Warfare in Scale Cold War Series Episode 1 - Russian BTR-70 1/35 Dragon Models
The
BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (
Russian: бронетранспортер,
BTR stands for
Bronetransportyor literally "armoured transporter"), originally developed during the late
1960s under the industrial designator GAZ-4905. On August 21,
1972, it was accepted into service and would later be exported to the
Warsaw Pact and other allies. Introduced as a successor to the earlier
BTR-60, it most closely resembles a
BTR-60PB. Other improvements include heavier armor plating and tires less prone to puncture. In other respects, the vehicle is very similar to the BTR-60PB, with a more powerful petrol engine configuration and armament of a primary heavy machine gun and secondary
PKT machine gun on a roof mounted turret.
The vehicle's designers moved the side troop doors. On the vehicl
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