BTR-50 vs Namer: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

BTR-50

Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier

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No machine-readable author provided. Bukvoed assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5 · Resized · CC BY 2.5 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Namer

Heavy armoured personnel carrier

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https://www.flickr.com/people/45644610@N03 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

BTR-50larger figure on 0 of 2

None

Namerlarger figure on 2 of 2

Width+25%
Range+25%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 53 rows sourced on both sides

7.08m

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

7.08 m

Length

Single source

7,080 mm^[source]

8.2 מטרים^[source]

3.14m

Configuration

Details

BTR-50 and Namer configuration
Specification	BTR-50	Namer
Type	Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Israel^[source]
In service	1954–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Israel Defense Forces^[source]

Wars	Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Six-Day War Vietnam War War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Indonesian Invasion of East Timor Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Somali Civil War Yugoslav Wars 2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]	Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War^[source]

Designed	1952^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Volgograd Tractor Plant^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Produced	1954–1970 (also produced in Czechoslovakia until 1972; maybe still produced by some foreign companies)^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	—

Armor	Homogeneous welded steel 13 mm front 10 mm sides 10 mm top 7 mm rear^[source]	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Main armament	None BTR-50P & BTR-50PK: 7.62 mm SGMB medium machine gun (1,250 rounds) BTR-50PA: 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine gun^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]

Power/weight	16.6 hp/t^[source]	20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)^[source]

Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Helical spring^[source]

Ground clearance	370 mm^[source]	—

Fuel capacity	400 l^[source]	—

Designer	—	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Unit cost	—	$5 million^[source]

No. built	—	Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027^[source]

Secondary armament	—	1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades^[source]

Payload capacity	—	9 infantrymen^[source]

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