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=

|used_by= Jordan, Iraq

|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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