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BTR-50

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The BTR-50 is a Soviet tracked amphibious armoured personnel carrier based on the PT-76 light tank chassis. It was developed in 1952 and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1954, with production continuing in the USSR until 1970 and in Czechoslovakia until 1972. It can transport up to twenty fully equipped infantrymen and can be armed with a 7.62 millimeter SGMB medium machine gun or a 14.5 millimeter KPV heavy machine gun, and it saw service in the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
7.62x54mmR 1
Caliber
14.5x114mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier 1
Introduced Year
1954 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
Connections

Operated By

Israeli Defense Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50

Used In

Angolan Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Iran-Iraq War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Ogaden War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Russo-Ukrainian War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Six-Day War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Soviet-Afghan War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Syrian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Vietnam War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Yom Kippur War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
Yugoslav Wars, Wars
Source Wikipedia: BTR-50
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: BTR-50
  • Infobox, type
    Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier
  • Infobox, service
    1954
  • service-status
    service = 1954-present
  • Used In: Six-Day War, infobox wars field: 'Six-Day War'
  • Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
  • Used In: Yom Kippur War, infobox wars field: 'Yom Kippur War'
  • Used In: Angolan Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Angolan Civil War'
  • Used In: Ogaden War, infobox wars field: 'Ogaden War'
  • Used In: Soviet-Afghan War, infobox wars field: 'Soviet?Afghan War'
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iran?Iraq War'
  • Used In: Yugoslav Wars, infobox wars field: 'Yugoslav Wars'
  • Used In: Syrian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Syrian civil war'
  • Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, infobox wars field: 'Russo-Ukrainian war'
  • Operated By: Israeli Defense Forces, Wikipedia article text
    During this conflict, BTR-50s, along with T-54s and T-55s, were used by the IDF during the fighting in and around the city of Suez.
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2. Wikidata: BTR-50
Wikidata Q682951, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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