In 2009, the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in Arzamas, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 250 miles east of Moscow, revealed a new variant of the BTR-82 armored personnel carrier. The BTR-82A—a 17-ton, ...
The second batch of Russian-made BTR-82A armored personnel carriers (APCs) were delivered to Belarus this week. They will enter service with a mechanized brigade stationed in the western Grodno Region ...
The thinly-protected, 1950s-vintage BTR-50 might not be the worst vehicle the Russian army has sent in a direct assault on Ukrainian positions, but it’s probably the oldest. And while it’s safer for ...