the sound of the engines would have been preferred over the elevator music

i was 11 years old when sited on the chair and pressed the button. BTR-80 the best!

That is the most beautiful piece of machinery I have seen. Hard to believe that this thing was out before the USA Striker, yet the BTR seems just as good if not better. I would love to go off-roading in that thing. I think I would trust my life in that APC more than I would in U.S. Apc. Great Video,. I hope to see more video footage of this APC in the future.

If anyone's wondering, song is Der Dritte Raum - Hale Bopp

Very good video man!

I've heard from a US Army officer a firsthand account from a Georgian army officer. Apparently in a battalion-sized night attack on entrenched Russians, US-trained Georgian troops inflicted some 180 Russian casualties for a handful of their own. Its quite impressive to chew up two whole infantry companies in one night.

Awesome music and awesome APC :)

This APC looks not only scary .... better you fight whit it not against it. very nice movie

that wobble is the barrel resonating upon being fired and cycling, if we are referring to the same thing. if you pause the video, you will see that it returns to the original position in time to fire the next shot as for not being able to hit a skyscraper - 2:42 now, about 3:12, notice that the vehicle is initially climbing the obstacle by scraping the overhang. it impacts the obstacle with the body. notice on the preceding clip where it's driving over rough terrain the gun is not wobbling.

Nice video, BTR's are awesome.

Super video! Very interesting!

This and the BMP - Masterpieces of Soviet Ingenuity! And the Hind - What a BEAST!

cool vehicle.. the music matches to the apc :3

To penetrate the hull on an Abrams from an RPG requires multiple shots in the same place. It doesn't even destroy the tank it just penetrates the hull.

I totally want on of those! Santa might have a hard time delivering it though...

omg the BTR is so fucking cool. Especially like the firing ports, so nice

.БТР-80 автомобилей в год в 1994 во время службы в турецкой армии на границе с Сирией используется в течение длительного времени. Был очень гористая область, мы были очень грязные и дождливая погода и бедными полевых условиях. Мы работали в регионе, где земля с ручьями и реками найдено. БТР-80 транспортных средств, которые не могут Брук очень отчаянно в этих условиях. После того, как в воде, у нас было много трудностей, потому что это инструмент, который не может приземлиться без твердой земле. Если кран проходит очень быстро затонул на мелководье из-за мягкой вала Пег транспортное средство не может быть освобожден из трясины мы вынуждены принимать отчаянные средства, как гусеничных машин. Я сделал персонал перевозку оборудования оружия 10 10 4 очка в комфорте требований водителя и оценка 4. землепользования для пользователей. Следует проконсультироваться с пользователей научных исследований и разработок. Мне нравится российской индустрии вооружений. Если у вас есть успех вполне в оборонной промышленности. Поздравляю.

Halt schwienhundt, you're forgetting the updated ceramic armor, and counter blast plates and the totally awsome air conditioned troop quarters. both are NBC capable. I think I'd still take the striker over the bimpy or BTR any day

@123A1231 They also had the first man in space! Thats a monumental archievement!

Best APC to date for versatility.

You can't compare the vehicles, since they are armed in entirely different ways, designed for entirely different roles, and at vastly different levels of electronic sophistication.

Bangladesh Army is the 2nd largest operator of BTR-80 after Russian Ground Forces. 1025+ Proud of Bangladesh Army.

From 3:33 and on it is BTR-90. You can recognize it by the absence of windows on the front.

Nice vid

that apc looks cool

Cool machines 👍

I wouldn't mind having one of these during a zombie apocalypse...

the btr is a pretty good idea, for probably a cheaper cost you can create a vehicle capable of matching a tank but better with infantry support tactics.

In my country they dismanteld a lot of this things, i liked them when i was a little kid, they are pretty fast , saw one on the street roaring along at night, u just don't see that today now.

Wikipedia. In Russia btr-60 (2000) btr-70 (2000) btr-80 (3500-4000)

Its also a troop transport? Thats epic!!!

NICE! i thought this thing only carried people and thats it, its like a fortess on wheels!

as for the remote guns, you are right, they are remote operated, but that also means that they are remote fed, meaning that they have to be reloaded from OUTSIDE of the vehicle, as opposed to the russian BPU and BPPU turrets that have an internal ammunition feed, capable of the exact same performance and optics with a better field of view. The new BPPU is stabilized which some RWS are not and it carries multiple weapons, not just one.

Magnificos vehiculos de combate los mejores👍👍👍🇷🇺

Front two axles turn as a unit. The vehicle is 8x8 with runflat tires and I believe centralized pressure controls. Its quite mobile.

Увлекательные туры по Европе на танках!!!Солярка наша, впечатления ваши, отправка по мере комплектования батальонов...!!!

I have seen on youtube, even roadside bomb in real combat could not destroy BTR-80. it made BTR jump for about 100 cm but it carried on driving, good machine I wont one!

and to add to that, the BTR at least has a back up 7.62, which the stryker doesn't and has the ability to add a 30mm grenade launcher too. plus the ammunition feed for the 30mm or 14.5mm and the 7.62mm and even the optional 30mm grenade launcher is internal, meaning no unlucky bastard has to climb up on the vehicle to replace the spent ammo box and belt every 50 or 100 rounds.

actually, they do. depending on the exhibition, which is usually done as a competition of designs for possible purchase, but most of them have the vehicles and weapons crewed by the potential buyer nations own crew unless specified otherwise and ammunition used is the training or live ammunition provided by the country, unless they have none in stock

"Rameriz! Take down that BTR with your throwing knife!"

@zerocker45 That's right: it was the first and probably the only encounter of the MRAP type vehicles with APCs. As I've read MRAPs were doing better in the mine war. Well, it was primarily designed for.

Thanks :)

IDK but I love the song, it matches to the video and the BTR is absolutely classic :3

Nice!

BTR-80 is fucking gorgeous!

one word : BEAUTIFUL

The huge number of weapons systems is a liability in itself, each increasing the technical skills needed by the gunner as well as his maintenance tasks. And you're right, survivability is -not- a feature of this series, which is made more crucial given the vehicles high threat profile.

Yep, some parts of latest Boeing Dreamliner are made near Yekaterinburg, Russia. The designing of this plane was also outsoursed to Boeing's Moscow design center.

if anyone wants to know the name of the track (since i searched for it) -> Dr. Kucho - Hale bopp have fun :) and yes, BTR 80 and all other russian military vehicles kick major ass ;)

i can't say for sure, but i would imagine yes because the purpose of the BPPU was to address the performance deficiencies of the BPU, one of them being the lack of stabilization which made it hard to fire on the move.

The armor is good enough for it's purpose. BTW lmao @ your nick! XD

cool music i like it

about the only thing that can compete in fuel comsumption with a '68 Cad 8.2litre lol... buy bloody hell, its worth every drop!! Amazing... the APC totaly made the movie AVP-R worth watching ^^

it is technically an aromored support unit :)

eight wheel drive - new standart for real man lifestyle !

nice vid...

i think the Stryker is more advanced but i like the BTR more :D

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That tree was a small one, a sapling, but not quite. Thus popping up because the tree's wood is still flexible and not matured. I'm not going to go into tree structure, etc, because that would be stupid and useless, I'm pretty positive you have enough smarts to compute the answer to why that tree poped right back up.

The BTR-80 should be called the Honey Badger. "Oh, look! There's water. Honey Badger don't give a shit!" I mean it even looks like one, haha. :D

that`s why US military decided to do a replica, and made stryker family, which has bigger height, weaker armor an weapons, less comfortable ways to unload infantry. but it looks as btr they thought ) so it has to be good )

The front of it looks like the face of Home Star Runner from Strongbad

у нас есть хорошие современные модели, проблема в том, что новое мы продаем, а старое модернизируем для себя(

Well, keep thinking like that and you're in for a BIG surprise.

nice music!

indeed, and you know what you can also clearly see? that that's a LAV-25, a vehicle some 4 tons lighter than the stryker.

the Patria AMV is arguably the best western 8x8 APC currently available. in terms of how it compares to the BTR-80, it is probably a a little better, though how much dependent on the version. it has a very powerful engine, is amphibious (unless you get the heavy, non-amphibious version) has a fairly spacious troop compartment and when they say it is modular, they are not lying. what it lacks, in the APC version compared to the BTR-80 is armament and that the hatches are a little awkward.

Things I want during the Apocalyspe 1.AK-47 2.M1911 3.50. Cal Machine Gun 4.BTR 5. 2 Year food Supply

Gah! My head hurts after that song!

I wish the US would just by some JUST to try it. Yeah it's not stealthy, but it goes everywhere and is heavily armored. It's a beefier LAV3. The stryker is a piece of crud compared to REAL wheeled APC's like this and the LAV it's based off of. Not to mention that the Stryker's armor is only 'resistant' to 14.7mm gunfire. Meaning two or more of these and you're a goner.

they ride atop because of land mines. Having single entry behind as in Bradley has is more trap.

the best apc from this world

Nice. I really prefer the BTR-90- more electronics, armor and much more firepower. Hope it can be put into mass use soon, but it dosen't seem so, unfortunately...

They do have top hatches . Back hatch would be nice though , but it's technically impossible ,cause engine and gearbox are in the back .

Whats the mine/IED resistance like for these BTR? Flat bottom looks soft.

@goodluckpeace44 It has V shaped bottom so it has big chance to save the crew

Still one of the best!

You might be right, but from what I read today there has just recently been a big revamp of how the Russian eng. industry functions. Something about unifying these large industries under one federal one, this is mainly in the aerospace sector but Im sure this will also include others. Interesting thing to note is that a Russian aerospace company supplies Boeing and a dozen other aircraft with precision titanium parts, so the there is def. no qaulity issues with the Russian eng. industry.

You know, for having a meager 260-hp V8 the BTR-80 is pretty fast, at least for me.

@dekster14LP No. Generally speaking not all 8x8 chasis are from Tatra. :-) Or more correctly, only Tatra 8x8 chasis is Tatra's. Others are not: on BTR-60/70/80, Piranha, LAV, Stryker, Puma, BTR-4, Patria, you name! :-) Thank you.

no, they take their own personnel, give them some basic training, often at the hands of the actual demonstration crews (in order to assure non-biased testing and how well their own personnel adapt to the new machine) and they use ammo they procured and tested (also, to ensure unbiased testing and have a basic benchmark)

I LOVE HOW IT CAN GO UNDERWATEr llz ITs so awe-mazing

Question: Was the BPPU always stabilized (when it was first fitted onto BTR-80A) or was it stabilized later?

ahh bf2 times with this apc were fun.

wow die nr. hab ich schon ne weile nicht mehr gehört, da war berlin noch total electroverseucht^^

@MuffiiinMan that model does not have anything(as far as i know) other than the drivers forward viewing hatch(open) to stop water coming in in a steep drop like that

what do you guys think about btr-82, is amazing and the best too

@patrikasLTL Which are miniature BMP-3's, or vice versa, carrying only a handful of dismounts. Not being better than the Stryker, I don't see your point in mentioning that. Yes. Russian infantrymen are issued shovels and would likely dig foxholes rather than sleep in pup tents during the night. The Kornet, being a crew-served tripod ATGM, could surely manage that. Javelins, being man-portable, is issued to the Anti Armor Specialist in each of a Stryker rifle platoon's three squads.

@erer270 Dear erer270! Could you please explain your point of view? What's remarkable BTR-90 has to make it the best ifv? Thank you in advance.

Google for Stryker criticism. The family simply doesn't do what it was intended for(and the whole idea was flawed to begin with): 1) It has no strattegical transportability advantage over Bradley or even Abrams. 2) It is not protected against any kind of threat except firearms. 3) Modular system doesn't work because conversion is too difficult in the remote theatre(may as well bring Abrams instead of MGS). 4) Low TechSpecs of the LAV chasiss. And that is only the begining.

one badass machine

The side exit door for the infantry makes it inferior compared to the Ukrainian version of the BTR which has more sensible rear opening doors for infantry exit.

still does not account for the substantially better accuracy demonstrated in this video at the time frame i mentioned and it still doesn't account for inaccuracy on the tender, since later on in the video the BMP-3 demonstrates almost the same level of inaccuracy as the BTR-80A

@zipacna1980 Learn something everyday, right? *bows* You win this one.

@GoldenZealot21 You were referring to dead soldiers, but in my post I was referring to casualties. I don't imagine the Georgian troops were better armed than US army units.

@Boljev6 Some 15 pieces of BTR-90 were made in 20 years since first prototype was revealed back in 1992, as I remember. Russian Armed Forces did not field it. They require new APC. The project is started and called "Bumerang". In order to save money I suggest Russians to buy licence to produce modern Western design APCs from the West (Patria, Piranha), or from Ukraine (BTR-4).

hi Petteerr, whats the name of the song? its really cool, thank you

it seems that all people here are militairy experts

mark 4 concept genius but i like blackbird more

@msta152 в РОССИИ вся военная техника от Бога!!!!! а я то думал что от СССР!