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Armoured vehicles1950–1980s
Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier Reconnaissance vehicle
BTR-40 is a wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier Reconnaissance vehicle originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod unknown Chinese manufacturer.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier Reconnaissance vehicle
Soviet Union
1950–1980s
See Operators
V. A. Dedkov
1947–1950
Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod unknown Chinese manufacturer
US$ 30,000 (export price to Libya , 1970-1973)
1950–1960 (BTR-40ZhD produced until 1969)
8,500
See Variants
5.3 tonnes
5 m
1.9 m
2.2 m (1.83 m without armament)
2 + 8 passengers (BTR-40 and BTR-40V) 2 + 6 passengers (BTR-40B)
6-8 mm
7.62 SGMB medium machine gun (1,250 rounds (total)) (optional)
2×7.62 SGMB medium machine gun (1,250 rounds (total)) (optional)
6-cylinder GAZ-40 80 hp (60 kW) at 3,400 rpm
15.1 hp/tonne (11.3 kW/tonne)
4x4 wheel, leaf spring
400 mm
122 l
430 km (road) 385 km (cross country)
80 km/h
Burundi
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Laos
North Korea
Tanzania
Vietnam
Yemen
Laos
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
BTR-40 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BurundiArmy exact named equipment holdings: BTR-40. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GuineaArmy exact named equipment holdings: BTR-40. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Guinea-BissauReported count for BTR-40. Service scope: Guinea-Bissau Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 15. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
IndonesiaArmy holdings of the exact named BTR- 40 component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
LaosReported count for BTR-40. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 10. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2000), not the article revision. 2000 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
North Korea
TanzaniaReported count for Type 55. Service scope: Tanzanian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 10. Origin: Soviet Union China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Vietnam
YemenBurundi, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, North Korea, Tanzania, Vietnam, Yemen
Equipment reference ↗Army holdings of the exact named BTR-40 component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.