BTR-50 | |
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Land | USSR |
Role | Amfibische getraceerde gepantserde |
Personeelsdrager | |
In gebruik | 1954 - eind jaren 70 (USSR) |
De BTR-50 (BTR staat voor Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер), letterlijk "gepantserde transporter") is een Sovjet amfibische gepantserde personeelsdrager (APC) gebaseerd op de PT-76 lichte tank. De BTR-50 wordt gevolgd, in tegenstelling tot de meeste in de BTR-serie, die op wielen worden gereden. De BTR-50 heeft veel overeenkomsten met twee andere APC's, de OT-62 TOPAS en de Type 77. Hoewel de OT-62 een verbeterde kopie is van de BTR-50 die gezamenlijk door Tsjechoslowakije en Polen is ontwikkeld, is de Type 77, gebaseerd op de amfibische lichttank type 63 ontwikkeld door de Volksrepubliek China (VRC), geen kopie van de BTR-50.
Bron: BTR-50 op Wikipedia
BTR-50PK Rond Te Lopen | |
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Fotograaf | Victor Krestinin |
Lokalisatie | Latrun Armor Museum |
Foto 's | 93 |
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The BTR-50 is a Soviet-designed amphibious armored personnel carrier that was based on the PT-76 light tank chassis. It was developed in the early 1950s and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1954. It had a flat, boat-shaped hull with a superstructure in the front that housed the driver and the commander. The BTR-50 could carry up to 20 infantrymen in the rear compartment, which was open-topped in the original version. The vehicle was powered by a V-6 diesel engine that gave it a maximum speed of 44 km/h on road and 11 km/h on water. The BTR-50 had no fixed armament, but could mount a 7.62 mm or a 14.5 mm machine gun on a pintle. The BTR-50 was used by many countries in various conflicts, such as the Six-Day War, the Vietnam War, and the Soviet-Afghan War. It was also produced under license by Czechoslovakia and Poland as the OT-62 TOPAS. The BTR-50 was later replaced by more modern APCs, such as the BTR-60 and the BMP-1.
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