Armored personnel carrier BTR-70

Kubinka tank museum Hall N 4 virtual tour

BTR-70 armored personnel carrier, serial

Designed in 1972. It was produced in series since 1972. It was in service with the Soviet Army and the armies of the Warsaw Treaty countries. Used in battles in the Republic of Afghanistan.

Kubinka tank museum, Armored personnel carrier BTR-70

Armored personnel carrier BTR-70, Kubinka tank museum

Armored personnel carrier BTR-70

The performance characteristics of the BTR-70

Weight – 12 tons
The number of crew (landing) – 3 (7) people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 7510 x 2790 x 2235 mm.
Armament: machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 14.5 mm., Ammunition – 500 rounds
coaxial machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 2000 rounds
Armor protection – 10 mm.
Engine power – 230 (115 x 2) horsepower
Maximum speed – 80 km / h
Cruising on the highway – 400 km.
Speed ​​of overcoming water barriers afloat – 10 km / h

Design features

Base – armored personnel carrier BTR-60PB.

General layout – the power plant is located at the rear; placing the landing facing the sides; on the sides of the hull there are hatches for landing; petrol tanks are located in isolated compartments.

Armament – similar to the armored personnel carrier BTR-60PB.

Protection – the hull and turret are welded, from rolled armor plates with a thickness of 6, 8, 10 mm; there is an automatic fire-fighting system and a filter-ventilation unit.

Chassis – two engines of eight-cylinder, carburetor, liquid cooling; two mechanical transmissions; individual wheel suspension, torsion bar; tire tires tubeless, ultra-low pressure; introduced a separate brake drive, providing independent braking of the first and third pairs of wheels from the second and fourth; two-stage jet propulsion.