{
  "id": "btr-80a",
  "name": "BTR-80A",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1993,
  "operators": [
    "AZE",
    "BGD",
    "COL",
    "HUN",
    "IDN",
    "IRQ",
    "KAZ",
    "LKA",
    "PRK",
    "RUS",
    "SDN",
    "TKM"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 13,
  "summary": "The BTR-80 has evolved into the BTR-80A. In 1993, the Tula design bureau finished the development of a new turret similar to that on the German Marder APC, mounting a 30-mm 2A42 (BMP-2) automatic gun, coax 7.62-mm MG and TNP-3 day/night sights. This vehicle is in prototype and offered for export.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Configuration",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "8x8",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, Nizhniy Novgorod",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 7.65,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.95,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 2.8,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 14.55,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "YaMZ-238M2",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 240,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Suspension",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "torsion bar with hydraulic shock-absorbers",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 90,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_swim_kmh",
      "v": 10,
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Amphibious",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Sight Vehicle Commander",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Sight Gunner",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Main Gun Stabilization",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Front armor of the BTR-80A APC protects against 12.7 mm rounds. All-round protection is against 7.62 mm rounds and artillery shell splinters.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Turret Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Protection against 12.7mm and shrapnel",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Applique Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Available",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes, Collective",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "6 x 81mm smoke grenade dischargers are fitted to the turret.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "1 x PKT (Kalashnikov's Machine Gun) 7.62mm General-Purpose Machine Gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "195 AP rounds",
      "role": "30 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Muzzle velocity": "1,120 m/s",
        "Armor penetration": "can defeat 28 mm of RHA set at a 60° angle from a range of 1,000 m"
      },
      "qty": "300 ea"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 (GAZ-5903)",
      "text": "Original w/ 3 firing ports on each side & smoke grenade launchers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80A (GAZ-59034",
      "text": "Stabilized turret w/ 2A72 gun, 7.62-mm coax MG, & new right side firing port.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80AK",
      "text": "BTR-80A CP variant with 1 firing port on right side and 2 whip antennas at rear corners.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80K (GAZ-59031)",
      "text": "Command Post for 6; different turret w/ MGs & 3 radios (R-173, R-173P & R-159).",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 Kushetka-B (M1989/1)",
      "text": "Command vehicle with additional communications gear & gun removed.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 PBKM (KM-80)",
      "text": "Command vehicle with increased radio communications equipment.",
      "src": [
        "weg-btr-80a"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "apc8",
  "image": {
    "file": "btr-80a.jpg",
    "thumb": "btr-80a-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Cancillería del Ecuador",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BTR-80A_VEN.jpg",
    "title": "File:BTR-80A VEN.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 2.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/btr-80a.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-btr-80a": {
      "title": "BTR-80A 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-80A_Russian_8x8_Amphibious_Armored_Personnel_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}