BTR-94
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{{Infobox weapon
|name=BTR-94
| image= Iraqi BTR-94 APC.JPEG
| image_size = 300
|caption=
|origin= Ukraine
|type=Armoured personnel carrier
|is_vehicle=yes
|service=
|wars= Iraq War
|designer=
|design_date= 1994–1997
|manufacturer= Malyshev Factory
|unit_cost=
|production_date= 1999–2000
|number= 50
|variants=
|weight=13.6 tonnes
|length=7.65 m
|width=2.90 m
|height=2.80 m
|crew=3 +10 passengers
|armour=Classified
|primary_armament=twin 23x152mm 2A7M cannon
|secondary_armament=7.62 mm PKT machine gun
|engine=diesel engine
|engine_power=300 hp
|transmission=
|fuel_capacity= 300 litres
|pw_ratio=
|suspension=wheeled 8×8
|clearance= 475 mm
|vehicle_range=600 km
|speed=85 km/h, 9 km/h swim
}}
The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier (Bronetransporter), a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80.
Description
The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2{{Cite web |url=http://www.morozov.com.ua/eng/body/bau23.php?menu=def4.php |title=KMDB - BAU-23x2 Weapon Station |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211033057/http://www.morozov.com.ua/eng/body/bau23.php?menu=def4.php |archive-date=2007-12-11 |url-status=dead }} is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1. It is fitted with a twin 23x152mm gun 2A7M with 200 rounds, a coaxial KT-7.62 machine gun with 2,000 rounds, six 81 mm smoke grenade launchers and a combined 1PZ-7-23 optical sight.
Each 2A7M gun has a max. rate of fire of 850 rds/min. The same gun is mounted on the ZSU-23-4. The BAU-23x2 module can be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70 or Ratel IFV.
Operators
=Current operators=
- {{IRQ}} - Iraq received 50 BTR-94s donated by Jordan in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.{{Cite web |url=http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a080904f.html |title=Iraqi Army To Receive 250 Armored Vehicles. |access-date=2006-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302174813/http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/aug2004/a080904f.html |archive-date=2009-03-02 |url-status=dead }}
=Former operators=
- {{JOR}} - Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94s in 1999,"В 1999 г. харьковские танкостроители через госкомпанию «Укрспецэкспорт» подписали с Иорданией соглашение относительно продажи 50 новых бронетранспортеров БТР-94 на сумму около 6,5 млн. долл."
Валентин Бадрак. [https://archive.today/20130419091014/http://zn.ua/POLITICS/god_2000_ispytanie_na_prochnost-21016.html Год 2000. Испытание на прочность] // «Зеркало недели», № 25 от 24 июня 2000 the last vehicles were delivered in February 2000.Дорогу к изобилию скоротаем на танках // газета "Сегодня", № 212 (713) от 15 ноября 2000
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030903060255/http://www.ukrspetsexport.com/arm_btr94.html BTR-94] at Ukrspetsexport
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211033057/http://www.morozov.com.ua/eng/body/bau23.php?menu=def4.php Morozov's site about BAU-23]
- [http://btvt.narod.ru/4/Ukraine/ukraina_1991_2006.htm Development of Ukrainian armour]
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Category:Armoured personnel carriers of the post–Cold War period