The BTR-94 is a

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amphibious

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('' Bronetransporter''), a modification of the

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eight-wheeled

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Description

The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2 is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1. It is fitted with a twin 23x152mm gun 2A7M with 200 rounds, a coaxial KT-7.62 machine gun with 2,000 rounds, six 81 mm smoke grenade launchers and a combined 1PZ-7-23 optical sight. Each 2A7M gun has a max. rate of fire of 850 rds/min. The same gun is mounted on the

ZSU-23-4 The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system ( SPAAG). Etymology The acronym "ZSU" stands for ''Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka'' (russian: Зенитная Самоходная Ус ...

. The BAU-23x2 module can be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70 or

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Operators

Current operators

* - Iraq received 50 BTR-94's donated by

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.

Former operators

* - Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94's in 1999, the last vehicles were delivered in February 2000.Дорогу к изобилию скоротаем на танках // газета "Сегодня", № 212 (713) от 15 ноября 2000

References

External links

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