BTR-152
Sign in to saveThe BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armoured personnel carrier (APC) built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Soviet motor rifle battalions until the advent of the amphibious BTR-60 series during the 1960s. BTR stands for bronetransportyor ().
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- BTR-152
- Weapon.image
- File:Schützenpanzerwagen SPW 152 W1.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Former East German BTR-152 (SPW-152) at a public exhibit.
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Armoured personnel carrier
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 24 March 1950 – present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- See Service History
- Weapon.designer
- B. M. Fitterman
- Weapon.design_date
- November 1946 – 1949
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Stalina (until 1956) Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Likhacheva (from 1956 to 1962)
- Weapon.unit_cost
- (export price to Iraq, 1964-1969)
- Weapon.production_date
- 1950–1959
- Weapon.number
- 8,600
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.crew
- 2 (+18 passengers)
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Development
- Service
- Description
- Variants
- Soviet Union
- People's Republic of China
- Egypt
- East Germany
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Poland
- Vietnam
- Operators
- Current
- Former
- Former non-state operators
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armoured personnel carrier (APC) built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Soviet motor rifle battalions until the advent of the amphibious BTR-60 series during the 1960s. BTR stands for bronetransportyor ().
BTR-152s were available in several marks, and were manufactured in large numbers for the Soviet military and export. Late production models utilized automotive components from the more reliable ZIL-157 truck. Three primary variants of the BTR-152 appeared between 1950 and 1959: the base armoured personnel carrier with a single pintle-mounted 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun, an unarmed command vehicle with a higher roofline, and an anti-aircraft variant armed with a ZPU-2 mount. BTR-152s could carry a single infantry squad each, or specialist weapons teams along with their mortars and anti-tank equipment. In Soviet service, a number were also deployed as artillery tractors.