| BTR-60 | |
|---|---|
 BTR-60PB | |
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Type |
Wheeled amphibious Armored Personel Carrier |
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Pace of origin |
Soviet Union |
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Designer |
V.A. Dedkov |
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Designed |
1955 |
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Manufacturer |
Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (USSR) Ratmil Regie Autonoma (Romania, TAB-71) |
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Produced |
1960-1976 (USSR) |
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Number built |
~25,000 (USSR) +1,872 (Romania, TAB-71) |
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Armor |
Welded steel 7 mm at 86° hull upper front 9 mm at 47° hull lower front 7 mm hull sides 5 mm hull upper rear 7 mm hull lower rear 5 mm hull floor 7 mm hull roof 10 mm turret front 7 mm turret sides 7 mm turret sear 7 mm turret roof |
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Armament |
14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun (500 rounds), 7.62 mm PKT tank coaxial machine gun (3,000 rounds) |
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Speed |
80 km/h on road 10 km/h on water |
The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961. BTR stands for Bronetransportyor (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armoured transporter").