{
  "id": "r-149ma3",
  "name": "R-149MA3",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "8x8 amphibious command and signal armored personnel carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1990,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "R-149MA3 unified command vehicle based on BTR-80 APC. Unified command vehicle R-149MA3 is designated for providing command management and communications for the units and servicemen of company-platoon-squad levels. See Communication Equipment.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 7.7,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.9,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 2.41,
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 13.6,
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "KamAZ-7403",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 80,
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_swim_kmh",
      "v": 10,
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Amphibious m",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Front armor of the BTR-80 APC protects against 12.7 mm rounds. All-round protection is against 7.62 mm rounds and artillery shell splinters.",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Turret Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Protection against 12.7mm and shrapnel",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Applique Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Available",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes, Collective",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "6 x 81-mm smoke grenade launchers",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "7.62mm PKT (Kalashnikov's Machine Gun)",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 (GAZ-5903)",
      "text": "Original w/ 3 firing ports on each side & smoke grenade launchers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80A (GAZ-59034",
      "text": "Stabilized turret w/ 2A72 gun, 7.62-mm coax MG, & new right side firing port.",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80AK",
      "text": "BTR-80A CP variant with 1 firing port on right side and 2 whip antennas at rear corners",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80K (GAZ-59031)",
      "text": "Command Post for 6; different turret w/ MGs & 3 radios (R-173, R-173P & R-159)",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 Kushetka-B (M1989/1)",
      "text": "Command vehicle with additional communications gear & gun removed",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BTR-80 PBKM (KM-80)",
      "text": "Command vehicle with increased radio communications equipment",
      "src": [
        "weg-r-149ma3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "apc8",
  "image": {
    "file": "r-149ma3.jpg",
    "thumb": "r-149ma3-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Vitaly V. Kuzmin",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:April_29th_rehearsal_of_2014_Victory_Day_Parade_in_Moscow_(561-03).jpg",
    "title": "File:April 29th rehearsal of 2014 Victory Day Parade in Moscow (561-03).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 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/r-149ma3.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-r-149ma3": {
      "title": "R-149MA3 Russian 8x8 Amphibious Command and Signal Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/R-149MA3_Russian_8x8_Amphibious_Command_and_Signal_Armored_Personnel_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}