BTR-152

Also known as BTR152, BTR-140, BTR140, Armored Transporter 152, Armored Transporter 140, ZIS-152, BTR-152A

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 ().

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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Wikidata facts

Operator: Albanian Joint Forces Command
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Followed by: BTR-60
Follows: BTR-40
Mass: 9.91
Manufacturer: Bryansk Automobile Plant
Image: BTR-152-latrun-3.jpg
Height: 2.04
Width: 2.32
Length: 6.55
Speed: 75

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Commons category: BTR-152
service entry: 1950-03-24
total produced: 15000
Commons gallery: BTR-152

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Article · Italiano

Il BTR-152 (in russo: БТР-152, Бронетранспортер? o Bronetransportyor, "trasportatore corazzato") è stato ed è ancora un semplice veicolo ricavato dallo chassis di un autocarro medio 6x6, con un guscio corazzato abbastanza spesso da proteggere contro il fuoco delle armi leggere, ma anche relativamente leggero da non impedire il movimento fuoristrada. Apparentemente esso è una sorta di semicingolato M3 con una struttura interamente ruotata invece che semicingolata (ruote per la direzione, cingoli per la trazione). Venne sostituito dal BTR-60.

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