The BTR-82A Massacre: How Russian Regiments Lost 13 Of The Wheeled Vehicles In A Single Day
In 2009, the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in Arzamas, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 250 miles east of Moscow, revealed a new variant of the BTR-80 armored personnel carrier. The BTR-82A—a 17-ton, eight-wheel APC with a stabilized 7.62-millimeter machine gun and extra Kevlar armor—was meant for…
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