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BTR-80 vs BTR-82A: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

BTR-80, armoured personnel carrier from Soviet Union

BTR-80

Armoured personnel carrier, Soviet Union. In service since 1986

What gives it away

Eight wheels, boat-shaped hull, small conical machine-gun turret, side doors between the second and third axles.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and others

Photo: U.S. Army photo by Capt. Anthony Kapelka, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
BTR-82A, armoured personnel carrier from Russia

BTR-82A

Armoured personnel carrier, Russia. In service since 2013

What gives it away

Eight wheels, boat-shaped hull, side doors between the second and third axles, small turret with a long 30 mm cannon.

Used by

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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