Soviet BTR-T

Background

The BTR-T grew out of a need for a heavily armored engineer assault vehicle. Vehicles such as the BMP-2 did not provide enough protection for engineer squads as the manuevered into position to breach obstacles. Hence, the BTR-T was born.

Description

The BTR-T is a T-55 series hull with a 30mm cannon elevated over a low-profile one-man turret. There is a pintle mount located on the right side of the turret. The removal of the original turret allow the crew and dismounts to be located forward of the engine. The major drawback to the design is that infantrymen can only exit through hatches on the roof.

Stats (my stab at them)

Note: these stats are V2.0

Price: $500,000 (R/S)

RF: +2

Armament: 30mm Cannon, Twin AT-5 Missile Launcher (C)*

Ammo:200x30mm, 3xAT-5

Fuel Type: D, A

Load: 400 kg

Veh Wt: 38.5 tons

Crew: 2 (Driver and Commander) + 5

Mnt: 8

Night Vision: Passive IR, image intensification

Tr Mov: 100/60

Com Mov: 25/15

Fuel Cap: 500 + 400 in jettisonable rear drums

Fuel Cons: 250

Combat Stats:

Config: Crew in Hull

Susp: T: 6 TF: 8 HF: 40

TS: 4 HS: 16

TR: 2 HR: 12

Sometimes fitted with Reactive Armor

* Weapons mount is designed to accept a wide variety of Russian and NATO weapon systems. Treat as Heavy Tripod (NHT) or Pact Medium Tripod (PMT)

A note on the Armor values: I used the turret values from the BMP-3 for this vehicle, the hull values are the same as the T-55.