![]() Yet, once the war was over and tensions with the West grew, a domestic APC was needed. The Soviets did receive copious amounts of M2, M3, M5, and M9 half-tracks and Universal Carriers from the USA and UK through the Lend-Lease program during the war. Soviet trucks and half-tracks were not armored and thus could not be used for frontline combat transportation in the way the German Sd.Kfz. The BA-64 and BA-10 armored cars simply did not have enough space to carry any additional troops, neither were they designed for this, despite attempts at such projects. Despite not having any weapons and being very vulnerable to enemy fire, it served for a long period of time within the Soviet and later Russian armed forces, but also in many other countries.ĭevelopment – The Need for an Armored Personnel CarrierĪll throughout the Second World War, or the Great Patriotic War for the Soviets, the massive Soviet Army felt the need for a domestic armored vehicle capable of transporting troops to the front and into battle in a safe fashion. It was developed from the desperate need of a more mobile APC, capable of keeping up with tanks in rough terrain and be able to operate in the difficult terrain of eastern and central Europe. ![]() ![]() The BTR-50 was the first mass-produced tracked and amphibious Soviet-built armored personnel carrier (APC). USSR (1954-1970) Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier – 6500+ built Introduction ![]()
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