{
  "id": "btr-60",
  "name": "BTR-60",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1960,
  "operators": [
    "AGO",
    "BGR",
    "BIH",
    "BWA",
    "COG",
    "CUB",
    "DJI",
    "DZA",
    "EGY",
    "ERI",
    "EST",
    "ETH",
    "GNB",
    "IRN",
    "KHM",
    "LAO",
    "LBY",
    "MEX",
    "MLI",
    "MNG",
    "MOZ",
    "NAM",
    "NIC",
    "PER",
    "PRK",
    "ROU",
    "RUS",
    "SOM",
    "SRB",
    "SYR",
    "TCD",
    "TJK",
    "TKM",
    "TUR",
    "UGA",
    "UKR",
    "UZB",
    "VNM",
    "YEM",
    "ZMB"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 42,
  "summary": "The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Soviet Union) Ratmil Regie Autonoma (Romania, TAB-71)",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Configuration",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "8x8",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 7.56,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.825,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 10.3,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 × GAZ-49B",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 90,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Suspension",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "torsion bar with hydraulic shock-absorbers",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 80,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 500,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Vehicle Commander",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "TKN-1",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Gunner",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "PP-61A optical sight",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor Material",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "The armor of the BTR-60 is understood to have been improved over the standard BTR-60 and consists of welded steel. The maximum thickness of the steel is thought to be around 10 mm at the front of the hull, whereas the sides are thinner and ",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor Hull",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "7 mm at 86° hull upper front; 9 mm at 47° hull lower front; 7 mm hull sides; 5 mm hull upper rear; 7 mm hull lower rear; 5 mm hull floor; 7 mm hull roof",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor (turret front)",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "10 mm turret front; 7 mm turret sides; 7 mm turret sear; 7 mm turret roof",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Collective (closed vehicles)",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "1 × Coaxial Mounted 7.62mm PKT machine gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "BTR-60P",
      "text": "Initial model with open top, pintle-mounted 7.62-mm machine gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-60PA/BTR-60PK (12 passengers only)",
      "text": "Covered top, NBC protection, pintle-mounted 7.62-mm MG, still exit over top",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-60PB (space for 8 soldiers for dismo",
      "text": "Most common variant with BRDM-2 MG turret with a 14.5-mm MG & coaxial 7.62-mm; troops exit over top",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Modernized BTR-60PB",
      "text": "BM2 Turret with 30-mm 2A42 Cannon & 7.62-mm PKTM MG; 30-mm AGS-17 AGL on left side",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-60U",
      "text": "Command vehicle with additional radios",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-60 PU-12/12M",
      "text": "Anti-Aircraft units’ command vehicle",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-60"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "apc8",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/btr-60.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-btr-60": {
      "title": "BTR-60 Russian 8x8 Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/BTR-60_Russian_8x8_Amphibious_Armored_Personnel_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}