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AArmoured vehicles
Amphibious armored personnel carrier Variants : Infantry fighting vehicle Self-propelled artillery
BArmoured vehicles
At a glance
BTR-80larger figure on 2 of 3
Praga V3Slarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source7.7 m (25.3 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BTR-80 | Praga V3S |
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| Type | Amphibious armored personnel carrier Variants : Infantry fighting vehicle Self-propelled artillery[source] | — |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | — |
| In service | 1986–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | — |
| 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] |
6.91 m (272 in)[source]
Mass
Single source13.6 t (15.0 short tons; 13.4 long tons)[source]
+7 passengers
Single source3 (+7 passengers)[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]
Operational; Operational range
Single source600 km (372.8 mi)[source]
diesel KamAZ -7403
Single sourcediesel KamAZ -7403 260 hp (190 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Manufacturer | Arzamas Machine-Building Plant , Nizhniy Novgorod[source] | Praga[source] |
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| Produced | 1984–present[source] | — |
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| No. built | 5,000[source] | — |
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| Armor | 10 mm (hull) 7 mm (turret)[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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| Production | — | 1953–1964 (Praga) 1964–1988 (Avia) 1986–1990 (BAZ)[source] |
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| Layout | — | 6×6[source] |
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| Engine | — | 7.4L Tatra 912-1 I6 diesel[source] |
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| Transmission | — | 4-step[source] |
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| Curb weight | — | 5,470–8,650 kg (12,059–19,070 lb)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 5, row 11, cell 3; revision 1375987027; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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