BTR-50 – Fotos e Vídeo

O BTR-50 (BTR significa Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер), literalmente "transportador blindado") é um veículo blindado de transporte de pessoal anfíbio soviético (APC) baseado no tanque leve PT-76. O BTR-50 é rastreado, ao contrário da maioria da série BTR, que são com rodas. O BTR-50 compartilha muitas semelhanças com dois outros APCs, o OT-62 TOPAS e o Type 77. Enquanto o OT-62 é uma cópia melhorada do BTR-50 desenvolvido em conjunto pela Tchecoslováquia e Polônia, o Tipo 77, baseado no tanque leve anfíbio Tipo 63 desenvolvido pela República Popular da China (RPC), não é uma cópia do BTR-50.

Fonte: BTR-50 na Wikipédia

O 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.