MT-LB

MT-LB
MT-LB
Type	Amphibious armored personnel carrier Multi-purpose armored vehicle
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	early 1970s – present
Used by	See Operators
Wars	Soviet-Afghan War Iran-Iraq War Gulf War Transnistrian War First Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Boko Haram insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[1]
Production history
Designer	Central Auto and Tractor Directorate
Designed	1950s
Manufacturer	Kharkiv Tractor Plant
Specifications
Mass	11.9 tonnes (13.1 short tons; 11.7 long tons)
Length	6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Width	2.86 m (9 ft 5 in)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Crew	2 (+ 11 passengers)
Armor	14 mm max.
Main armament	12.7mm NSV/Kord heavy machine gun; or 30mm AGS17D/AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher, or 30mm 2A42/2A72 autocannon
Secondary armament	PKT (2,500 rounds)
Engine	YaMZ 238, V-8 diesel SW 680, I6 diesel (in Poland) YaMZ 238: 240 hp at 2,100 rpm SW 680: 240 hp at 2,200 rpm
Power/weight	20 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar
Operational range	500 km (310 mi) (road)
Maximum speed	61 km/h (38 mph) (road) 30 km/h (19 mph) (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water)

The MT-LB (Russian: Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный, romanized: Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.^[2]