BTR-3RK UKRAINIAN ANTI-TANK VEHICLE - 2015

Description

The BTR-3 is an 8×8-wheeled armored personnel carrier was designed by Adcom Manufacturing from UAE in 2000/2001 and manufactured by KMDB in Ukraine. The most significant of exports was to the Myanmar Army which acquired 1,000 BTR-3Us, to be assembled in Myanmar. The BTR-3U is not an upgrade of the BTR-80 and is a new vehicle similar to the Soviet design. The BTR-3E1 is a latest version of the BTR-3U. The vehicle is equipped with new generation communications equipment, and two workstations. The APC can be used to carry troops, arms and other supplies to support the armed forces in the battlefield. It can be used as a reconnaissance, combat support and patrol vehicle too. Different variants of the BTR-3 are in service with the armed forces of Azerbaijan, Chad, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nigeria and Thailand. (Scale : 1/72e)