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BTR-40

Armoured personnel carrier · Land · GAZ · Soviet Union

Wikidata: 1950s armored personnel carrier family of Soviet origin

Operators among the 24
1
Active, across the 24
85
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1950

Catalogue entry

Designation
BTR-40
First flight or launch
–
In service
1950
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
GAZ
Wikidata classes
combat vehicle family
Identifiers
Q3632274 · factbase.org/sys/J4EXD7CZ24 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
Indonesia85

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1950: 1001952: 4001953: 2001955: 6001956: 3001957: 1001959: 1001960: 51961: 3851962: 501963: 2001965: 3101966: 1001968: 101970: 161973: 1101975: 321977: 1001978: 151980: 161981: 201991: 30195019711991max 600
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of BTR-40 by year

Recipients: Poland (400), Egypt (380), North Korea (350), East Germany (300), Hungary (200), Mongolia (200), Bulgaria (150), Syria (100), China (100), Afghanistan (100), Cuba (100), Indonesia (100), Vietnam (100), Algeria (100), Ethiopia (100), North Yemen (70), Somalia (65), Uganda (60), South Yemen (60), Yugoslavia (40), Angola (32), Nicaragua (20), Guinea (16), Burundi (16), Mali (15), Guinea-Bissau (15), Pathet Lao (Laos)* (10).

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