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| BTR-94 | |
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| 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 | twin 23x152mm 2A7M cannon |
Secondary | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun |
| Engine | diesel engine 300 hp |
| Suspension | wheeled 8×8 |
| Ground clearance | 475 mm |
| Fuel capacity | 300 litres |
Operational | 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.
The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2[1] 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 BAU-23x2 module can be mounted on other armoured vehicles like the BTR-70orRatel IFV.
Iraq - Iraq received 50 BTR-94s donated by Jordan in 2004 for use by the Mechanized Police Brigade.[2]
Jordan - Jordan ordered 50 BTR-94s in 1999,[3] the last vehicles were delivered in February 2000.[4]
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