The Otaman 6x6 is an armoured fighting vehicle produced by the Ukrainian manufacturer NGO Practika and presented for the first time at the Indian Defexpo in 2016, followed by the Otaman 8x8 in the Arms and Security Exhibition held in Kyiv in 2017. This armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) can also be used as an

armoured personnel carrier An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world. Acc ...

(APC), an

infantry fighting vehicle An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forc ...

(IFV), and as an ambulance.

Description

The Otaman 6x6 is based on the BTR-60 APC. It is powered by a single 320 hp engine and has a torque of 1250 N⋅m. It has a length of and it weighs 16 tons. It can carry three members of the crew (commander, driver and gunner) and ten army personnel. The 6x6 is mainly produced for the Ukrainian army, but is also exported. It is an agile APC, like the BTR-80 but with more firepower, because of the 122 mm howitzer that it has as the primary armament. This gun has an operational range of about and can also heavily damage tanks while moving with precision, allowing it to be used as a

tank destroyer A tank destroyer, tank hunter, tank killer, or self-propelled anti-tank gun is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a direct fire artillery gun or missile launcher, designed specifically to engage and destroy enemy tanks, often wi ...

Armament

The Otaman 6x6 is armed with a Soviet 122 mm self-propelled

2A18 The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960. It is a robust piece that focuses on the essential features of a towed field gun suitable for all conditions. The D-30 has a maximum range of 15.4 ...

howitzer as the primary weapon. As the secondary weapon, it has a 30mm ZTM-1 (2A72) cannon with 400 rounds or a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun. The primary weapon can also be used as a remotely controlled gun.

Note

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