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| command vehicles | |
| armoured personnel carriers of the soviet union | |
| cold war armoured personnel carriers | |
| cold war soviet armoured fighting vehicles | |
| amphibious vehicles | |
The BTR-50 was a Soviet amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier based on the PT-76 tank chassis. The BTR-50 was tracked, unlike all other members of the BTR series, which were wheeled. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION The BTR-50 was a Soviet amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier . The vehicle, based on the PT-76 amphibious tank chassis, was developed in 1952 and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1954 . BTR stands for ''Bronetransporter'' (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armoured transporter") † . Like the PT-76, the BTR-50 has flat, boat-shaped hull, and ready to swim after merely erecting the trim vane on the bow. In water it is propelled by two Hydrojet s, one in each side of the hull, with the exits at the rear of the hull. The rear exits have lids that can be fully or partially closed, redirecting the water stream to the forward-directed exits at the sides of the hull, thus enabling the vehicle to turn or float reverse. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY APCs of the BTR-50 series served in motorized rifle regiments of tank divisions in the Soviet and East German armies. Command vehicle variants were employed by many Warsaw Pact armies. Finnish Defence Forces still employ the BTR-50 as a communication vehicle used within the latest digital field communication network. The BTR-50 and its Czech/Polish clone OT-62/'''TOPAS''' were used by Egypt and Syria in the Six-Day War ( 1967 ). Some vehicles were captured and commissioned by the Israel Defense Forces , so in the Yom Kippur War ( 1973 ) the BTR-50 was employed by both sides. Some of the Israeli BTR-50s were later transferred to the South Lebanon Army . vehicle used by the South Lebanon Army.]] VARIANTS
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