BTR-7
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| origin = Ukraine
| type = Armored personnel carrier
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| service = Ukrainian Ground Forces
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| production_date = 2011
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| weight = 12.2 tonnes[http://catalog.use.kiev.ua/index.php?page=catalog&view=product&id=358&cat_id=35 BTR-70DI] // "Ukrspetsexport" official website
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| height = 2.25 m (including turret)
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| armour = Classified
| primary_armament = 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun
| secondary_armament = 7.62 mm PKT machine gun
| engine = FPT Iveco Tector
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The BTR-70DI is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet BTR-70 with BTR-80 hatch and new diesel engines.О. В. Канiщев. Комплексна модернiзацiя бронетранспортера БТР-70 // Наукове забезпечення службово-бойового застосування сил охорони правопорядку та військових формувань держави: Збірник тез II науково-практичної конференції факультету No 1 (командно-штабного) Академії внутрішніх військ МВС України (м. Харків, 25 листопада 2013 р.). Харків, 2013. стор.44-45
Description
The vehicle is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier.
It has 2 FPT Iveco Tector engines (from the Iveco EuroCargo truck) P4 (Euro III), 150 hp each.
Can be optionally fitted with modular turrets "Ingul" or "Bug" or with the "Zaslon" active protection system. People sometimes call it a Russian vehicle because it's based off of a Soviet vehicle Which is wrong.
Variants
File:State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 10th Mobile Detachment BTR-70DI-02 Svityaz.jpg
- BTR-70DI (БТР-70Дi), also known as BTR-7 "Defender" - armoured personnel carrier
- BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (БТР-70Дi-02 "Свiтязь") - armoured command vehicle. The first vehicle was built in 2012Виктория Тонковид. [http://www.vn.mk.ua/stories.php?id=16022 Николаевский ремонтно-механический: здесь умеют работать] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614041919/http://www.vn.mk.ua/stories.php?id=16022 |date=2015-06-14 }} // газета "Вечерний Николаев" от 1 июня 2012
- BMM-70 (БММ-70) - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built«БММ-70, так официально называется медицинский БТР — собственная разработка николаевских бронестроителей, начатая ещё в 2008 году… Завод за последние пару месяцев запустил свою разработку в серию — уже изготовлено шесть машин, строится седьмая и заказана восьмая»
Александр Вельможко. [http://dumskaya.net/news/tyl-frontu-v-nikolaeve-delayut-sanitarnyj-btr-dl-038583/ Тыл — фронту: в Николаеве делают санитарный БТР для одесской мехбригады (фоторепортаж)] // «Думская. NET» от 28 августа 2014 - BREM-7K (БРЕМ-7К), also known as BREM-2000 - armoured recovery vehicle equipped with specialized lifting and recovery equipment
Operators
- {{UKR}}: As of 2 March 2025, Ukraine lost 33 BRT 7 (15 destroyed,3 damaged and abandoned,1 captured.{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Oryx}}
- {{RUS}}: At least 1 was captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html |website=Oryx Blog |access-date=13 November 2022}}
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