BTR-94

BTR-94
Type - Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin - Ukraine
Service history
Used by - Jordan, Iraq
Wars - Iraq War
Production history
Designed - 1994-1997
Manufacturer - Malyshev Factory
Produced - 1999-2000
No. built - 50
Specifications
Mass - 13.6 tonnes
Length - 7.65 m
Width - 2.90 m
Height - 2.80 m
Crew - 3 + 10 passengers
Armor - Classified
Main armament - twin 23x152 mm 2A7M cannon
Secondary armament - 7.62 mm PKT machine gun
Engine - diesel engine (300 hp)
Suspension - wheeled 8×8
Ground clearance - 475 mm
Fuel capacity - 300 litres
Operational range - 600 km
Maximum speed - 85 km/h, 9 km/h swim

The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier (Bronetransporter), a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80.
Description
The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2 is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1. It is fitted with a twin 23x152 mm 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 BAU-23x2 module can be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70 or Ratel IFV.

Operators

Current operators
 Iraq - Iraq received 50 BTR-94's donated by Jordan in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.
Former operators
 Jordan - Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94's in 1999, the last vehicles were delivered in February 2000.

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