TASS

Russia’s upgraded BTR-82 armored vehicle gets protection against shaped-charge munitions

MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. Russia’s BTR-82 armored personnel carrier (APC) upgraded to the BTR-82AT level will get protection from high-explosive shells and munitions, CEO of the Military Industrial ...
Forbes

Somewhere In Eastern Ukraine, A Russian BTR-82 Vehicle Played A Deadly Game Of Chicken With A Ukrainian M-2. The BTR Lost, Badly.

A deadly game of vehicular chicken on the front line in eastern Ukraine ended in death and destruction on or just before Saturday—but only for the losing side. When a Russian army BTR-82 wheeled ...
Forbes

‘We Were Sent As Meat,’ A Russian Soldier Says After His Vehicle Rolled Right In Front Of Two Ukrainian Tanks

On Oct. 15, Russian marines from the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade counterattacked the eastern edge of the 270-square-mile salient that Ukrainian troops carved out of western Russia’s Kursk Oblast ...
TASS

Russia developing new reconnaissance armored vehicle

MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/. Russia is developing the latest Mars-2000 reconnaissance combat vehicle based on the BTR-82 armored personnel carrier, CEO of Military Industrial Company (the producer of the ...
Ghanaweb.com

President Mahama petitioned to probe soviet-scrapyard armoured vehicles scandal

The BTR 82 and BTR 82A are the current versions of the APC in use. 3. INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED i. The BTR-70 is a versatile eight-wheeled amphibious APC originally equipped with two 6-cylinder, 115 hp ...