BTR-40
| BTR-40 | |
|---|---|
Soviet BTR-40 |
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| General properties | |
| crew | 2 (commander, driver) + max. 9 infantrymen |
| length | 5 m |
| width | 1.9 m |
| height | 1.83 m |
| Dimensions | 5.3 tons |
| Armor and armament | |
| Armor | 6-8 mm |
| Main armament | 1 × 7.62 mm machine gun Gorjunow SG-43 |
| Secondary armament | no |
| agility | |
| drive | GAS-40 78 HP (58 kW) |
| suspension | 4 × 4, leaf springs |
| Top speed | 80 km / h |
| Power / weight | 14.7 hp / ton |
| Range | 285 km |
BTR-40 ( Russian БТР-40 ) was a Soviet armored transport vehicle from the 1950s. BTR stands for Russian Бронетранспортёр (German transcription : Bronjetransportjor , translated: armored transport vehicle). In the National People's Army of the GDR , the wheeled armored vehicle was used as the armored personnel carrier 40 , or SPW-40 for short . From 1957 it was replaced by the SPW-40 P1 BRDM-1 . This was replaced in 1966 by the SPW-40 P2 BRDM-2 .
history
After the end of the Second World War , the military leadership of the USSR developed the concept of mechanized infantry. In principle, new armored vehicles were required for this. In addition to the BTR-152 , the BTR-40 was used as a lighter vehicle. The BTR-40 proved to be unsatisfactory in terms of its driving characteristics in the field. The vehicle was very well suited as a reconnaissance vehicle. Other versions were, for example, command vehicles, ambulances and ammunition transporters. The BTR-40 was not very popular with field units, but in police operations on paved roads, it was able to better bring its advantages as a small, agile and fast vehicle to bear. In addition, the vehicle was delivered to all Warsaw Pact countries, as well as to many allied states of the USSR.
BTR-40 1956 in Budapest ( Hungarian popular uprising )
BTR-40 1961 in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate
Captured BTR-40 in Egypt (between 1962 and 1967)
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technology
The BTR-40 is based on the chassis of the GAS-63 truck , from which the engine, power transmission, chassis and parts of the electrical system were taken over. The vehicle does not have a tire pressure system and there is no NBC protection system . The single 7.62 mm machine gun was mounted on a sliding mount above the driver's compartment.
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literature
- Philip Trewhitt: tanks. Neuer Kaiserverlag, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-7043-3197-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jörg Siegert : tanks of the NVA, wheeled vehicles 1956–1990. 2nd edition, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03016-9 , page 21