First Batch of Modernized Amphibious BTR-4 is Prepared to Transfer to the Ukrainian Marines

09 Maret 2021

Marine BTR-4E for the Ukrainian Navy (photo : Defence Blog)

The first batch of modernized armored personnel carriers BTR-4 is being prepared for transfer to the Marines of the Ukrainian Navy, which should receive 60 armored personnel carriers with improved buoyancy.

Amphibious BTR4 (photos : UkrMilitary)

Armored personnel carriers received additional floats, in addition, the air intake of the engine was made above the hull. This allows the armored vehicle to land at sea from landing ships, as was demonstrated by landing in the water from the boat Navy L434 "Svatove" last year.

Serial cars are also being modernized at the Kharkiv enterprise. Armored personnel carriers coming for repair are being improved to the level of vehicles that were delivered in 2020 and will be delivered in 2021.

It will be recalled that the Ministry of Defense has signed agreements with the Kharkiv Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (HKBM) - named after Morozov - to supply the Armed Forces with 75 BTR-4E armored personnel carriers (60 of them in the Marine version), one BTR-4K commander and one armored evacuation vehicle BTR-4РМ.

Comparison of the location of the waterline of BTR-3 and BTR-4 products and the location of the actual and theoretical (dotted line) waterlines on the BTR-4E (image : defence UA)

The production of these armored personnel carriers was recently reported in the Army Today program.

BTR-4M of the Indonesian Marine Corps (photo : Ukroboronprom)

It will be recalled that in 2016-2017, the Indonesian Marines were supplied with five BTR-4Ms, which had similar additional floats, but a different design of the air intake. Also, three of the five armored personnel carriers were equipped with a remote-controlled machine gun instead of the standard BM-7 Parus combat module.

(UkrMilitary)