BA-64

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BA-64
BA-64 armored car

BA-64 armored car
General properties
crew 2
length 3.66 m
width 1.53
height 1.9 m
Dimensions 2.4 tons
Armor and armament
Armor 4-12 mm
Main armament a 7.62mm MG DT in the turret (typical)
agility
drive GAZ-MM 4-cylinder in-line, water cooling, 3,300 cm³
54 PS (39.7 kW)
Top speed 80 km / h (road)
Power / weight 22.5 hp / ton
Range 600 km

The BA-64 armored car ( Russian БА-64 ) was a light reconnaissance vehicle that entered service with the Red Army reconnaissance units in 1942 . In the early years of the GDR was BA-64 and from the People's Police and the NVA used, some of these vehicles were in the Korean War used to the North Koreans.

history

This light vehicle was used in the Red Army from 1942 for reconnaissance and communication purposes. It is based on the chassis of the light off-road vehicle GAZ-64 , the structure of the armor was strongly influenced by the light reconnaissance tank of the Wehrmacht . There were versions with and without radios, as well as a version with a 12.7 mm DSchK machine gun. Sometimes anti-tank rifles or captured 2 cm automatic cannons were installed in the field . A variant that could run on rails ( BA-64ZhD ) was also created to control railways . A total of 3901 BA-64 and 5209 of the improved BA-64B were manufactured from 1942 to 1946.

Individual captured vehicles were used under the designation BA-64 (r) by the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS and Ordnungspolizei . In order to prevent them from being attacked by their own or allied troops, they were marked with oversized crosses .

The BA-64B version of the vehicles was also used in the barracked People's Police .

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