MT-LB
| MT-LB | |
|---|---|
MT-LB | |
| Type | Amphibious armored personnel carrier Multi-purpose armored vehicle |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | early 1970s – present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | Soviet-Afghan War Iran-Iraq War Gulf War Transnistrian War First Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Boko Haram insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Central Auto and Tractor Directorate |
| Designed | 1950s |
| Manufacturer | Kharkiv Tractor Plant |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 11.9 tonnes (13.1 short tons; 11.7 long tons) |
| Length | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
| Width | 2.86 m (9 ft 5 in) |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Crew | 2 (+ 11 passengers) |
| Armor | 14 mm max. |
Main armament | 12.7mm NSV/Kord heavy machine gun; or 30mm AGS17D/AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher, or 30mm 2A42/2A72 autocannon |
Secondary armament | PKT (2,500 rounds) |
| Engine |
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| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
Operational range | 500 km (310 mi) (road) |
| Maximum speed | 61 km/h (38 mph) (road) 30 km/h (19 mph) (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water) |
The MT-LB (Russian: Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный, romanized: Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.