Russia’s 1950s BTR-50s Are Lightly Armed, Thinly Protected—And Increasingly Precious As Newer Vehicles Run Out
Sure enough, the Russians have written off no fewer than 10 BTR-50s that the Oryx intelligence collective has tallied. The ...
Russian BTR-82 Had A Spectacular Misfire On The Battlefield In Ukraine
A dramatic video has appeared showing a Russian BTR-82 8×8 armored personnel carrier firing its main gun wildly, spitting ...
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The mysterious reappearance of armored vehicles on the Ukrainian front sparks questions
These vehicles are known as "Czekan," armored ... The firing position is located in a turret borrowed from the BTR-80 armored carriers. Further firepower comes from a PKT machine gun with a ...
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Russia digs deeper into military archives with BTR-50 deployment
Russian soldiers pose in front of armored personnel carriers. These are the nearly antique BTR-50s developed in the 1950s. We ...
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The Army’s Stryker vehicle: A brilliant infantry carrier or big blunder?
I love the Stryker. When I wake up I eat Stryker cereal. It’s my favorite armored vehicle that the US infantry uses because I was in a Stryker unit when I deployed to Iraq so I’ll be able to ...
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Mozambique operating MCAV-20 armoured vehicles
The Mozambican military has added another armoured vehicle to its inventory: the Emirati Calidus MCAV-20, which has also been adopted by several other African countries. MCAV-20s were publicly seen ...
For Russian Forces In Ukraine, It’s Now Normal To Ride Into Battle In Compact Cars
As reserves of armored vehicles run out amid catastrophic losses in Ukraine and western Russia, the Russian military is normalizing assaults in civilian cars. And not just any civilian cars, but Lada ...