BTR-70 ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER

The BTR-70 is an 8 x 8 amphibious armoured personnel carrier with an all-steel welded hull, mounted upon which is a turret armed with a 14.5 mm and a 7.62 mm machine guns.  The vehicle has a two man crew consisting of a commander and a driver and it can accommodate nine passengers.

The driver and commander sit beside each other at the front of the vehicle.  The vehicle's turret is situated between the crew and the nine-man passenger accommodation.  The two engines together with their separate transmission units are mounted at the very rear of the vehicle.  Each of the 120 bhp ZMZ-4905 engines drives two of the vehicle's four axles.  The BTR-70 is fully amphibious being powered through water by a single jet at the back.

The vehicle has seen action in Afghanistan and has been used in various roles with both the Soviet and Russian armies.

SPECIFICATIONS

CREW2+9TRENCH2 m
CONFIGURATION8 x 8ENGINES2 x ZMZ-4905
COMBAT WEIGHT11,500 kg8-cylinder petrol
POWER-TO-WEIGHTdeveloping 120 hp each
   RATIO20.86 hp/tonneTRANSMISSIONSmanual with 4 forward
LENGTH7.535 mand 1 reverse gears
WIDTH2.8 mTRANSFER CASE2 speed
HEIGHTSTEERINGpower-assisted
to top of sight2.32 mTURNING RADIUS6.3 m
to top of turret2.235 mSUSPENSIONtorsion bar with hydraulic
GROUND CLEARANCE0.475 mshock absorbers
TRACK2.38 mELECTRICAL SYSTEM12 V
WHEELBASE4.4 mARMAMENT
MAX SPEEDmain1 x 14.5 mm MG
road80 km/hcoaxial1 x 7.62 mm MG
water10 km/hAMMUNITION
FUEL CAPACITY350 litres (estimated)main500
MAX RANGE600 km (with externalcoaxial2000
fuel tanks)GUN CONTROL
FORDINGamphibiousEQUIPMENT
GRADIENT60%Turret power controlmanual
SIDE SLOPE40%Gun Elevation/depression+30/-5
VERTICAL OBSTACLE0.5 mTurret traverse360
