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AArmoured vehicles
Amphibious armored personnel carrier Variants : Infantry fighting vehicle Self-propelled artillery
At a glance
BTR-80larger figure on 0 of 1
JCB HMEElarger figure on 1 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source7.7 m (25.3 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BTR-80 | JCB HMEE |
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| Type | Amphibious armored personnel carrier Variants : Infantry fighting vehicle Self-propelled artillery[source] | Backhoe loader[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom United States[source] |
| In service | 1986–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Israel , New Zealand , Spain , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
6x6
Single source9.45 to 10.10 m (372 to 398 in) 6x6: 6.9 m (270 in)[source]
Maximum; (49.7–55.9 m/h) swim
Single sourceMaximum; 6.2 m/h
Single source80–90 km/h (49.7–55.9 m/h) swim 10 km/h (6.2 m/h)[source]
Maximum; A-kit
Single sourceMaximum; C-kit
Single sourceA-kit: 96 km/h (60 mph) C-kit: 65 km/h (40 mph)
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–2025) Transnistria War Tajikistan Civil War War in Afghanistan Iraq War First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Insurgency in the North Caucasus Iraqi insurgency (2011–13) Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Sri Lankan Civil War War in Donbas 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Russo-Ukrainian war United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon[source] | War in Afghanistan Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Arzamas Machine-Building Plant , Nizhniy Novgorod[source] | JCB[source] |
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| Produced | 1984–present[source] | 2007–present[source] |
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| No. built | 5,000[source] | >900 (as of 2020)[source] |
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| Armor | 10 mm (hull) 7 mm (turret)[source] | A-kit: standard unprotected B-kit: applique and transparent armour C-kit (Theatre Entry Standard): blast mitigation belly plate, internal spall liner, slat armour, capacity for electronic counter-measures and situational awareness.[source] |
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| Main armament | 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun or 30 mm 2A72[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 19 hp/tonne[source] | — |
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| Suspension | wheeled 8×8[source] | — |
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| Transmission | — | ZF Ergopower transmission (6 gears forward, 2 backwards)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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