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Armored personnel carrier

BTR-7

Type	Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Ukraine
Service history
In service	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Production history
Produced	2011
Variants	See below
Specifications
Mass	12.2 tonnes
Length	7.595 m
Width	2.8 m
Height	2.25 m (including turret)
Crew	3 crew (+7 troops)

Armor	Classified
Main armament	14.5 mm KPVT machine gun
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Engine	FPT Iveco Tector 2 × 150 hp
Suspension	wheeled 8×8
Ground clearance	0.49 m
Maximum speed	100 km/h

The BTR-70DI is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet BTR-70 with BTR-80 hatch and new diesel engines.

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.

Variants

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 2012
BMM-70 (БММ-70) - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built
BREM-7K (БРЕМ-7К), also known as BREM-2000 - armoured recovery vehicle equipped with specialized lifting and recovery equipment

Operators

Ukraine
Russia: At least 15 were captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

^ BTR-70DI // "Ukrspetsexport" official website
^ 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
Виктория Тонковид. Николаевский ремонтно-механический: здесь умеют работать Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine // газета "Вечерний Николаев" от 1 июня 2012
«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. Тыл — фронту: в Николаеве делают санитарный БТР для одесской мехбригады (фоторепортаж) // «Думская. NET» от 28 августа 2014
"Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine". Oryx Blog. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

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