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The BTR-70DI is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet 
* BTR-70DI (''БТР-70Дi''), also known as BTR-7 "Defender" - armoured personnel carrier
* BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (''БТР-70Дi-02 "Свiтязь"'') - armoured command vehicle. The first vehicle was built in 2012
* BMM-70 (''БММ-70'') - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built
* BREM-7K (''БРЕМ-7К''), also known as BREM-2000 -
BTR-70
The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (russian: бронетранспортер/ ''Bronetransporter'', or literally "Armoured Transporter") originally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing ...
with 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 ...
hatch and new diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-cal ...
s.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
Description
The vehicle is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier. It has 2 FPTIveco
IVECO, an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles. The name IVECO first appeared in 1975 after a merger ...
Tector engines (from the Iveco EuroCargo
The Iveco EuroCargo is a range of medium-duty trucks produced by the Italian manufacturer Iveco since 1991. The EuroCargo replaced the Zeta model produced in the 1970s.
First generation (1991-2002)
The first generation was designed by Giorgett ...
truck) P4 (Euro III
The European emission standards are vehicle emission standards for pollution from the use of new land surface vehicles sold in the European Union and EEA member states and the UK, and ships in EU waters. The standards are defined in a seri ...
), 150 hp each.
Can be optionally fitted with modular turrets "Ingul" or "Bug" or with the "Zaslon" active protection system.
Variants
* BTR-70DI (''БТР-70Дi''), also known as BTR-7 "Defender" - armoured personnel carrier
* BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (''БТР-70Дi-02 "Свiтязь"'') - armoured command vehicle. The first vehicle was built in 2012
* BMM-70 (''БММ-70'') - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built
* BREM-7K (''БРЕМ-7К''), also known as BREM-2000 - armoured recovery vehicle
An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (towing) or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured ...
equipped with specialized lifting and recovery equipment
Operators
* * : At least nine were captured by Russian forces during the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. A ...
.
References
Amphibious armoured personnel carriers Wheeled armoured personnel carriers Armoured personnel carriers of Ukraine BTR-70 Eight-wheeled vehicles Military vehicles introduced in the 2010s {{mil-vehicle-stub