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Captured Iraqi BTR-60 is reclaimed for a new exhibit

A captured Iraqi BTR-60 is dragged into place as the team battles seized wheels, rotten internals, and a leaking fuel line.
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Ukraine’s Ex-Bulgarian BTR-60 Personnel Carriers Wouldn’t Last Long On The Front Line

The 1960s-vintage BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carrier is an armored personnel carrier mostly in name only. Yes, it carries personnel. No, it’s not armored to any meaningful degree. Which is why ...
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British BTR 60 was nearly scrapped before restoration

A Soviet BTR 60 P12 that was nearly blown up is finally getting sandblasted and restored for display. The team is racing to ...
Forbes

The Russian Army Dragged Old Experimental BTR-90 Vehicles From A Test Site—And Sent Them To Ukraine

A BTR-90 in Ukraine. The Arzamas Machine Building Plant, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast just east of Moscow, built fewer than a dozen BTR-90 wheeled fighting vehicles starting in 1994. The eight-wheel, ...
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President Mahama petitioned to probe soviet-scrapyard armoured vehicles scandal

Although an improvement over its predecessor, the BTR-60, the BTR-70 retained several notable limitations, such as restricted troop access points and reliance on dual petrol engines. By 2023, the ...