BTR-60, BTR-70 Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs)

BTR-60, BTR-70 Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs) The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for theBTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally “armoured transporter“). The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (Russian: бронетранспортер/Bronetransporter, or literally “Armoured Tr