BTR60 Series vehicles:
Axles 4
Crew BTR60P and PK 3+14
BTR60PB 3+7
Armourment BTR60P 1x0.50 cal MG
2x0.30 cal MG
BTR60PK 1x0.30 cal MG
BTR60PB 1x0.57 cal MG
1x0.30 cal MG
BTR60P Open top -
BTR60PK Closed top -
BTR60PB Closed top and Turret
BTR60 series was delivered to selected Russian forces 1961.
On all 3 models steering by front 2 axles, movement in water by
hydrojets in rear. Engine rear mountes (behind crew compartment).
BTR60P has tyre pressure regulation equipment. Closed versions
have NBC filters and IR(generation 1) equipment for both driver
and gunner.
Replaced by BTR70 series about 1972 although many continued to
do service in WAPA countries (Czech, DDR etc) until the 80's. I
have been in the BTR70P, and used it to run courses on fighting
armoured vehicles for the Iron Wolf Battallion in Lithuania in 1993.
I know that the BTR60's are now not in service anywhere. The BTR
70's are still widely operational.
OT64:
Axles 4
Crew OT64A/B 2+14
OT64/C 3+7
Armourment OT64A 1x0.30 cal MG
OT64B 1x0.50 cal MG
OT64C 1x0.57 cal MG
1x0.30 cal MG
OT64A Czech version
OT64B Polish version
OT64C Czech/Polish version
Producet in Poland and Czechoslovakia from 1964.
Steering by 2 forward axles. Movement in water by 2 propellers
in rear. Ingress and exit either by double door in rear or
hatches in deck. All versions have tyre pressure regulation
equipment, IR for driver and NBC filters.
I have driven OT64 and although the basic design of the vehicle
is good, I was amazed by the amount of diesel fuel washing around
on the floor of the 2 man driver compartment. The engines are
normally in a terrible state of repair. There is no intercom to
the rear crew compartment (the engine is placed between the two
compartments) and the only contact between the two is a little
box on the engine bulkhead with a red, a yellow and a green lamp.
The rear doors are not operated hydraulically, so it is possible
in theory to open the rear door during swimming ... I'll leave
it to your own imagination as to what then happens...
I remember that the Budge Collection used to have one standing
in one of thier sheds. I heard a while back that the Budge
Collection had gone down the drain. Anyone got any info on this
claim? If so, what happened to the vehicles ?
...... Gerry