BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier
The amphibious BTR-50PK armoured personnel carrier is an upgraded BTR-50P, the open fighting compartment of which was closed with a 10 mm armoured roof. Like its predecessor, the BTR-50PK was armed with a 7.62 mm SGMB machine gun. Introduced into service with the Soviet Army in 1958, the BTR-50PK remains in service with many armed forces worldwide.
Available Scale Model Kits
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:35 Trumpeter 01582
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:43 AVD Models 3013
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:72 Armo 72012
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:72 PST 72054
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:72 Revell 03313
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:76 Skytrex FF741
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier (5), 1:100 Flames of War VPABX04
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:100 Roskopf 10
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:200 Skytrex A741
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier and Crew, 1:200 Skytrex A741A
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier (4), 1:285 GHQ W21
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1:300 Heroics & Ros SM17
Technical Specifications
- Designation: BTR-50PK
- Type: Armoured Personnel Carrier
- Speed: 44 km/h on Roads, 11 km/h in Water
- Length: 7080 mm
- Width: 3140 mm
- Height: 2030 m
- Weight: 14500 kg
- Armour: 7–13
- Armament: 7.62 mm SGMB Goryunov Machine Gun
- Crew: Commander, Driver, and 20 Riflemen
- Production: 1958‒1972
Historical Employment
- BTR-50PK Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1958–today
The BTR-50PK armoured personnel carrier entered service with the Soviet Red Army in 1958, and is still in service today in the Russian Armed Forces, in many armies of the former Warsaw Pact member states, and in numerous armed forces of allied nations in Africa and Asia.