BTR-152.K Armoured Personnel Carrier

This BTR-152.K at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim has had the armoured covers over the windows and the armoured shutters in front of the engine compartment removed to comply with the Kriegswaffen-Kontrollgesetz which regulates the ownership of armoured vehicles and weapons of war. Accordingly, tanks, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled guns on display at museums are stripped of their armoured protection over the engine compartment and the internal crew positions. Square sections of armour are cut out of hulls and turrets, and the holes are covered by thin sheet metal or plywood. If done properly, the conversion is hardly noticeable on the outside.

Available Scale Model Kits

BTR-152.K APC, 1:72 MAC Distribution 72002
BTR-152.K APC, 1:72 ICM 72521
BTR-152.K APC, 1:100 Roskopf

Technical Specifications

Designation: BTR-152.K
Type: Wheeled APC with Armoured Roof
Motor and Chassis: Truck ZIS-151
Speed: 75 km/h on Roads
Tires: 12.00-18"
Length: 6550 mm
Width: 2320 mm
Height: 2410 m
Weight: 8600 kg
Armour: 3-10 mm
Armament: 7.62 mm Machine Gun
2 Crew + 17 Infantry
Production: 1959-1960s

Historical Employment

The BTR-152 series has seen service with Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China (as the type 56 APC), Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Syria, and other countries. Production ended in early 1960s, and in Russia the vehicle was replaced by the BTR-60.P series.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) currently has 50 BTR-152 in inventory which were supplied by Egypt in 1996 and 1997.
Israel used BTR-152 series vehicles, but it is unlikely that these were actually purchased from the Soviet Union. Like other Warsaw Pact equipment in the Israeli arsenal, the BTR-152s were most likely captured during the conflicts with Egypt, and Syria.

The BTR-152 is an important armoured personnel carrier using the motor and chassis of the ZIS-151 truck. The BTR-152 is used by many armoured forces even today.

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