3 The BMD-3 (''Boyevaya Mashina Desanta '', Russian "Боевая Машина Десанта", literally "Combat Vehicle of the Airborne") is a light infantry fighting vehicle originating in the Soviet Union that is fully amphibious and air-dropp ...

. Planned successor for the BTR-D.

Russia

* BTR-90 – Russian eight-wheeled APC (1990s). *

BTR-T The BTR-T (Russian: Бронетранспортёр-Тяжелый (''Bronetransporter-Tyazhelyy''), ‘Armoured Transporter–Heavy’) is a Russian heavy infantry combat vehicle, designed by the Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building ( ...

– Russian tracked infantry fighting vehicle based on the

T-55 The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945.Steven Zaloga, T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks ...

chassis (1990s).

Ukraine

BTR-3 The BTR-3 is an Eight-wheel drive armored personnel carrier developed in 2000–2001 by an international consortium. The companies involved in the project include the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau of Ukraine, the ADCOM MANUFACT ...

– Ukrainian BTR-80 variant eight-wheeled APC (2000). It is manufactured by

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. The BTR-3 is an all-new production vehicle, rather than an upgrade of the existing in-service vehicle, such as the

. *

BTR-4 The BTR-4 "Bucephalus" (, abbreviation of uk, Бронетранспортер, links=no, lit=armoured transporter, translit=Bronetransporter, label=none) is an amphibious 8x8 wheeled Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) designed in Ukraine by th ...

– Another Ukrainian eight-wheeled APC (2006) with rear doors designed in Ukraine by the

Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau ( ua, Харківське Конструкторське Бюро з Машинобудування ім. О.О. Морозова, or ХКБМ, KhKBM), often simply called Morozov Design Bureau or a ...

(SOE KMDB) as a private venture. The prototype was unveiled at the Aviasvit 2006 exhibition held in Ukraine in June 2006. *

BTR-7 The BTR-70DI is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet BTR-70 with BTR-80 hatch and new diesel engines.О. В. Канiщев. Комплексна модернiзацiя бронетранспортера БТР-70 // Наукове забезпечен ...

– an upgrade of the BTR-70. *

BTR-94 The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier ('' Bronetransporter''), a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80. Description The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2 is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1. It is fitted with a twin ...

– Ukrainian modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80.

Notes

{{PostWWIISovietAFVS Armoured personnel carriers of the Soviet Union Armoured personnel carriers of the Cold War Cold War armoured fighting vehicles of the Soviet Union GAZ Group military vehicles Reconnaissance vehicles Off-road vehicles