BTR-D
| BTR-D | |
|---|---|
BTR-D with parachute landing equipment | |
| Type | Airborne Amphibious Multi-Purpose Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union/Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1974–present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Volgograd Tractor Factory |
| Designed | Early 1970–1974 |
| Manufacturer | Volgograd Tractor Factory |
| Produced | 1974 – ? (out of production) |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications (BTR-D) | |
| Mass | 8 tonnes 8.5 tonnes (combat weight) |
| Length | 6.74 m (22.1 ft) |
| Width | 2.94 m |
| Height | 1.67 m |
| Crew | 3 (commander, driver and bow machine gunner) (+ 10 troops) |
| Armor | 15 mm at 78° upper hull front |
Main armament | Pintle-mounted automatic grenade launchers (AGS-17, AGS-30 or AGS-57) and/or machine guns (PKM, 6P41, "Utyos" or "Kord"). |
Secondary armament | 2×7.62 mm PKB bow general purpose machine guns (2,000 rounds) |
| Engine | 5D-20 6-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped liquid cooled 15.9-litre diesel 245 hp (180 kW) at 2,600 rpm |
| Power/weight | 30.1 hp/tonne (22.5 kW/tonne) 28.4 hp/tonne (21.3 kW/tonne) (loaded with equipment) |
| Suspension | torsion-bar |
| Ground clearance | Adjustable 100 mm to 450 mm |
| Fuel capacity | 300 l |
Operational range | 500 km (road) 116 km (water) |
| Maximum speed | 61 km/h (road) 35 km/h (cross country) 10 km/h (swimming) |
The BTR-D is a Soviet airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier. It was introduced in 1974 and first seen by the West in 1979 during the Soviet–Afghan War. BTR-D stands for Bronetransportyor Desanta (БТР-Д, Бронетранспортер Десанта, literally "Armored personnel carrier of the Airborne Forces"). It is based on the BMD-1 airborne IFV. NATO gave it the designation BMD M1979.