BTR-60PB

BTR-60PB: Armored Personnel Carrier

Statistics

HMG: 14.5mm KPV-T
Ammunition Stowage: 50 ready/450 stowed
Default Ammunition: 50/450 14.5mm B-32 AP

Coaxial MG: 7.62mm PK-T
Ammunition Stowage: 250 ready/1750 stowed
Default Ammunition: 250/1750 7.62mm RU

Grenade Launcher: N/A
Ammunition Stowage: 0 ready/0 stowed
Default Ammunition: 0/0 Smoke

Armour Protection:
Frontal Turret Armour: N/A
Frontal Hull Armour: Thin. Steel. Protected vs small arms and artillery splinters

Combat Mass: 10.3tonnes
Engine Power: 2×90hp GAZ-40P 6-cylinder gasoline
Height: 2.31m
Top Speed: 80 kph

General

Designed in the late 1950s by the Soviet Union as a replacement for the BTR-40 and BTR-152 wheeled APCs, the BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. A revolutionary APC design at the time, the BTR-60's engines are at the rear, placing the crew and infantry compartment forward. Initial production began in 1960 by Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) with the BTR-60P, and continued through succeeding models until 1976.

Motive power is supplied by two 90hp GAZ-40P V-6 gasoline truck engines each powering two torsion bar sprung axles offering mobility roughly on par with the T-55. As with other Soviet designs, the BTR-60 series is amphibious with minimal preparation. The vehicle's armour is light, sufficient against small arms fire and and artillery splinter, but equivalent to contemporary APCs. Basic armament consists of the powerful 14.5mm KPV-T heavy machine-gun and a coaxial 7.62mm PKT machine-gun mounted in a one man BPU-1 turret. Secondary armaments include three infantry firing ports on the upper half of each hull side.

The modeled version is the BTR-60PB produced from 1966 until 1976, featuring an fully enclosed troop compartment, re-positioned firing ports, additional vision blocks for the commander and driver, and improved sights for the machine guns.

The dismount section for the BTR-60PB is 8 men, carrying 3 RPG-7M anti-armour weapons, a PKM machine gun, and 7.62mm rifles.

Produced in large numbers the BTR-60PB served as the principal APC supporting motor-rifle regiments throughout the late 1960s and early to mid 1970s until it was supplanted by the BTR-70. With the exception of specialized C² and communication vehicles, the BTR-60 is no longer a front line APC in Russian service, but due to the large number produced (30,000+), the old vehicle is still assigned to training and border protection units, along with reserve units. Heavily exported to Russo/Soviet satellites and client states, the design continues to serve in the armed forces of nearly three-score nations, concentrated mainly in Africa and the Middle East.

Thermal Signature

Crew Positions

Please visit the BTR-80 page for detailed information on the BTR-60PB's crew positions since both vehicles are functionally identical.

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