BTR-70 vs Namer: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

BTR-70

Armoured personnel carrier

Credit

Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Namer

Heavy armoured personnel carrier

Credit

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-70larger figure on 0 of 2

None

Namerlarger figure on 2 of 2

Width+40%
Speed+847%

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 46 rows sourced on both sides

7.54m

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

7.535 m

Length

Single source

7.535 m^[source]

8.2 מטרים^[source]

2.8m

Configuration

Details

BTR-70 and Namer configuration
Specification	BTR-70	Namer
Type	Armoured personnel carrier^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Israel^[source]
In service	1972–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Israel Defense Forces^[source]

Wars	Soviet–Afghan War Angolan Civil War Afghan Civil War (1989–92) First Nagorno-Karabakh War First Chechen War War in Donbas 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan conflict Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]	Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War^[source]

Armor	9 mm (front) 7 mm (sides)^[source]	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Main armament	14.5 mm KPVT machine gun or 12.7 mm DShK^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]

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

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

Suspension	wheeled 8×8^[source]	Helical spring^[source]

Manufacturer	Arzamas Machine-Building Plant^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Designer	—	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Unit cost	—	$5 million^[source]

Produced	—	2008–present^[source]

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

Payload capacity	—	9 infantrymen^[source]

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