BTR-80/82A and variants: News

George1 wrote:"Now only BTR-82AT are being made": the Ministry of Defense made a choice in favor of protection

https://en.topwar.ru/186490-sejchas-delajutsja-tolko-btr-82at-minoborony-sdelalo-vybor-v-polzu-zaschity.html

I believe the AT version has provision for Kornet, is this the same version that was displayed with konkurs?

This is the BTR-82AT, extra "rail" armor.


The one with the ATGM has a new turret called DBM.

Interesting the AT with the rail armour around the manned turret, and the DBM with no rail armour on the unmanned turret...

Infra red absorbing (shielding) material

BTR-80 equipped with the Nakidka (Eng: Cape) set of radio-absorbing material.

Both.

Modified BTR-80 taking part in exercises in Tajikistan

Hole wrote:

Modified BTR-80 taking part in exercises in Tajikistan

Nice, mostly experience from Russian troops based Syria

Don´t know if it belongs to russian troops or some central-asian army.

Looks like they are just strapping any old thing on.

That front piece looks like the side piece from a tank with the semi circle hand/foot holds for climbing onto the hull of a tank from the side...

I would say it was a "stan attempt at a BTR-82 upgrade of the BTR-80 to protect the sides and front from 50 cal HMG fire... sheet metal armour (that is armour and not just any old sheet metal of course) attached to the outside of cage armour should give enough space for HMG rounds to tumble and therefore lose penetration performance before reaching the inner actual armour of the vehicle so the bullets hit sideways and do not penetrate...

New turret?

PapaDragon wrote:
Which caliber is this?

30mm




Was first shown a few years ago.

I´m on record for years that the turret is missing an ATGM

BTR-82A with dual 23mm cannons. Seems to have some small radar. Not much info. Apart from it can use programmable 23mm airburst ammo that has recently been developed.