BTR-94

BTR-94
TypeArmoured personnel carrier
Place of originUkraine
Service history
Used byJordan, Iraq
WarsIraq War
Production history
Designed1994–1997
ManufacturerMalyshev Factory
Produced1999–2000
No. built50
Specifications
Mass13.6 tonnes
Length7.65 m
Width2.90 m
Height2.80 m
Crew3 +10 passengers
ArmorClassified
Main
armament
twin 23x152mm 2A7M cannon
Secondary
armament
7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Enginediesel engine
300 hp
Suspensionwheeled 8×8
Ground clearance475 mm
Fuel capacity300 litres
Operational
range
600 km
Maximum speed 85 km/h, 9 km/h swim

The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier (Bronetransporter), a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80.

Description

The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2[1] is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1. It is fitted with a twin 23x152mm gun 2A7M with 200 rounds, a coaxial KT-7.62 machine gun with 2,000 rounds, six 81 mm smoke grenade launchers and a combined 1PZ-7-23 optical sight.

Each 2A7M gun has a max. rate of fire of 850 rds/min. The same gun is mounted on the ZSU-23-4. The BAU-23x2 module can be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70 or Ratel IFV.

Operators

A map of BTR-94 operators in blue

Current operators

  •  Iraq - Iraq received 50 BTR-94s donated by Jordan in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.[2]

Former operators

  •  Jordan - Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94s in 1999,[3] the last vehicles were delivered in February 2000.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "KMDB - BAU-23x2 Weapon Station". Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ "Iraqi Army To Receive 250 Armored Vehicles". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2006-02-04.
  3. ^ "В 1999 г. харьковские танкостроители через госкомпанию «Укрспецэкспорт» подписали с Иорданией соглашение относительно продажи 50 новых бронетранспортеров БТР-94 на сумму около 6,5 млн. долл."
    Валентин Бадрак. Год 2000. Испытание на прочность // «Зеркало недели», № 25 от 24 июня 2000
  4. ^ Дорогу к изобилию скоротаем на танках // газета "Сегодня", № 212 (713) от 15 ноября 2000
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