MT-LB
Sign in to saveThe MT-LB () is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armoured fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.
Key facts
- Weapon.wars
- Soviet–Afghan WarIran–Iraq WarGulf WarTransnistrian WarFirst Nagorno-Karabakh WarWar in Abkhazia (1992–1993)First Chechen WarSecond Chechen WarIraq WarRusso-Georgian WarBoko Haram insurgencySyrian civil warWar in Iraq (2013–2017)Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Kharkov Tractor Plant
- Weapon.designer
- Central Auto and Tractor Directorate
- Weapon.design_date
- 1950s
- Weapon.suspension
- Torsion bar
- Weapon.speed
- (road) (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water)
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- (road)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 12.7mm NSV/Kord heavy machine gun; or30mm AGS17D/AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher, or30mm 2A42/2A72 autocannon
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- PKT (2,500 rounds)
- Weapon.armour
- 14 mm max.
- Weapon.crew
- 2 (+ 11 passengers)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 20 hp/tonne
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.name
- MT-LB
- Weapon.image
- File:RWS2017-37.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- MT-LB
- Weapon.type
- Amphibious armoured personnel carrierMulti-purpose armored vehicle
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Development
- Description
- Variants
- Former USSR
- Bulgaria
- East Germany
- Iraq
- Poland
- Russia
- Vehicle in service
- Prototypes
- Vehicle not in service
- Sweden
- Ukraine
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The MT-LB () is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armoured fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.
==Development== In the 1950s, the Soviet Central Auto and Tractor Directorate began a development program to replace the AT-P series of artillery tractors (which were based on the ASU-57 airborne self-propelled gun) with a new generation of vehicles. The MT-L was developed to meet this requirement based on the PT-76 amphibious light tank chassis. The MT-LB is the armoured variant of the MT-L. Entering production in the early 1970s, it was cheap to build, being based on many existing components, e.g. the engine, which was originally developed for trucks.