The BTR-80 version is equipped with a new turret with a 7.62 mm machine gun, an Eleron-3SV unmanned aerial vehicle with a 5 km range, new optical and infrared bands observation device TKN-4S and a "Kredo-1" radar. In service since 2013.

Jun 12, 2001 · BTR-80 personnel carrier has a BPU-1 turret machine gun mount, which houses 14.5mm KPTV and 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine guns. "BTR-80 is capable of a speed of 80km/h on paved road and 9km/h when afloat." The 14mm gun has a full 360° traverse with an elevation of 60° for improved effectiveness in air defence. The range of this gun is 2km.

The BTR-80 is a lightly armored amphibious vehicle with a collective chemical-biological-radiological (CBR) protective system. Operated by a crew of three, the vehicle can carry a squad of...

Nov 17, 2024 · The BTR-80A 8x8 armored personnel carrier is designed and manufactured by the Arzamas machinery Construction Plant of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, is intended to carry personnel on the battlefield and provide close fire support. It can also carry out reconnaissance, combat support and patrol missions.

The range of modifications would end in the 1980s with a brand new model, denominated BTR-80 but first approved for service in 1986, which saw action in Afghanistan and is now the practical replacement of the older BTR-60 in the Russian Army today, with …

Nov 17, 2024 · The BTR-80 is a Russian-made 8x8 armored vehicle personnel carrier (APC) designed and manufactured by the Company Arzamas Machinery Construction Plant of Nizhny Novgorod. The vehicle is designed to carry infantry soldiers on …

Jan 10, 2017 · The BTR-80 8 x 8 armored personnel carrier is intended to carry personnel on the battlefield and provide close fire support. It can also carry out reconnaissance, combat support and...

Nov 18, 2014 · Unlike a typical armoured personnel carrier, the BTR-80 has a coaxial machine gun. The machine gun is fed with 250-round boxes. Eight boxes are carried inside the BTR for a total ammunition load of 2,000 rounds.

It has a turret with a 14.5mm KPVT heavy machine gun and coaxial 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun. The increased elevation allows it to target helicopters and low flying aircraft. The protection level of the BTR-80 is improved over the earlier BTR-70, especially regarding mines.

Six forward-firing electrically-operated smoke dischargers mounted on the rear of the turret. A turret-mounted machine gun that can now fire to an elevation of +60° instead of +30° as with the earlier model BTRs (developed for mountain fighting and ADA).