BTR-60

BTR-60
BTR-60
	A BTR-60PB
Type	Wheeled amphibious armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1959–present
Used by	See Operators
Wars	See List of conflicts
Production history
Designer	V. A. Dedkov
Designed	1955
Manufacturer	Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Soviet Union); Regia Autonomă Pentru Producția De Tehnică Militară (Romania, TAB-71)
Produced	1960–1976 (Soviet Union) ; 1970-1990 (Romania)
No. built	~25,000 (Soviet Union) ; 1,878 (Romania, TAB-71)
Variants	See Variants
Specifications (BTR-60PB)
Mass	10.3 t (11.4 short tons)
Length	7.56 metres (24 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Width	2.825 m (9 ft 3 in)
Height	2.31 m (7 ft 7 in)
Crew	2 crew + 14 passengers
Armor	Welded steel ; 5−9 mm at hull ; 7 mm at turret
Main; armament	14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds)
Secondary; armament	7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun (3,000 rounds)
Engine	2×GAZ-49B 6-cylinder water-cooled gasoline; 67 kW (90 hp) each 134 kW (180 hp) (combined)
Power/weight	13.03 kW/t (17.47 hp/t)
Suspension	Torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers
Ground clearance	475 mm (18+11⁄16 in)
Fuel capacity	290 L (77 US gal)
Operational; range	500 km (300 mi)
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph) on road; 10 km/h (6 mph) in water

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 bronetransportyor (Russian: бронетранспортёр, БТР, lit. 'armoured carrier').^[8]

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