MT-LB

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MT-LB
MT-LB at Bolling Air Force Base (1986)

MT-LB at Bolling Air Force Base (1986)
General properties
crew 2 (commander, driver) + 11 infantrymen
length 6.45 m
width 2.85 m
height 1,878 m
Dimensions 11.9 tons
Armor and armament
Armor 3–10 mm steel
Main armament 1 x 7.62 mm PKT - MG
Secondary armament Smoke throwing system
agility
drive V-8 diesel engine JaMZ-238
179 kW (240 PS )
14.86 l displacement
suspension Torsion bar
Top speed 61 km / h (road),
30 km / h (terrain),
5 to 6 km / h (in water)
Power / weight 15 kW / t
Range 500 km

The MT-LB ( Russian МТ-ЛБ ; abbreviation for м ногоцелевой E button ягач л ёгкий б ронированный - M nogozelewoi T jagatsch L egko B ronirowanny, in German: light armored multi-purpose Kettenzugmittel) is an armored, amphibious troop transport, which in the Soviet Union was developed on the basis of the unarmored pulling tractor MT-L .

description

At the end of the 1960s, a replacement for the ASU-57- based artillery tractors of the AT-P series was sought. The MT-L, which is an unarmored version of the MT-LB, met the demands. Production began in the early 1970s. The production was comparatively inexpensive, because the MT-LB was based on the PT-76 and had many components in common with it. The JaMZ-238 engine was actually a truck engine that was used, for example, in the KrAZ-255 . In addition to the USSR, the MT-LB was also produced in Poland and Bulgaria.

The MT-LB was designed to take on a variety of tasks, for example as a tug for artillery and PaK , as a freight transporter and as an armored personnel carrier . The MT-LB is completely amphibious , is driven by its chains in the water and has space for eleven soldiers in the stern area. On snow-covered ground, the chains can be replaced with wider ones, which reduces the ground pressure .

The MT-LB is also used as the basis for the 9K35 Strela-10 and Sosna-R anti-aircraft tanks .

Versions

  • MT-LBW : 565 mm wide chains with a ground pressure of 0.28 kg / cm²
  • MT-LB : Artillery radio measuring station 10 "Leopard" (SNAR-10)
  • MT-LB : Artillery tugs
  • MT-LB : Lead vehicle of the battery officer with three radio stations, telescopic mast, six batteries for power supply and equipment for the lead group
  • MT-LB : ambulance vehicle
  • MT-LB : engineer tank with EAG
  • MT-LB : with 82mm automatic mortar 2B9
  • MT-LB : variant, called 2K32, with the modernized 82 mm mortar 2B14 Podnos
  • MT-LB : 9P149 variant with anti-tank missiles 9K114 Schturm
  • MT-LB : Version of a short-range anti-aircraft missile system 9K35 Strela-10
  • MT-LB : mounted in the troop compartment with a 120 mm Bulgarian mortar
  • MT-LB : with Polish WAT turret (14.5 mm machine gun and 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun)
  • WPT Mors : Polish light recovery vehicle
  • Pansarbandvagn 401 (PbV 401): ex- NVA -MT-LB used in the Swedish Army

Technical specifications

4-stroke diesel engine JaMZ-238

User states

Current users

  • ArmeniaArmenia Armenia - As of January 2018, an unknown number of MT-LB are in service.
  • AngolaAngola Angola - As of January 2018, there are 31 MT-LB in service.
  • AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan - As of January 2018, there are 336 MT-LB in service.
  • BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh - As of January 2018, there are 134 MT-LB in service.
  • BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria - As of January 2018, 100 MT-LB are in service.
  • Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo - As of January 2018, there are 6 MT-LB in service, which were delivered from Ukraine in 2000 .
  • FinlandFinland Finland - As of January 2018, there are 102 MT-LBV in service.
  • GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia - As of January 2018, there are 66 MT-LB in service.
  • IraqIraq Iraq - As of January 2018, there are approximately 400 MT-LB in service.
  • KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan - As of January 2018, 150 MT-LB are in service.
  • LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania - As of January 2018, there are 8 MT-LB in service.
  • Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova - As of January 2018, there are 60 MT-LB in service.
  • MyanmarMyanmar Myanmar - As of January 2018, there are 26 MT-LB in service.
  • NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - As of January 2018, there are 67 MT-LB in service.
  • North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia - As of January 2018, there are 10 MT-LB in service.
  • PolandPoland Poland - As of January 2018, 15 MT-LB are in service.
  • RussiaRussia Russia
    Army - As of January 2018, 3500 MT-LB are in service.
    Marine Infantry - As of January 2018, there are 300 MT-LB in service.
  • SerbiaSerbia Serbia - As of January 2018, there are 32 MT-LB in service.
  • UkraineUkraine Ukraine - As of January 2018, some MT-LB are in service.
  • UruguayUruguay Uruguay - As of January 2018, 3 MT-LB are in service.
  • BelarusBelarus Belarus - As of January 2018, there are 78 MT-LB in service.

Former user

  • EritreaEritrea Eritrea - By January 2018, 10 MT-LB were decommissioned.

  • Version of the MT-LB: 9K35 Strela-10

  • Anti-tank missile 9M114 Schturm on MT-LB basis 9P149

  • МТ-ЛБМ (Object 6 MB) with a 30 mm automatic cannon 2A72, turret like the BTR-80A

  • MT-LB with anti-tank gun MT-12 1977 on the occasion of the parade for the anniversary of the founding of the GDR in Berlin

literature

  • NVA regulation: A 051/1/118. Multi-purpose traction and transport means MT-LB, base vehicle MT-LBu and base vehicle 2S1 - use . 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS): The Military Balance 2018 . 1st edition. Routledge, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-85743-955-7 (English, January 2018).
  2. ↑ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms Transfers Database

Web links

Commons : MT-LB  - album with pictures, videos and audio files