The BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet Army. It was first deployed during the Soviet-Afghan 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/
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Classification
Service Status Weapon ClassAmphibious armoured personnel carrier 1 Introduced Year Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category) Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Business Atlas: GAZ, manufactured by there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: BTR-80
Intro paragraph
wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC)
Intro paragraph [introduced-year]
It was adopted in 1985
service-status
service = 1986-present
- Used In: Soviet-Afghan War, infobox wars field: 'Soviet?Afghan War'
- Used In: Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iraq War'
- Used In: First Chechen War, infobox wars field: 'First Chechen War'
- Used In: Second Chechen War, infobox wars field: 'Second Chechen War'
- Used In: Russo-Georgian War, infobox wars field: 'Russo-Georgian War'
- Used In: Sri Lankan Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Sri Lankan Civil War'
- Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, infobox wars field: 'Russo-Ukrainian war'
View the Source2. Wikidata: BTR-80
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