OT-64 SKOT
| OT-64 SKOT | |
|---|---|
OT-64A SKOT-2A | |
| Type | Wheeled amphibious armored personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Czechoslovakia Polish People's Republic |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1963–present |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Western Sahara War Uganda–Tanzania War Iran-Iraq War Operation Blue Star Syrian Civil War Russian Invasion of Ukraine. |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1959 |
| Manufacturer | Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) (Polish People's Republic) |
| Unit cost | $53,000 (vehicle's unit price for Morocco in 1967) |
| Produced | 1963–early 1970s |
| No. built | 4,500 |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 14.5 t |
| Length | 7.44 m |
| Width | 2.55 m |
| Height | 2.71 m |
| Crew | 2 + 18 passengers 2 + 10 passengers (OT-64A and SKOT-2A) |
| Armor | 6-13 mm |
Main armament | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun and 14.5 mm KPV machine gun. |
| Engine | air-cooled Tatra T-928-14 V-8 diesel 177 hp |
| Power/weight | 12.4 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | 8x8 or 8x4 |
Operational range | 710 km |
| Maximum speed | 94 km/h (in water 9 km/h) |
The OT-64 SKOT (Czech acronym for: Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or Polish Średni Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter – medium wheeled armoured transporter) is an amphibious armored personnel carrier (8x8), developed jointly by Polish People's Republic (PRL) and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960s.
Until the early 1970s Czechoslovakia and the Polish People's Republic produced around 4,500 OT-64 SKOTs of all variants, just under a third of which were exported. In 2002, the modernization of the SKOT transporter began in Poland. The work resulted in the KTO Ryś prepared by Wojskowe Zakłady Mechaniczne No. 5 from Poznań.