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BTR-80

Armoured personnel carrier · Land · GAZ · Soviet Union

Wikidata: armored personnel carrier

Operators among the 24
5
Active, across the 24
2,257
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1986

Catalogue entry

Designation
BTR-80
First flight or launch
–
In service
1986
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
GAZ
Also seen as
Reconnaissance and light armour, Infantry fighting vehicle, Engineering and bridging
Wikidata classes
combat vehicle family
Identifiers
Q477818 · factbase.org/sys/0NTEC1MN15 · 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
Russia1,700R-149MA1/A3, RKhM-4, RKhM-6 Povozka, RPM-2, BREM-K
Ukraine299Captured: BTR-82A BTR-82AM, BTR-80 BTR-80M
Türkiye214
North Korea32BTR-80A
Indonesia12BTR-80A

Transfers

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

1988: 701990: 21993: 2141994: 141995: 1501996: 4561998: 2191999: 22000: 322001: 2332002: 202003: 172004: 372006: 922007: 2332008: 12009: 682010: 1002011: 2902012: 282013: 732014: 52015: 902016: 3402017: 782019: 102021: 1222024: 302025: 4198820072025max 456
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of BTR-80 by year

Recipients: Bangladesh (645), Hungary (633), Kazakhstan (245), Türkiye (214), Azerbaijan (164), Algeria (150), Belarus (118), Venezuela (114), Iraq (109), Yemen (100), Sudan (90), Romania (70), Uzbekistan (54), Sri Lanka (49), North Macedonia (34), North Korea (32), Uganda (32), Serbia (30), Chad (24), Georgia (23), Mongolia (20), Indonesia (12), Angola (11), Burundi (10), Zambia (10), Djibouti (8), Turkmenistan (8), Ivory Coast (6), Ukraine Rebels* (5), House of Representatives (Libya)* (4).

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