BTR-70

Armoured personnel carrier, Soviet Union. In service since 1972

How to recognise it

Eight-wheeled boat-shaped APC with a small conical turret; a big gap between the second and third axles with a small low exit hatch in it instead of a full side door.

Also known as

BTR70

Used by

Ukraine, Russia and others

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• BTR-60

Other apcs

• AMPV
• Boxer
• BTR-4
• BTR-80
• BTR-82A
• BvS10 Viking
• M113
• MT-LB
• Namer
• Pandur II
• Patria AMV
• Patria XA-180 / XA-185

All 19 apcs

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-70